[Feature Request] Keyboard Navigation when Sidecar Panel is focused

[FelipeRearden]

Hello @matthewturk !!!!

If possible, would you mind adding a simple keyboard navigation using ↑ ↓ when the focus is in the Sidecar Panel view.

I have long notes and would be spectacular to be able to “scroll” using the keyboard keys.

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Thanks for reading this FR!
I hope you like my idea 🙏

[matthewturk]

Hi! Do you want the main note to scroll, or the sidecar panel?

[FelipeRearden]

Hello @matthewturk !!!!

Thanks for the reply :)

Hi! Do you want the main note to scroll, or the sidecar panel?

The sidecar panel :)

[matthewturk]

Let me see what I can do! I honestly didn't realize it wouldn't scroll.

[matthewturk]

So I tried this out on my installation. I've got a really really long sidecar panel note, and I've focused the panel it's displayed in. Pressing up and down on my keyboard does scroll it. Am I misunderstanding?

[FelipeRearden]

First of all forgive for the late reply, I literally burn my fingers while using the oven but I all good now 🙏

So I tried this out on my installation. I've got a really really long sidecar panel note, and I've focused the panel it's displayed in. Pressing up and down on my keyboard does scroll it. Am I misunderstanding?

I can confirm the same behavior on 0.2.4 using the mouse to focus on the sidecar panel and after hitting arrow keys.

I think the issue is on my end and I think I know why. I kindly ask some time before closing this issue because I wanna do some tests.

Sharing my thoughts: I think the issue happens only when you use the keyboard to focus on the sidecar panel. That’s why is not working on my end. Let me see what I can do and I get back to you :)

Thank you very much for the help 🙏

[matthewturk]

Oh, interesting! Maybe a hotkey to both focus the panel and focus the scrollable area would fix it?

[FelipeRearden]

Oh, interesting! Maybe a hotkey to both focus the panel and focus the scrollable area would fix it?

That would be perfect @matthewturk !!! 🙏 🙏 🙏

This is exactly what we have for all Core Plugins that has Sidebar interfaces File Explorer , Tags and Bookmarks :

• Show File Explorer , Show Tags and Show Bookmarks will focus on the Sidebar and focus on the first item in the Sidebar

I hope it is feasible to implement this 🙏

[matthewturk]

@FelipeRearden I think I have an idea, related to the navigation variable on the ItemView object. I'm working to test it.

[FelipeRearden]

@FelipeRearden I think I have an idea, related to the navigation variable on the ItemView object. I'm working to test it.

Thank you very much @matthewturk !!!!! I hope you have success 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

[matthewturk]

I wasn't totally able to fix this. I'm going to see if I can get #2 first.

[FelipeRearden]

I wasn't totally able to fix this. I'm going to see if I can get #2 first.

Okay !!! Thank you very much for the feedback ☀️