Bug 167795 - Search headings using keyboard shortcut
Summary: Search headings using keyboard shortcut
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
25.2.4.3 release
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Blocks: Sidebar-Find
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Reported: 2025-08-03 16:57 UTC by me
Modified: 2025-08-13 04:20 UTC (History)
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Description me 2025-08-03 16:57:07 UTC
Description:
Hi,

In long Writer docs, fastest way to navigate IMO is to search for headings. This is prohibitively difficult using keyboard:

1. ctrl-F5
2. alt-4
3. tab-tab-tab-tab-tab
4. <type keyword>

Everyone (who can) will use the mouse instead. In case you're wondering, #2 shifts focus to the Sidebar Deck, but to the drop-down list (which I leave Headings as the selected list item), so have to tab x5 to shift focus to the headings tree.

Once there, I really like how slick navigating to a heading is. Simply type first few chars and press enter. Shifting focus to the tree in the Sidebar Deck is the problem.

I'm aware I cant alt-9 and type, but this searches the whole doc, including references to the keyword outside of the heading. Yields too many low-value results to wade through. 99% of the time, the content I'm looking for is within the heading containing the keyword.

Thanks for considering this enhancement.

Steps to Reproduce:
Try to quickly search among headings (using the keyboard).

Actual Results:
Takes seven keystrokes.

Expected Results:
Takes one or two keystrokes. 


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Ideally a single keystroke will open the Sidebar Deck with tree as focus, but I'd also be happy with ctrl-F5 to open the Sidebar Deck, then a single further keystroke to move focus to the tree. Alt-4, tab-tab-tab-tab-tab is a deal-breaker.