microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys

Enable arrow navigation in AdvancedPaste

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Needs-Triage Product-Advanced Paste
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Description

### Description of the new feature / enhancement

I don't like the Ctrl-[1-9] navigation scheme, I much prefer the arrow navigation scheme, because it is used everywhere: PT Run / CmdPal, autocompletions in many softwares, file explorers ...
To make things worse, with the Ctrl-N scheme, the same action can have a different shortcut depending on context. E.g. saving a png to disk is Ctrl-2 but saving a txt is Ctrl-4.

### Scenario when this would be used?

Anytime I use advanced paste

### Supporting information

_No response_

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Research direction

Start at AdvancedPaste's existing Ctrl-[1-9] navigation handling and trace how choices are selected. Done means arrow keys provide navigation during AdvancedPaste use while preserving the existing choices and behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
55/100

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