This is not a profound question, but I don't know the answer.
What is the name of the OS behavior that brings you to the file name in a finder window by typing the first few letters?
"Search as you type"?
MacOS – the feature called that brings you to the file name by typing the first few letters
findermacos
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Best Answer
It is called as 'Code completion' feature or 'Typing intelligence'.