I used that feature a lot both on this PC and the iPad - it was quick and convenient and VERY useful in this very large library.
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With vertical scrolling, it has been adjusted. On your PC, it is probably easiest to type the first few letters of what you are after. On an iPad, if you scroll on the right side of the page, it will call up letters to guide you through. I actually find it quicker because it doesnât just drop you at the first of a long list of artists beginning with S, but YMMV.
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Thanks for the help 
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Searching whether vertically or horizontally is an individual matter, but the search method is not. In version 1.7, the alphabet appeared during the search and it was according to the alphabet, which made it very easy to find now, but if there is no photo of the artist, his initials appear, which completely disturbs the search method. TO IMPROVE earlier it was perfect, now it is TRAGIC.
Regards, Adrian Fruzynski
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Not on my iPad Pro or iPhone 11, it doesnât? Or am I missing something here?
Made even worse, because Roon does not recognise the Magic Keyboard with my iPad Pro 
If I go to âArtistsâ or âAlbumsâ I now have to scroll masses if I want to get to anything past, say âKâ, etc. Please donât say âuse the search buttonâ because that will give me the whole gamut of sections, when perhaps I want to stay in Artists or Albums
The Letter search doesnât show , but on my ipad, i drag my finger down the RH edge and letters show up , drag and release when get to the required letter
Bit tricky to start with but V quick when you get the hang
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Alphabetic search has not gone in 1.8!
To use it simply set the sorted by artist or album name etc and then swipe down on far right and you have alpha display.
Thank you, this works on Android as well. However:
- difficult to find as it never worked like this before
- slower than before because with the old method I could simply touch M and go there, similar to the keyboard in the desktop version. Now I must scroll, which isnât very smooth for a long list
Unfortunately, another thing that became worse for no discernible reason
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Yes, completely doesnât make sense. On my iPad Pro, if I click & hold the scroll button on the RHS, the letters do show, but then you have to scroll, canât simply press any alphabet button (on a Magic Keyboard) 
. Makes the alphabet showing completely pointless. On the iphone 11, I canât click & hold the scroll button because it is too close to the filter /other buttons. My thumb is not particularly âfatâ
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Itâs not something I use too often, I tend to prefer search but certainly not too easy
I was using it all the time And I liked it a lot in 1.7 that the letter option that exists with the keyboard in the desktop version (which is super helpful, still exists in 1.8, and I also use all the time) was replicated similarly on mobile. Now there are two completely different approaches and the mobile one got worse.
It doesnât replace the fact that you still have to scroll (to the letter). Unless you are on a desktop.
I use filter to get to artists and albums quickly.
As you type each letter the album view adjusts. So, within just a few letters I am usually exactly placed where I want to be.
IMHO opinion it is better than the alphabet slider on the side of the app.
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Thatâs what I do as I explained, along with search
Not quite. Type the first letter in filter, say M, and you get all instances of that, such as Amy Winehouse, The Animals and Bob Marley. The alpha slider would just take you the artists beginning with M. Type in more letters and the list narrows.
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I dont like this newly introduced restriction either. One-letter search isnt very helpful. I have hundreds of Artists and composers starting with âBâ. It was certainly easier to browse to âBAâ to jump to the likes of Bach and Bartok, or to âBRâ if I wanted to jump to Britten or Brahms.
All gone now for whatever reason.
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Yes, but the alphabet allowed me go to Dy with 2 inputs and still does so in the 1.8 desktop version. It was the same on mobile and this was taken away. This is what I get now for âDyâ in the filter:
So at the very least it forces me to type more, which is not super easy with a mobile on-screen keyboard.
And sometimes (often) I just want to go to âDâ or âSâ, which is not possible at all now on mobile
I donât know anymore if there was a filter in the album view in 1.7. It is certainly a good option to have, and itâs great if this was added in 1.8. But this is an additional thing, not a good replacement
âDyâ might work reasonably well in that filter. But try to enter âBaâ. It returns half your collection 
I wouldnât call that result âworking very wellâ But yes, obviously it can be worse with other combinations. Or, I mean, it works OK for being a filter, and that can be useful as well, so it is good to have the option. But it is not the same thing as going directly to the artists starting with Dy, Ba, or S
wording corrected 
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