Added keyboard shortcuts for field actions in Action Center

[gilluminate]

Ticket ENG-1599

Description Of Changes

Added keyboard shortcuts to the Action Center fields page to improve user efficiency when processing discovered assets. Users can now:

• Press a to approve the focused item
• Press c to confirm/promote the focused item
• Press i to ignore/mute the focused item
• Press r to restore/un-mute the focused item
• Press o to open the details drawer for the focused item
• Press e to open the classification select dropdown for assigning data categories (whether in the drawer or on the list item, depending if the drawer is open)
• Press Escape to close the classification select and return focus to the list

The shortcuts are context-aware and will display warning messages when actions are unavailable for the current item's status. The implementation includes a new useFieldActionHotkeys hook that handles all keyboard shortcut logic, and the drawer now auto-updates to show the focused item's details when navigating with arrow keys.

Code Changes

• Added useFieldActionHotkeys hook to handle keyboard shortcuts for field actions
• Added FIELD_ACTION_HOTKEYS constant defining shortcut keys
• Renamed DROPDOWN_ACTIONS_DISABLED_TOOLTIP to ACTIONS_DISABLED_MESSAGE for reuse across tooltips and hotkey warnings
• Added urn prop to ClassificationSelect component with data-classification-select attribute for DOM targeting
• Added useEffect in page component to sync drawer content with focused list item during keyboard navigation

Steps to Confirm

1. Navigate to Action Center → Select a datastore monitor with discovered fields
2. Use j and k keys to navigate through the field list
3. Press a on a field with a data category to approve it
4. Press c on a field with a data category to confirm it
5. Press i to ignore a field
6. Press r on an ignored field to restore it
7. Press o to open the details drawer
8. Press e to open the classification select dropdown
9. Navigate through categories with arrow keys, press Escape to close
10. Verify warning messages appear when trying to perform unavailable actions

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Greptile Overview

Greptile Summary

This PR adds keyboard shortcuts for field actions in the Action Center to improve user efficiency when processing discovered assets. The implementation includes a new useFieldActionHotkeys hook that handles shortcuts for approve (a), confirm (c), ignore (i), restore (r), open drawer (o), and open classification select (e).

Key changes:

• New useFieldActionHotkeys hook with context-aware keyboard shortcuts
• Auto-sync drawer content with focused list item during keyboard navigation
• Renamed DROPDOWN_ACTIONS_DISABLED_TOOLTIP to ACTIONS_DISABLED_MESSAGE for reuse across tooltips and hotkey warnings
• Added urn prop to ClassificationSelect with data-classification-select attribute for DOM targeting

Issues found:

• Missing updateSelectedListItem in dependency arrays for four useHotkeys calls, which could cause stale closures and incorrect behavior when the function reference changes

Confidence Score: 4/5

• This PR is safe to merge after fixing the missing dependency arrays
• The implementation is well-structured with proper separation of concerns, but has critical dependency array issues in the hotkeys hook that could lead to stale closures. Once the missing updateSelectedListItem dependency is added to the four useHotkeys calls, the PR will be safe to merge.
• Pay close attention to useFieldActionHotkeys.ts - fix the missing dependencies before merging

Important Files Changed

File Analysis

Filename	Score	Overview
clients/admin-ui/src/features/data-discovery-and-detection/action-center/fields/useFieldActionHotkeys.ts	4/5	New hook implementing keyboard shortcuts for field actions with proper DOM manipulation and context-aware behavior
clients/admin-ui/src/features/data-discovery-and-detection/action-center/fields/page.tsx	5/5	Integrated the new hotkeys hook and added drawer sync effect, renamed constant for clarity

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[speaker-ender]

If we think the behavior here is fine I can approve but I'd like to revisit some of these patterns.
More specifically, making the actions generic + dynamic so that way it's easy to re-use for other screens.