RE: what's this called

["Jerry Kindall" <j -dot- kindall -at- tecplot -dot- com>]

Also sprach Milan Davidovic <milan -dot- lists -at- gmail -dot- com>:

> I open a folder containing files beginning with different letters of
> the alphabet. I press the "c" key and Windows selects the first item
> starting with "c" (i.e. as though I had clicked on that item once).

> Is there a name for what Windows just did there?

"Type-ahead selection" or "select-by-typing."

Note that you can type any number of characters and Windows will select
the item that starts with all of them (e.g. "My C" selects "My
Computer"), although if there is more than one matching item it seems to
be a bit cavalier about selecting the one that's first alphabetically.
This is subtly different from the "type C repeatedly and it cyles
through all of them" behavior that others are talking about.  Windows
supports both modes of interaction.

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Jerry Kindall, SDK Technical Writer
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