v0.10+ NotebookActions
NotebookActions is a feature which is very similar to LiveTemplates but allows to use/customize a menu of arbitrary actions.
Items are even simpler:
<|"Label" -> _String, "ShortKey" -> _String (*char*), "Action" :> _|>
(*e.g.*)
<|"Label" -> "Print date", "ShortKey" -> "p", "Action" :> Print @ Now|>
See more in the Readme.MD and here is a custom example: Add spaces to Mathematica comment delimiters?
