Hi, No there is not. The difference between the interface for Mac and Windows is that Windows relies only on the first letter, whereas Mac is waiting for more letters before it allows you to move on per se. So, if you wanted to jump quickly to Jason, type j a s, whereas if you’d like to move quickly to John, type j o.
Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Professional Learning Specialist Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On Jan 19, 2022, at 21:47, Dave Carlson <dgcarlson0...@gmail.com> wrote: > > What I’m referring to is the following example: > > I’m in the folder view in Mail. > I press the “J” key to jump to the first folder starting with that letter. > If I want to then type another letter “J” or even if I want to type some > other letter, I always have to wait about 3 seconds before it will respond. > Unless of course I press a down/up arrow first and then type the new > character. > > That seems very silly to me. Of course, I’m an old Windows user and I liked > being able to tap a letter key repeatedly and skipping from one item to the > next with that letter to speed up searching. > > So for all the clever terminal command folks out there, is there a way to > significantly shorten the required “dead time” before the Mac will wake up > and respond to another keypress? > > And I’m thinking this is a system-wide restriction, because it exhibits the > same behavior in Finder, Dock, and others aside from Mail. > > Thanks in advance. > > Dave Carlson > Oregonian, Engineer, Musician, Farfar, Woodworker, and Pioneer > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/A3C88558-46CA-42A5-B1CA-2568F1B50E53%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/8AC403BD-9099-45CF-8821-9A9E6750CB30%40me.com.
