Are there any hotkeys in dash for choosing among search term matches?

Are there any hotkeys for dash, once a search term has been entered? For example, if I would like to go to a folder very quickly I would want to press super+f to open the dash and then type the name...

I then must type tab ↓ ↓ so that folders are chosen. Then I must hit tab again to get focus on the folder list!

Is there a hotkey for this searching only folders for example?

Solution 1:

You can hit Enter after typing your query to launch the first match, you can also hit Enter Enter in quick succession to launch the first thing it matches whether it renders it in the dash or not (sort of like "I'm feeling lucky").

As far as I can tell, that's currently the only shortcut.

Solution 2:

It's not a hotkey, but you could script searching for folders with xdotool .

# invoke the files lens
xdotool key Super+f 
# wait for the dash to show
sleep 0.5s
# navigate the menu
xdotool key Tab Down Down Shift+Tab

You could save that as a bash script and then set a custom keyboard shortcut in CompizConfig Settings Manager. (See the Commands plugin.)