Unable to quickly jump to name of person email in new outlook?

Hi @Chris Lundie 

Thank you for your feedback and for raising this concern. 
 

in the New Outlook for Windows, the ability to quickly jump to a sender or recipient by typing the first letter of their name while sorting by name is currently not available. This feature was present in the classic Outlook experience and has been widely used by business users for efficient navigation. 

We understand how critical this functionality is, especially when managing large volumes of email. Microsoft is aware of this limitation, and while there’s no confirmed timeline for its return, it has been raised as a usability gap by many users in the community  

In the meantime, here are a few workarounds: 

• Use the search bar to locate emails from specific senders. 
• Use filters or focused inbox to narrow down results. 
• Consider switching back to Classic Outlook if this feature is essential to your workflow. 

We truly appreciate your feature suggestion for better experience. This is such a great improvement that will help a lot of users who having the same problems with unable to export clickable hyperlinks attached to images. We want to show you our gratitude for reaching out and providing a wonderful solution for better Microsoft environment.  

We’re cheering for your idea to become a reality. We recommend you submitting your feedback via the Microsoft Feedback Portal or directly through any Microsoft 365 app by going to Help > Feedback or File > Feedback. While our community team can’t directly implement feature changes, your feedback is invaluable and here’s how you can ensure it reaches the right team:     

How to Submit Your Suggestion to Microsoft:    

1. Visit the Microsoft Feedback Portal:     

• Go to: Microsoft 365 Feedback Hub→Send Feedback→ Describe your proposal in detail      

2. Upvote & collaborate:     

• Check existing suggestions and upvote similar ones. The more votes an idea gets, the higher its priority!     

Why Your Voice Matters:     

• The product team reviews all feedback submitted here directly.     
• Popular ideas appear on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap if approved.     
• Your suggestion could help millions of users in the future!     

Please know that you have our full attention and support as a trusted partner who truly cares about the continuity and quality of your experience. Please don’t hesitate to reach out at any time, we are always here for you, ready to support and resolve any additional concerns you may have.  

Thank you, once again, for your patience, understanding, and confidence in us.  

If this response has been helpful, we kindly encourage click "Accept Answer" and kindly upvote it. Doing so will assist other users with similar questions in finding accurate and timely solutions more easily. 

We appreciate your participation in the community and look forward to supporting you further. 

Note: Please follow the steps in our documentation to enable e-mail notifications if you want to receive the related email notification for this thread.  

Hi @Chris Lundie  

Is there any update from you? Let us know how things are going, your update would be greatly appreciated!    

Kind regards,   

As other users will also search information in this community, kindly mark it as an answer, your valuable vote will definitely also help other users who have similar queries easily to find the correct channel and useful information more quickly.  

I appreciate your kind words.  

Have a nice day and stay healthy  

Note: Please follow the steps in our documentation to enable e-mail notifications if you want to receive the related email notification for this thread. 

Hi @Chris Lundie  

I hope you're having a pleasant week so far. 

I'm following up to see if your issue has been fully resolved. My aim is to ensure your experience continues to be smooth and worry-free. If you're still facing any difficulties or have encountered new concerns, please don’t hesitate to let me know which steps you're currently navigating, I’d be glad to assist further. 

Should you have any additional questions, feel free to tag me in your response so I can support you directly. 

Looking forward to your update. 

Warm regards, 

As other users will also search information in this community, kindly mark it as an answer, your valuable vote will definitely also help other users who have similar queries easily to find the correct channel and useful information more quickly.   

I appreciate your kind words.  

Have a nice day and stay healthy  

Note: Please follow the steps in our documentation to enable e-mail notifications if you want to receive the related email notification for this thread.

• @Chris Lundie It looks like in the latest version of New Outlook, they have added a "Jump to" button with different options based on what you are sorting by. For 'From', you should now see this :
  

My version below for reference:
Microsoft Outlook Version: 1.2025.806.300 (Production)

Client Version: 20250808005.18

WebView2 Version: 139.0.3405.102