With the new Find as you type feature, it does not work the way I need it to so I had to disable it. For example, I have files sorted by date, and there could be 100's of files in this folder. Then, for example, lets say I have 15 files that begin with a C.
So, I open the lister, highlight a file, then hit C... Then the little find bar pops up, and I hit C again, and it no added CC as the search string. I simply want to go to the NEXT file with a C, not search for CC.
So, I then disabled the Find as you type option in Preferences, and now, the first C does not even work (like default Explorer).
When Find as you type is disabled, it should work like before I would think, so I could hit C, then C, and repeat as needed 15 times.
This is really pretty important... should I file this as a support request item?
If you really want the Explorer behaviour, toggle Preferences / Miscellaneous / Advanced: fayt_firstchar_repeat (edit: oops, abr beat me to that)
But with the default, you can push C once and then use the cursor keys to move to the next items starting with the same letter, which makes a lot more sense to me (and means you don't lose the ability to find the first file starting with CC when you want that).
Great! That is the perfect setting. Now that works just the way I would want. I will have to look through all those advanced settings. Thanks for the tip!
The cursor keys never worked for me. The cursor would simply go to the next file, not the next "C" file. Maybe this is in those advanced settings also. But the tip above is all I need. Thanks abr and Leo.
Oh, if you're sorted by date then you'd have to use F3 to go to the next "C" file. (The cursor key would move to the next file in date order.) I overlooked that aspect, sorry.