From 192c4e76586ed611fc9cd58adf065603458a2e8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gowtham Selvaraj <69043094+G0WTHAM-SELVARAJ@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 1 May 2025 15:42:45 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] docs: added shape cycling shortcut in helper dialog (#9465)

* docs: added shape cycling shortcut in helper dialog

- Document Tab and Shift+Tab usage for shape cycling

* docs: added shape cycling shortcut in helper dialog

* Update packages/excalidraw/components/HelpDialog.tsx

* Update packages/excalidraw/locales/en.json

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Co-authored-by: David Luzar <5153846+dwelle@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 packages/excalidraw/components/HelpDialog.tsx | 5 +++++
 packages/excalidraw/locales/en.json           | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/components/HelpDialog.tsx b/packages/excalidraw/components/HelpDialog.tsx
index 9dd9550aca..2cc8de0b7c 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/components/HelpDialog.tsx
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/components/HelpDialog.tsx
@@ -247,6 +247,11 @@ export const HelpDialog = ({ onClose }: { onClose?: () => void }) => {
               label={t("toolBar.link")}
               shortcuts={[getShortcutKey("CtrlOrCmd+K")]}
             />
+            <Shortcut
+              label={t("toolBar.convertElementType")}
+              shortcuts={["Tab", "Shift+Tab"]}
+              isOr={true}
+            />
           </ShortcutIsland>
           <ShortcutIsland
             className="HelpDialog__island--view"
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/locales/en.json b/packages/excalidraw/locales/en.json
index 8f0e88c6b9..9a5211027e 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/locales/en.json
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/locales/en.json
@@ -298,7 +298,8 @@
     "laser": "Laser pointer",
     "hand": "Hand (panning tool)",
     "extraTools": "More tools",
-    "mermaidToExcalidraw": "Mermaid to Excalidraw"
+    "mermaidToExcalidraw": "Mermaid to Excalidraw",
+    "convertElementType": "Toggle shape type"
   },
   "element": {
     "rectangle": "Rectangle",