{"version":"2.1.269","anchor":"directorytext-input-fields-now-request-keyboard-focus","canonical_anchor":"directorytext-input-fields-now-request-keyboard-focus","heading":"Directory\/text-input fields now request keyboard focus","tier":"notice","area":"Terminal UI","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.269\/e\/directorytext-input-fields-now-request-keyboard-focus","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.269","markdown":"### Directory\/text-input fields now request keyboard focus\n\nDirectory and search text boxes now grab keyboard focus automatically, with a new focus context for plugin panes\n\n**What**\n\nSeveral text-input fields in prompts, like the directory path input and plugin\/skill search boxes, now request keyboard focus as soon as they're shown, so you can start typing right away without clicking or tabbing into them first.\n\n- A new keybinding context called `PaneField` was also added, covering input fields or selects with keyboard focus inside a plugin's pane, alongside the existing `Pane` context.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis makes these prompts more responsive to use, since the cursor is ready in the right field the moment it appears, and gives plugin authors a way to bind keys specifically for a focused field inside their pane.\n\n- Area: Terminal UI\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 0\/5"}