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Informal question for NVDA end users please: NVDA has many quick navigation keys (single letters you press to jump to the next element of a certain type on the web). I haven't included any here so as not to lead you - but what are your top FIVE most used of these?

I often introduce navigating on the web by mentioning a couple, but I want to make sure I am thinking of the same "common" ones as you. Please let me know your top 5?

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Peter Vágner

@NV Access Mine are h for heading, e for text entry, b for button, f for any form field followed by concrete numbers for heading at a specific level for sites I know well. Then checkboxes, comboboxes, landmarks and frames at the very end of my quick navigation usage patterns.
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Alex Hall

H has to be the very top, by a lot. Headings are still how I think of getting around webpages. I use d on certain pages, but landmarks never quite took off, so that's less common. F is on the list so I can jump by form field, even when some genius made the search field a combo box for no reason. Comma is one I use a lot for wordy figures or to skip out of tables or lists in say-all. I don't know what the last one is, since I use other keys on specific sites.
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@FreakyFwoof As @ysotomayor said, comma "Moves past the end of the container (list, table, etc.) where the caret is positioned" and you can use shift+comma to "Moves to the start of the container (list, table, etc.) where the caret is positioned". Both only work when IN a container like a list or table - from just under the list of single letter commands at: download.nvaccess.org/document…

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@FreakyFwoof @ysotomayor You're welcome! There's always something new to learn, and I think with these single letter navigation keys, most of us have a few that we commonly go to, but don't always remember some of our lesser-used ones :)
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Elijah Massey

@DavidGoldfield h is my most used quick key, followed by e, b, and x, although I probably use h more than those three together. I don't really use any of the others nearly as much as those, although I use Tab a lot on the web too.
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Simon Jaeger

Hard to say because I just instinctively use them differently depending on the page I'm on. Headings, edit fields, buttons, links, and a tossup between tables/lists/landmarks depending on context. I also notice that some sites and apps are starting to implement articles for distinct bits of text, so I've assigned that to the A key and changed anotations to Z. I assigned a lot of the unassigned ones, but that's probably the most useful one.
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Sascha

ranked on what I think might be my most reached for commands in general and on unfamiliar pages:
1. H
2. D
3. 1, 2 and 3
4. E
5. ,
6. N

My usage definitely varies depending on context. If I'm on groups.io, for example, I'll use S to move between messages, but I hardly ever use S outside of that context

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@dhamlinmusic @PepperTheVixen Comma "Moves past the end of the container (list, table, etc.) where the caret is positioned" and you can use shift+comma to "Moves to the start of the container (list, table, etc.) where the caret is positioned". Both only work when IN a container like a list or table - from just under the list of single letter commands at: download.nvaccess.org/document…

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@dhamlinmusic @PepperTheVixen Well, as useful as any otehr quick navigatoin keys. And you could use iinput gestures to assign anything really important to keeys on the display - though I don't expect many people would do that for too many single letter navigation keys :)
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@crazydutchy You can find them here: download.nvaccess.org/document… Many of them are simply the first letter of the element: L list, i List item, T table, F Form field, E Edit field, B Button, etc. Some, like K for link, might not seem as obvious but do correspond to other uses (alt+k to get to links in the elements list, NVDA+k for the link destination control+k to add a link in Word and many programs, etc.

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