I am reopening this thread for the following reasons:
- The ability to select files with the keyboard was implemented. But this feature request specifically talked about “flicking through” files quickly. As the request was worded, I don’t believe this has been implemented.
“I often want to flick through my files but it is not easy if I have to click on each one.”
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This was an incredibly popular feature request.
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The current implementation does allow for navigating by keyboard, but it doesn’t allow “iterating” through notes quickly. As in automatically opening the note as you browse up and down with the keyboard. If you wanted to quickly iterate through notes, you would have to:
- “Files: show file explorer” (moves focus to files pane)
- Hit down (activates the keyboard browse)
- Hit down (moves the file down)
- Hit enter (opens the note and moves focus to the note)
- “Files: show file explorer”
- (repeat repeat repeat)
Currently, the workaround is to use Quick Explorer plugin, which gives the commands “Go to next file in folder” and “Go to previous file in folder”. This is pretty good, but it doesn’t let you easily move between folders. Or the “Browse vault” popup. Which is also great, but doesn’t open the notes. It only shows a small preview.
I am fairly certain the intention of this feature request, and many of the replies was the ability to quickly and easily jump from note to note.