TWC to TW5 - Substitute User Habit

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Kevin Kleinfelter

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Apr 2, 2018, 9:20:00 AM4/2/18
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I keep trying to move from TW Classic to TW5 and I keep running into the same problem.  With TWC and the right extensions, I can do a search that returns many tiddlers and press alt-C until I see the one I want.

I have TWC configured to show only one tiddler at a time, with TiddlersBar showing all of the other 'open' tiddlers.  I have alt-C defined as an access key to close the visible tiddler.

I'm not going to be able to have exactly that in TW5.  I get it.  TW isn't going to change in that regard; I'll have to change.

So how can I accomplish that same task using TW5 functionality?  I need to be able to:
  • Do a broad search that returns many candidate-match tiddlers
  • Rapidly move through them, looking at the title and the first couple of lines
  • ... using the keyboard

Scrolling through them isn't going to work for me.  I have RSI in my hands and wrists and extensive mousing exacerbates it.  Paging down with the keyboard is sub-optimal because the title and first couple of lines are at different vertical positions as I scroll.  (i.e. With TWC, I could look at the same screen position as I flipped through the tiddlers.  I don't want to have to scan around on the page to find my place.)

Again, I 'get it' that I can't have the same behavior from TW5 as TWC.  How can I meet the same functional need - rapidly scanning through a set of searched tiddlers using the keyboard without scrolling?

TIA
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