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Migrated from #964

I would also prefer if the command didn't activate the item directly, but selects them like you do with the arrow keys or tab now (or ctrl+p/n). Then you get the visual confirmation before it does something, and you can do more than just launch the main action. Currently some actions have alt actions that you trigger with alt-enter, and I would prefer to be able to add to that via #326 and #476, and also add a "delete" (or "backspace") action for where it applies.

This change is probably inevitable for forward compatibility with a planned context menu, aimed to substitute alt+enter, so you see what you do before you do it. It's also forward compatible with planned support for scrolling (I already have that working locally). You could skip to the next "page" of items outside of the visible view, but launching something in the next "page" outside of the visible view doesn't make sense.

We could still add Ctrl+Alt+jump or maybe Alt+Shift+jump for the old behavior, but that wouldn't save you any key press as compared to hitting Alt+jump then Enter.

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