diff --git a/bamboohr/widget.go b/bamboohr/widget.go
index f464d49f..5d5e300a 100644
--- a/bamboohr/widget.go
+++ b/bamboohr/widget.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ type Widget struct {
 
 func NewWidget() *Widget {
 	widget := Widget{
-		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget(" BambooHR ", "bamboohr", false),
+		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget("BambooHR", "bamboohr", false),
 	}
 
 	return &widget
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) Refresh() {
 	)
 
 	widget.UpdateRefreshedAt()
-	widget.View.SetTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s (%d) ", widget.Name, len(todayItems)))
+	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(widget.Name))
 
 	widget.View.SetText(widget.contentFrom(todayItems))
 }
diff --git a/circleci/widget.go b/circleci/widget.go
index 98dbf116..8323a786 100644
--- a/circleci/widget.go
+++ b/circleci/widget.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ type Widget struct {
 
 func NewWidget() *Widget {
 	widget := Widget{
-		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget(" CircleCI ", "circleci", false),
+		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget("CircleCI", "circleci", false),
 	}
 
 	return &widget
diff --git a/clocks/widget.go b/clocks/widget.go
index 2d124bcd..2b2678f0 100644
--- a/clocks/widget.go
+++ b/clocks/widget.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type Widget struct {
 
 func NewWidget() *Widget {
 	widget := Widget{
-		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget(" World Clocks ", "clocks", false),
+		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget("World Clocks", "clocks", false),
 	}
 
 	widget.clockColl = widget.buildClockCollection(wtf.Config.UMap("wtf.mods.clocks.locations"))
diff --git a/gcal/widget.go b/gcal/widget.go
index 7ad4bc25..011215dc 100644
--- a/gcal/widget.go
+++ b/gcal/widget.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ type Widget struct {
 
 func NewWidget() *Widget {
 	widget := Widget{
-		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget(" Calendar ", "gcal", false),
+		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget("Calendar", "gcal", false),
 		ch:         make(chan struct{}),
 	}
 
diff --git a/gerrit/widget.go b/gerrit/widget.go
index af506257..0f3f2095 100644
--- a/gerrit/widget.go
+++ b/gerrit/widget.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func NewWidget(app *tview.Application, pages *tview.Pages) *Widget {
 	}
 
 	widget := Widget{
-		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget(" Gerrit ", "gerrit", true),
+		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget("Gerrit", "gerrit", true),
 
 		app:   app,
 		pages: pages,
diff --git a/git/display.go b/git/display.go
index 33842728..aedbf36c 100644
--- a/git/display.go
+++ b/git/display.go
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ func (widget *Widget) display() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	title := fmt.Sprintf("[green]%s[white]\n", repoData.Repository)
-	widget.View.SetTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s- %s", widget.Name, title))
+	title := fmt.Sprintf("%s - [green]%s[white]", widget.Name, repoData.Repository)
+	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(title))
 
 	str := wtf.SigilStr(len(widget.Data), widget.Idx, widget.View) + "\n"
 	str = str + " [red]Branch[white]\n"
diff --git a/git/widget.go b/git/widget.go
index 12a82e1d..166b20fc 100644
--- a/git/widget.go
+++ b/git/widget.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ type Widget struct {
 
 func NewWidget(app *tview.Application, pages *tview.Pages) *Widget {
 	widget := Widget{
-		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget(" Git ", "git", true),
+		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget("Git", "git", true),
 
 		app:   app,
 		Idx:   0,
diff --git a/github/display.go b/github/display.go
index a63bc66b..afe4409c 100644
--- a/github/display.go
+++ b/github/display.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ func (widget *Widget) display() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	widget.View.SetTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s- %s ", widget.Name, widget.title(repo)))
+	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(fmt.Sprintf("%s - %s", widget.Name, widget.title(repo))))
 
 	str := wtf.SigilStr(len(widget.GithubRepos), widget.Idx, widget.View) + "\n"
 	str = str + " [red]Stats[white]\n"
diff --git a/github/widget.go b/github/widget.go
index c86917cb..cd3e8b14 100644
--- a/github/widget.go
+++ b/github/widget.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ type Widget struct {
 
 func NewWidget(app *tview.Application, pages *tview.Pages) *Widget {
 	widget := Widget{
-		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget(" Github ", "github", true),
+		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget("Github", "github", true),
 
 		app:   app,
 		Idx:   0,
diff --git a/gitlab/widget.go b/gitlab/widget.go
index c7c3f96f..2a9324d5 100644
--- a/gitlab/widget.go
+++ b/gitlab/widget.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func NewWidget(app *tview.Application, pages *tview.Pages) *Widget {
 	}
 
 	widget := Widget{
-		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget(" Gitlab ", "gitlab", true),
+		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget("Gitlab", "gitlab", true),
 
 		app:   app,
 		pages: pages,
diff --git a/gspreadsheets/widget.go b/gspreadsheets/widget.go
index ddd246d9..ce71fde6 100644
--- a/gspreadsheets/widget.go
+++ b/gspreadsheets/widget.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ type Widget struct {
 
