Please no. It breaks typing numbers to the search field.

ah good point, merry it with another hotkey then? Maybe alt-num goes to result, alt-shit-num loads it without moving focus. I’m not emotional about it, but I’d love to be able to go directly to a result without having to traverse the list one at a time, to get down to the right result.

don’t get me wrong, we could have both right? And will need the ability to traverse when the number of results is > 10.

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it would be nice to have a note preview as the list is being traversed. Currently this happens when hovering over note title with the mouse.

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Edit the title a bit, it was more confusing before, as it’s already possible to merely do a search with keyboard (Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-F and then type your search query).

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I’m new here and not sure how we’re supposed to show support for an idea, but this one gets a big thumbs up from me.

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@TheIdOfAlan There is terse summary in FAQ: https://forum.obsidian.md/faq#keep-tidy

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Yes, so important for accessibility! Side panels in general are not navigable without a mouse, which is a shame.

Posting me support for this, please!

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Yes, it’s very strange to type in a search, see results populate in a list, then not be able to walk the list by using arrow keys or even hit [ENTER] to select the first result.

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It would be great to have this feature. I switched recently from Roam, and it really hurts not having this. I am also using voice2code software(Talon - https://talonvoice.com/) and lack of these shortcuts makes it impossible to add better support for Obsidian in Talon.

Does anyone know if it is possible to hack around this? I know that Obsidian gives access to devtools, but I have no experience with web programming, and don’t know if it could help somehow?

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really need this feature too, even more, I want search integrate into quick switch, which allow me navigate not only between file, but also any content and header

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Use case

It would be great to be able to assign a hotkey for next/previous search result. That would allow the user to breeze through the found notes in a similar manner as we’re able to do with daily notes.

Proposed solution

Assign a hotkey for next and previous search result item.

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Also, pressing ESC should clear the current search.

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Use case or problem

when i do global search ctrl + shift + f
i have the then use my mouse to click on one of the search results

Proposed solution

i would like to use arrow keys (up and down), tab (next suggestion) and enter (pick suggestion) to navigate the search suggestions / results

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Maybe we are missing something, but how something this obvious isn’t implemented in such a well made application is beyond me. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

Maybe there’s an alternative that some community members are using at the moment? :slight_smile:

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After I enter Ctrl + Shift + F to get search results, the correct logic should be to use the arrow keys to select items. Now I can only use the mouse to select items, Keyboard does not work

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Just seconding that this functionality is important - selection via the arrow keys would be ideal, numbered hotkeys also seem reasonable. Is there any alternative currently to get this functionality without a mouse?

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please please please please please add this

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this feature is absolutely critical.

How do other users search and navigate their notes? using the mouse???

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Ideally first result should be actionable with enter key while the focus stay in the search box for further input if needed.

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