Well, in regard to first letter navigation, macOS generally has it, but it acts
a bit differently then it does on other operating systems. If you type “N”
twice quickly on a windows computer it will go to the next item that has an N
as the initial character. MacOS either never or very rarely will do this.
Generally, I find that typing a specific character after a delay will always go
to a specific item in the list in question, but it will not be the first one.
If you continue to type it will generally get to the right result. For example
in the develop menu of Safari there are several items that begin with disable
but if I type “disable j” it will always land on “Disable javascript”.
Perhaps in your case, however using either text expander or keyboard Maestro
would be more efficient. I used to have a random email signature AppleScript
in my library. If you are interested in this, let me know and I will try to
find it.
Best wishes,
Jonathan Cohn
> On Dec 9, 2022, at 7:38 PM, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Write a bug report. Maybe Apple will fix it.
>
> On 9/12/22 23:02, Bill Gallik wrote:
>> I’m having an issue navigating a list wherein I want to move into the list
>> by typing the first character of list items so as to quickly move down into
>> that part of said list. As I’ve mentioned in prior e-mailings, I have a
>> number of “signature tags” that I’ve created from “Quote of the Day” in
>> prior days and now “Brainy Quotes.” I save each daily quote in a text file
>> in a dedicated folder and then create the signature tag matching that file
>> name. I’m inclined to keep these signature tags in alphabetical order so
>> when I create such a tag that begins with a letter later in alphabetical
>> order I’d like to be able to enter the list of signature names and enter the
>> first letter so I’ll be placed in that region of the list. That is not
>> working consistently.
>>
>> For example, the “Second Mouse” tag below is a bit down the list; yet if I
>> wanted to create a tag such as “Wisdom Outweighs,” simply typing a “w” upon
>> entering the signature list often does nothing at all. The aggravating
>> aspect of this is that SOMETIMES it works. And to top it off, when I am in
>> a folder and trying to locate a file in this manner it does work all the
>> time.
>>
>> Does anybody have any suggestions?
>>
>>
>> * * * * * * * * * * * *
>> - Bill from Ino, Wisconsin
>> - "The early bird may get the worm,"
>> - "But the second mouse gets the cheese!"
>> - Contributor Unknown
>>
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