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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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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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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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@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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@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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