Is there a shortcut for finding items in a large library?
Hi, Is there a shortcut key that when used with a letter of the alphabet takes you to an item in your library beginning with that letter? (Or alternatively some form of click > start typing item name or author?) It seems simple and obvious, but I have searched the discussions to no avail and the FOI's don't seem to answer this question either.
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It would be useful if this was in the FAQ's or the Zotero 'basics' instructions. I can't believe how long I have been using Zotero without knowing that! Definitely makes it easier to move around.
This find-as-you-type (sort of) feature is pretty standard across a large number of applications (including file explorers on pretty much every OS), so I don't think we need to explicitly cover it in the FAQ. It's the sort of feature that is assumed to be there. Similar to Ctrl (or Cmd if you're on Mac) + A (to select all), + F (to search), etc.
If it were up to me, I'd add it to the "search" instructions.
Could be here:
http://www.zotero.org/support/tips_and_tricks
but I'm not sure how many people every get there