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list navigation: cyclic arrow key selection?

Posted: 01 Feb 2019 07:45
by Filehero
Is there a setting/tweak to allow navigation keys wrapping the list browsing with arrow down/up keys in a last/first and first/last way? I can't believe it's not yet supported.

There's an old wish thread which went OT.


Thanks,
FH

Re: list navigation: cyclic arrow key selection?

Posted: 05 Feb 2019 08:42
by Filehero
Bump.

Re: list navigation: cyclic arrow key selection?

Posted: 09 Feb 2019 10:45
by admin
Not possible at the moment. I guess that makes it a wish?

Re: list navigation: cyclic arrow key selection?

Posted: 09 Feb 2019 12:01
by bdeshi
moved to wishes. and +1 :whistle:

Re: list navigation: cyclic arrow key selection?

Posted: 09 Feb 2019 12:13
by bdeshi
hey XY already has a similar looping selection, when the floating preview is open. So close.

Re: list navigation: cyclic arrow key selection?

Posted: 10 Feb 2019 10:30
by admin
Yes, and it makes kind of sense in the FP (looping through images, e.g.). But generally? I personally find it rather counter intuitive. A list is not a circle. Who would use this, and why?

Re: list navigation: cyclic arrow key selection?

Posted: 10 Feb 2019 10:39
by bdeshi
Say I began serial renaming in the middle of the list, and want to keep renaming the topmost items after reaching the end.
Binge previewing images in thumbnails mode.

Really it's just a shortcut for the home key in a very specific situation.

Re: list navigation: cyclic arrow key selection?

Posted: 10 Feb 2019 10:49
by bdeshi
a lot many unique one-off ideas could be realized if you released special keys like enter, space, backspace, up/down etc to cks you know. :whistle:

Re: list navigation: cyclic arrow key selection?

Posted: 10 Feb 2019 13:37
by Filehero
admin wrote: 10 Feb 2019 10:30Who would use this, and why?
The up/down keys are my major navigation tools for lists. When I have a file list with the last file(s) selected pressing the down arroy key is simply the quickest way to select the first item(s). For me the list is a chain. Wether it‘s closed or open it remains a chain.

Re: list navigation: cyclic arrow key selection?

Posted: 01 Jun 2023 11:26
by admin
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