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Key select of type in Formula tool

When creating a formula with the formula tool, it would be useful to be able to quickly tab into the data type column, then press D for Double and select this quickly.

Right now, you cannot use the keyboard to quickly type-ahead in this field, so every double field requires you to select, drop down, move the mouse to the bottom of the scroll window, click scroll down, then mouse back up to D for double.

 

(or "S" for Spatial etc - this is standard for most drop-down boxes)

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6 Comments
RachelW
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)
Status changed to: Under Review

Thanks for the feedback. We have some dropdowns that are searchable and some that aren't. You bring up a good point. We'll consider that as we design more features and interfaces. 

KylieF
Alteryx Community Team
Alteryx Community Team
Status changed to: Accepted

Thank you for your idea! We're working to update and improve the keyboard experience across the Designer product as a whole, including functionality such as this. We'll update this idea again once our new keyboard experience is close to release.

patrick_digan
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

@KylieF Glad to see more keyboard interactions coming!

joshuaburkhow
ACE Emeritus
ACE Emeritus

Ha! Was just looking for this! Any idea what version this is coming in ? 

binuacs
20 - Arcturus

@SeanAdams Great idea!! waiting to get it done.

patrick_digan
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

@A11yKyle This would be a nice little keyboard add.