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[Navigation] Quick access keys to jump to the side navigation

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I was wondering if it's feasible to add a keyboard shortcut to access the side nav links quickly. I'm unsure if something like this already exists on the website but I couldn't find it so I thought I'd bring it up.

Right now on certain pages like "reference" the page contents are too long to keep tabbing to move to the next element. "Jump to" links help a lot but once you do jump to a section, it sort of puts you in the middle of the content page where it's not currently possible to move back to the "Jump to" section and you would have to keep tabbing either backwards or forwards to get out of the content section.

Adding a keyboard shortcut like alt + n or something else to bring the focus directly on the "jump to" section would make it easier to navigate the contents. We could also write the shortcuts keys next to the "jump to" heading like "jump to (alt +n)" so users know how to target the section quickly.
Again, I'm not sure if it's already implemented and I just completely missed it. But if it's not, I feel it should be discussed to improve user experience.

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