Quick Navigation Interface
Quick Navigation Interface provides a new way to navigate through the Administration Panels, combining the speed of keyboard shortcuts with the ease of a graphical user interface. Just press g or ` — the backtick character, usually located above the tab key — to bring up the interface, and then star
About this tool.
Quick Navigation Interface provides a new way to navigate through the Administration Panels, combining the speed of keyboard shortcuts with the ease of a graphical user interface.
Just press g or ` — the backtick character, usually located above the tab key — to bring up the interface, and then start typing part of the name of any screen, post, page, etc. As you type, you’ll be shown a list of matching links. Use the Up and Down keys to move between them, and press Enter to open one.
This was inspired by Ubuntu’s Dash and HUD , and is also similar to the Spotlight feature in OS X.
Screenshots & previews.
Frequently asked questions.
I’m pressing `g` or the ` key, but nothing happens
There are a few likely causes for this:
- 01The page hasn’t finished loading yet. Make sure you wait until the circle in the title bar has stopped spinning.
- 02The cursor could be focused on an input field (like a text area or a button). Try clicking anywhere outside an input field (like the page’s background) to move the focus off of the input field, and then try to open the interface again.
- 03If you’re not using an English keyboard, the key might not work. You can pick another key by following the instructions in the FAQ entry below. To help improve this for other non-English users, please let me know what a good key would be for your language .
- 04You might be mistaking the ` (backtick) key for the ‘ (single-quote) key. You need to press the backtick key, which is normally located above the tab key and left of the 1 key. You can also try using the g key instead.
- 05JavaScript execution might have been halted because of errors on the page, which would most likely be caused by the theme or another plugin. You can check your browser’s error console for details, and send the error to the plugin’s developer. To work around it, try disabling all other plugins temporarily, and switching to one of the Core themes, and see if that solves the problem. If it does, turn them back on one-by-one until you isolate which one is causing the problem.
