# The project Navigator should allow left arrow to jump to the parent element, as Finder does

**URL:** <https://forum.xojo.com/t/the-project-navigator-should-allow-left-arrow-to-jump-to-the-parent-element-as-finder-does/88621>\
**Category:** Bugs and Feature Requests\
**Created:** [July 17, 2026, 11:31am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/the-project-navigator-should-allow-left-arrow-to-jump-to-the-parent-element-as-finder-does/88621 "2026-07-17T11:31:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ian\_Kennedy](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/ian_kennedy/32/6860_2.png) [@Ian\_Kennedy](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Ian_Kennedy)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 11:31am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/the-project-navigator-should-allow-left-arrow-to-jump-to-the-parent-element-as-finder-does/88621/1 "2026-07-17T11:31:13Z")

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Feedback Case Number: [#81651](https://tracker.xojo.com/xojoinc/xojo/-/issues/81651)

Pressing left arrow on a leaf node should move the highlight to the patient node.

Xojo fails to implement an incredibly useful keyboard feature that Finder offers in its List mode. The same behaviour is present in Apple Mail and every other hierarchical list box found within macOS.

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Wheel](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/christian_wheel/32/20536_2.png) [@Christian\_Wheel](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Christian_Wheel)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/the-project-navigator-should-allow-left-arrow-to-jump-to-the-parent-element-as-finder-does/88621/2 "2026-07-17T17:24:46Z")

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Totally in favor of this.

Especially when you have a class or module with a billion methods or properties, it would be faster and more convenient to be able to go back to the parent with the keyboard instead of the mouse.

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**Author:** ![Ian\_Kennedy](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/ian_kennedy/32/6860_2.png) [@Ian\_Kennedy](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Ian_Kennedy)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/the-project-navigator-should-allow-left-arrow-to-jump-to-the-parent-element-as-finder-does/88621/3 "2026-07-17T17:38:21Z")

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Indeed, just a reminder to everyone. If you like the idea follow the link and give it a thumbs up. Thanks for doing that Christian.