← All ideas
  • Published 2 May 2024

Jump to keyboard letter for file browser

It would be super-cool if the file and addon browser would recognize a keypress so that you could jump to that letter in the list of items.

Having to re-install addons for each Blender update is one example of what this simple feature could streamline.

100%

Development Status: Open

Upvote 2 Downvote 0
nebulon12121
2 May 2024

4 Comments

pablovazquez

Why would you have to re-install? You can copy over the preferences folder with one click.

Lauloque

True, but only at first startup of a new installed version, which can be easily missed.

But being able to jump to a file or folder from a keypress is quite a useful feature in file browsing.

pablovazquez

I'm not saying it's not. Just asking.

The downside though is that then you'd lose all the single-letter shortcuts. I'm personally find with it, and unify shortcuts with regular file browsers/finder.

1
nebulon12121 Author

If it means losing existing shortcuts then never mind. Question though, how do other Windows apps managed to accomplish this while retaining their keyboard shortcuts for other things?