From 61a0e82a6d0637e55af1c4e032331fd12107b67d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Beingpax <prakashjoshipaxtek@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2025 10:20:12 +0545
Subject: [PATCH] Add global keyboard shortcut to open history window from
 anywhere

---
 VoiceInk/HotkeyManager.swift                  | 13 ++++-
 .../History/HistoryShortcutTipView.swift      | 47 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../History/TranscriptionHistoryView.swift    | 35 ++++++++++----
 3 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 VoiceInk/Views/History/HistoryShortcutTipView.swift

diff --git a/VoiceInk/HotkeyManager.swift b/VoiceInk/HotkeyManager.swift
index 2cc8309..2481942 100644
--- a/VoiceInk/HotkeyManager.swift
+++ b/VoiceInk/HotkeyManager.swift
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ extension KeyboardShortcuts.Name {
     static let pasteLastTranscription = Self("pasteLastTranscription")
     static let pasteLastEnhancement = Self("pasteLastEnhancement")
     static let retryLastTranscription = Self("retryLastTranscription")
+    static let openHistoryWindow = Self("openHistoryWindow")
 }
 
 @MainActor
@@ -147,7 +148,17 @@ class HotkeyManager: ObservableObject {
                 LastTranscriptionService.retryLastTranscription(from: self.whisperState.modelContext, whisperState: self.whisperState)
             }
         }
-        
+
+        KeyboardShortcuts.onKeyUp(for: .openHistoryWindow) { [weak self] in
+            guard let self = self else { return }
+            Task { @MainActor in
+                HistoryWindowController.shared.showHistoryWindow(
+                    modelContainer: self.whisperState.modelContext.container,
+                    whisperState: self.whisperState
+                )
+            }
+        }
+
         Task { @MainActor in
             try? await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 100_000_000)
             self.setupHotkeyMonitoring()
diff --git a/VoiceInk/Views/History/HistoryShortcutTipView.swift b/VoiceInk/Views/History/HistoryShortcutTipView.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3df02e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VoiceInk/Views/History/HistoryShortcutTipView.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import SwiftUI
+import KeyboardShortcuts
+
+struct HistoryShortcutTipView: View {
+    var body: some View {
+        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 12) {
+            HStack(spacing: 12) {
+                Image(systemName: "command.circle")
+                    .font(.system(size: 20))
+                    .foregroundColor(.accentColor)
+                    .frame(width: 24, height: 24)
+
+                VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 2) {
+                    Text("Quick Access")
+                        .font(.headline)
+                    Text("Open history from anywhere with a global shortcut")
+                        .font(.subheadline)
+                        .foregroundColor(.secondary)
+                }
+            }
+
+            Divider()
+                .padding(.vertical, 4)
+
+            HStack(spacing: 12) {
+                Text("Open History Window")
+                    .font(.system(size: 13, weight: .medium))
+                    .foregroundColor(.secondary)
+
+                KeyboardShortcuts.Recorder(for: .openHistoryWindow)
+                    .controlSize(.small)
+
+                Spacer()
+            }
+        }
+        .padding(16)
+        .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
+        .background(
+            RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 12, style: .continuous)
+                .fill(Color(NSColor.controlBackgroundColor).opacity(0.5))
+        )
+        .overlay(
+            RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 12, style: .continuous)
+                .strokeBorder(Color(NSColor.separatorColor).opacity(0.3), lineWidth: 1)
+        )
+    }
+}
diff --git a/VoiceInk/Views/History/TranscriptionHistoryView.swift b/VoiceInk/Views/History/TranscriptionHistoryView.swift
index 4c6c66c..bd27746 100644
--- a/VoiceInk/Views/History/TranscriptionHistoryView.swift
+++ b/VoiceInk/Views/History/TranscriptionHistoryView.swift
@@ -223,16 +223,31 @@ struct TranscriptionHistoryView: View {
                 TranscriptionDetailView(transcription: transcription)
                     .id(transcription.id)
             } else {
-                VStack(spacing: 12) {
-                    Image(systemName: "doc.text")
-                        .font(.system(size: 50))
-                        .foregroundColor(.secondary)
-                    Text("No Selection")
-                        .font(.system(size: 18, weight: .medium))
-                        .foregroundColor(.secondary)
-                    Text("Select a transcription to view details")
-                        .font(.system(size: 14))
-                        .foregroundColor(.secondary)
+                ScrollView {
+                    VStack(spacing: 32) {
+                        Spacer()
+                            .frame(minHeight: 40)
+
+                        VStack(spacing: 12) {
+                            Image(systemName: "doc.text")
+                                .font(.system(size: 50))
+                                .foregroundColor(.secondary)
+                            Text("No Selection")
+                                .font(.system(size: 18, weight: .medium))
+                                .foregroundColor(.secondary)
+                            Text("Select a transcription to view details")
+                                .font(.system(size: 14))
+                                .foregroundColor(.secondary)
+                        }
+
+                        HistoryShortcutTipView()
+                            .padding(.horizontal, 24)
+
+                        Spacer()
+                            .frame(minHeight: 40)
+                    }
+                    .frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
+                    .frame(minHeight: 600)
                 }
                 .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, maxHeight: .infinity)
                 .background(Color(NSColor.controlBackgroundColor))