Desktop / accessibility: Navigating using item's first letter in notes / notebooks lists?

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Hi,

Using Windows version: Do you think it would be technically possible in this type of web interface to implement a feature that allows users to navigate through a list of notebooks or notes by typing the first letter of an item? For example, typing "W" to directly focus on the notebook named "Work"?
Thanks!

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The ARIA Authoring Practices Guide suggests including similar functionality:

  • Type-ahead is recommended for all trees, especially for trees with more than 7 root nodes:
    • Type a character: focus moves to the next node with a name that starts with the typed character.
    • Type multiple characters in rapid succession: focus moves to the next node with a name that starts with the string of characters typed.

— Tree View Pattern | APG | WAI | W3C

(Note: Related post: Accessibility/desktop: Expand/collapse notebooks and sub-notebooks without root focus)

Until this is implemented, it should be possible to jump to a notebook using the Go to Anything dialog (opens with ctrl-p on Windows/Linux). From the Go to Anything help text (emphasis added),

Type a note title or part of its content to jump to it. Or type # followed by a tag name, or @ followed by a notebook name. Or type : to search for commands.

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Thank you for the consistently precise information. I hadn't delved deeply enough into the ARIA Practice Guide. I wasn't aware of the Ctrl-P shortcut yet; it's indeed convenient and another plus for Joplin!

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