SO Chat Easy Input Tools

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Adds keyboard shortcuts to the SE ChatsProvides keyboard shortcuts for common text formatting commands, reducing the dependency on mouse usage. Current version does not have a configurable set of hotkeys but later versions will.
How to use.

All of the following commands are run if the user has focus in the chat input area.

ALT + A inserts a link.
ALT + T inserts a site-tag.
ALT + B formats text to bold.
ALT + I formats text to italics.
ALT + S formats text to strike-through.
ALT + C formats text to code.
ALT + E formats text to emote.