Keyboard navigation of Emanote

[j-steinbach]

Navigate Emanote with arrow keys (and vim-style h j k l), based on the Folgezettel tree.

Left/Right: Cycle between siblings (Notes with the same parent(s)).

Up: Go to parent note. (What happens with multiple parents? Go to first parent? Show an overlay to select the parent?)

Down: Go to child note. (Multiple children: Same as with Up. First child? Select child?)

No parents/siblings/children: Do nothing.

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See also #143 (and maybe #140) for possible alternate display variants that would benefit/support keyboard navigation.

[vcavallo]

idea for multiple children/parents:

• press j once, see a list of children with one highlighted (maybe at random to prevent over-treading certain trails)
• press h and l to change which is highlighted
• press j again to select it.

Same for k with multiple parents.

[j-steinbach]

Yeah, this is also what I pictured. The parents/children should probably be shown as a carousel instead of a list to directly "wire-down" the left/right h/l usage.

[j-steinbach]

Quick mockup.

[vcavallo]

🔥

How about a preview title of the siblings left and right so you know where you're heading?

[j-steinbach]

Absolutely.

[vcavallo]

Okay now that I see these mock-ups I _really_ want this :)

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[j-steinbach]

Another similar approach is something like this, which might also fit with more #140