Hi Garry,
It's great to have you connect with us here in the Community. QuickBooks is a versatile program that simplifies the way you manage your accounting. I'll be happy to share more info so you're on the right track with your work.
The function you've described above isn't available in the program. I can see the benefit of having this feature and I encourage you to send feedback about this to our engineers. You can do this by clicking on the Gear icon and looking for Feedback. In the meantime, I recommend checking out this article here as it provides more info about keyboard shortcuts you can use to help navigate the program faster.
Give this a try and let me know if you have questions. Otherwise, I wish you a great rest of the week!