Suggestion: Shortcut for better keyboard-only usage: Switch focus SideBar<->FilesPane
Use cases
Assuming the user is avoiding the mouse: Currently switching between the side-bar and the files pane requires cycling through the UI with TAB, arrow keys and maybe show/hide the side bar with F9. This takes up mental capacity unnecessarily. The user ends up using the mouse as it's more comfortable than thinking about focus states. This creates a break in a keyboard-only workflow.
Desired behavior
A single, native shortcut to switch focus between the files pane and the side-bar. It's either or - nothing in between. I suggest CTRL+g as the default.
Benefits of the solution
- Better user experience.
- lower mental capacity necessary
There's a user base which is interested in a better keyboard-only experience, as can be seen in this poll that I have created (originally in a search for a solution to this missing shortcut): https://www.reddit.com/r/pop_os/comments/kwcz1t/file_manager_missing_crucial_shortcut_for/
Possible drawbacks
(effort implementing it)