=== Dashboard Navigator ===
Contributors: OllieJones
Tags: administration, dashboard, search, navigation
Requires at least: 4.3
Tested up to: 6.8
Requires PHP: 5.6
Stable tag: 1.0.0
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
Donate link: https://github.com/sponsors/OllieJones

Navigate your WordPress dashboard by searching with a few keystrokes.  Press shift shift, then a few letters of the menu item you want.

== Description ==

In modern operating systems you can press a Start or Spotlight key, type a few letters of the operation you need, and choose it. There's no need to waste time clicking around in the menus looking for your command. This plugin gives you the same capability for WordPress's dashboard and its features.

The plugin places a search box at the top of the menu at the top left of WordPress's dashboard. (That menu is at the top right if you use a right-to-left language such as Rohingya or Arabic.) Click in that menu and type a few letters. You'll see a drop-down list of matching commands. Use arrow keys to select the command you want, and press Enter or Tab.

You can press Shift twice rapidly instead of clicking in the search box. So, for example, to go to your orders in your WooCommerce store, type this.

**Shift** **Shift** **o** **r** **d** **e** **r** **s** **Enter**

Tnat's it.

How does this plugin work? It is lightweight. It sends its small JavaScript file to your browser for every dashboard page. That JavaScript analyzes the WordPress menus and prepares the dropdown list.

<h4>Credits</h4>

Props to [herchen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/herchen/) for his [Admin Menu Search](https://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-menu-search/) plugin. This is, I hope, worthwhile improvement on it.

== Installation ==

The usual way.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Will this plugin slow down my site for my users? =

**No.** It does nothing on your site's front-end pages. And, for your dashboard users it adds one small Javascript file.

= Does this work for languages rendered right-to-left as well as left-to-right? =

**Yes.**

= What if some of my registered users don't want it? =

Each user can enable or disable it in their user profile.

= Does it present any security problems? =

**No.**  It works entirely in each user's browser with the menus WordPress sends to the browser.

= I publish my own plugin. Can I put my plugin's commands into the dropdown list ? =

Yes. The dropdown list includes the top-level menus and submenus created by your plugin and other plugins.

== Screenshots ==

1. Type shift shift or click on the Navigator to search menus.

2. Type a few characters, use the arrow keys to choose an item, then hit enter.

== Changelog ==

= 1.0.0 =
* First release.

== Upgrade Notice ==

* First release.