Raphaël Bosi 4d352cb4e4 Keyboard Navigation and Shortcuts Implementation on the board (#11930)
# Keyboard Navigation and Shortcuts Implementation on the board

This PR implements keyboard navigation and shortcuts for the Record
Board component, enabling users to navigate and interact with board
cards using keyboard inputs.

## Key changes

### Navigation Architecture
- Added `useBoardCardNavigation` hook for directional navigation (arrow
keys)
- Implemented scroll behavior to automatically focus visible cards
- Created card focus/active states with component-level management

### State Management
- Added new component states: `focusedBoardCardIndexesComponentState`,
`activeBoardCardIndexesComponentState`,
`isBoardCardActiveComponentFamilyState`
- Extended index tracking with column/row position indicators
- Create hooks to manage these states

### Hotkey Implementation
- Created new `RecordBoardHotkeyEffect` component for hotkey handling
- Added `BoardHotkeyScope`
- Implemented Escape key handling to clear selections
- Replaced table-specific `TableHotkeyScope` with more generic
`RecordIndexHotkeyScope`. This is because, before, the hotkey scope was
always set to Table inside the page change effect, and we used the table
hotkey scope for board shortcuts, which doesn't make a lot of sense.
Since we don't know upon navigation on which type of view we are
navigating, I introduced this generic hotkey scope which can be used on
the table and on the board.

### Page Navigation Integration
- Modified `PageChangeEffect` to handle both table and board view types
- Added cleanup for board state upon navigating away from record pages

### Component Updates
- Updated `RecordBoardColumn` to track indexes for position-based
navigation
- Added `RecordBoardScrollToFocusedCardEffect` for auto-scrolling to
focused cards
- Added `RecordBoardDeactivateBoardCardEffect` for cleanup

This implementation maintains feature parity with table row navigation
while accounting for the 2D navigation needs of the board view.

## New behaviors

### Arrow keys navigation


https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/929ee00d-2f82-43b9-8cde-f7bc8818052f


### Record selection with X


https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0b534c4d-2865-43ac-8ba3-09cb8c121f06


### Command + Enter opens the record


https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0df01d1c-0437-4444-beb1-ce74bcfb91a4


### Escape unselect the records and unfocus the card



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