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What is the best way to design keyboard shortcuts for selecting an item from a long list?

  • If there are 25 items in a list and I want a keyboard shortcut to select an arbitrary one (e.g. the 19th item), how should I choose the shortcuts?

  • Answer:

    Will alphabetizing the list entries make it easy for users to scan the list with their eyes? If so, then it will probably also make it easy for users to select items just by typing. It's called "typedown." Here's an example: http://www.sophiaknows.com/codebase/js/formtypedown.js.html That example hides list entries that do not match what was typed, but you could also leave all items in the list, and just select the first matching entry.

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