backport of commit 715764bfe448fc6a80ca3858377b4f760d39c611 (#18010)

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.changelog/17932.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+ui: adds a keyboard shortcut for Create Variable
+```

ui/app/controllers/variables/index.js

@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ export default class VariablesIndexController extends Controller {
     this.router.transitionTo('variables.variable', variable.path);
   }
 
+  @action goToNewVariable() {
+    this.router.transitionTo('variables.new');
+  }
+
   @controller variables;
 
   @action

ui/app/controllers/variables/path.js

@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@
  */
 
 import Controller, { inject as controller } from '@ember/controller';
+import { inject as service } from '@ember/service';
 import { action } from '@ember/object';
 
 const ALL_NAMESPACE_WILDCARD = '*';
 
 export default class VariablesPathController extends Controller {
+  @service router;
+
   get absolutePath() {
     return this.model?.absolutePath || '';
   }
@@ -28,6 +31,12 @@ export default class VariablesPathController extends Controller {
     }
   }
 
+  @action goToNewVariable() {
+    this.router.transitionTo('variables.new', {
+      queryParams: { path: `${this.absolutePath}/` },
+    });
+  }
+
   @controller variables;
 
   @action

ui/app/templates/variables/index.hbs

@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
           @route="variables.new"
           class="button is-primary"
           data-test-create-var
+          {{keyboard-shortcut
+            pattern=(array "n" "v")
+            action=(action this.goToNewVariable)
+            label="Create Variable"
+          }}
         >
           Create Variable
         </LinkTo>

ui/app/templates/variables/path.hbs

@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@
               @route="variables.new"
               @query={{hash path=(concat this.absolutePath "/")}}
               class="button is-primary"
+              {{keyboard-shortcut
+                pattern=(array "n" "v")
+                action=(action this.goToNewVariable)
+                label="Create Variable"
+              }}
             >
               Create Variable
             </LinkTo>