Request: Keyboard navigation in md-list

[vipdorian]

To be able to use arrow keys to navigate through md-list or md-data-table or md-grid-list

As said in http://webaim.org/techniques/keyboard/ , in the section "Navigate to most elements" :

• Keyboard focus indicators must be present.
• Navigation order should be logical and intuitive.

In material-angular (1.1.0-rc.5), arrow keys does not select or change focus in md-list. The issue was closed in material-angular as part of ‘Surge Focus on Material 2' efforts. Requesting this feature to be included in material-angular-2.

Use-case 1 : Pharmacy Software, need to navigate through a md-list of prescriptions with up/down.

Use-case 2 : Google drive, you can navigate through files with arrow keys.

Use-case 3 : Google mail, you can navigate through emails with arrow keys.

Motivation : Most pharmacists in Quebec are using an old C# pharmacy software which is ugly but fast. If I can tell them that Material-Angular2 is good-looking AND fast, it might be a game-changer. (keyboard-friendly == fast)

[jelbourn]

As mentioned in #1999, this is something that is more appropriate for md-action-list and md-selection-list once those are implemented.

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