 func NewWidget() *Widget {
 	widget := Widget{
-		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget(" Google Spreadsheets ", "gspreadsheets", false),
+		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget("Google Spreadsheets", "gspreadsheets", false),
 	}
 
 	return &widget
diff --git a/ipaddresses/ipapi/widget.go b/ipaddresses/ipapi/widget.go
index 42730662..f62bcf57 100644
--- a/ipaddresses/ipapi/widget.go
+++ b/ipaddresses/ipapi/widget.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ type ipinfo struct {
 // NewWidget constructor
 func NewWidget() *Widget {
 	widget := Widget{
-		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget(" IPInfo ", "ipapi", false),
+		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget("IPInfo", "ipapi", false),
 	}
 
 	widget.View.SetWrap(false)
diff --git a/ipaddresses/ipinfo/widget.go b/ipaddresses/ipinfo/widget.go
index 031dc032..170983b7 100644
--- a/ipaddresses/ipinfo/widget.go
+++ b/ipaddresses/ipinfo/widget.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ type ipinfo struct {
 
 func NewWidget() *Widget {
 	widget := Widget{
-		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget(" IPInfo ", "ipinfo", false),
+		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget("IPInfo", "ipinfo", false),
 	}
 
 	widget.View.SetWrap(false)
diff --git a/jira/widget.go b/jira/widget.go
index 4bfe47fa..9627c075 100644
--- a/jira/widget.go
+++ b/jira/widget.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type Widget struct {
 
 func NewWidget() *Widget {
 	widget := Widget{
-		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget(" Jira ", "jira", true),
+		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget("Jira", "jira", true),
 	}
 	widget.unselect()
 
@@ -54,13 +54,10 @@ func (widget *Widget) display() {
 		return
 	}
 	widget.View.SetWrap(false)
-	widget.View.SetTitle(
-		fmt.Sprintf(
-			"%s- [green]%s[white] ",
-			widget.Name,
-			wtf.Config.UString("wtf.mods.jira.project"),
-		),
-	)
+
+	str := fmt.Sprintf("%s- [green]%s[white]", widget.Name, wtf.Config.UString("wtf.mods.jira.project"))
+
+	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(str))
 	widget.View.SetText(fmt.Sprintf("%s", widget.contentFrom(widget.result)))
 }
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 526df1f4..1614ec19 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ func initializeFocusTracker(app *tview.Application) {
 		Idx:     -1,
 		Widgets: widgets,
 	}
+
+	focusTracker.AssignHotKeys()
 }
 
 func keyboardIntercept(event *tcell.EventKey) *tcell.EventKey {
@@ -86,10 +88,12 @@ func keyboardIntercept(event *tcell.EventKey) *tcell.EventKey {
 		focusTracker.Prev()
 	case tcell.KeyEsc:
 		focusTracker.None()
-	default:
-		return event
+		//default:
+		//return event
 	}
 
+	focusTracker.FocusOn(string(event.Rune()))
+
 	return event
 }
 
diff --git a/newrelic/widget.go b/newrelic/widget.go
index 2ab2928a..8c4fd8b7 100644
--- a/newrelic/widget.go
+++ b/newrelic/widget.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ type Widget struct {
 
 func NewWidget() *Widget {
 	widget := Widget{
-		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget(" New Relic ", "newrelic", false),
+		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget("New Relic", "newrelic", false),
 	}
 
 	return &widget
diff --git a/opsgenie/widget.go b/opsgenie/widget.go
index 7ca23621..c95b7dcd 100644
--- a/opsgenie/widget.go
+++ b/opsgenie/widget.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ type Widget struct {
 
 func NewWidget() *Widget {
 	widget := Widget{
-		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget(" OpsGenie ", "opsgenie", false),
+		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget("OpsGenie", "opsgenie", false),
 	}
 
 	return &widget
diff --git a/power/widget.go b/power/widget.go
index 47e7d73c..823ea928 100644
--- a/power/widget.go
+++ b/power/widget.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ type Widget struct {
 
 func NewWidget() *Widget {
 	widget := Widget{
-		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget(" Power ", "power", false),
+		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget("Power", "power", false),
 		Battery:    NewBattery(),
 	}
 
diff --git a/security/widget.go b/security/widget.go
index b95e8354..e98645e0 100644
--- a/security/widget.go
+++ b/security/widget.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type Widget struct {
 
 func NewWidget() *Widget {
 	widget := Widget{
-		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget(" Security ", "security", false),
+		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget("Security", "security", false),
 	}
 
 	return &widget
diff --git a/security/widget_windows.go b/security/widget_windows.go
index c46dc6f7..dc73c194 100644
--- a/security/widget_windows.go
+++ b/security/widget_windows.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type Widget struct {
 
 func NewWidget() *Widget {
 	widget := Widget{
-		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget(" Security ", "security", false),
+		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget("Security", "security", false),
 	}
 
 	return &widget
diff --git a/status/widget.go b/status/widget.go
index 9fb1191b..43a4c440 100644
--- a/status/widget.go
+++ b/status/widget.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ type Widget struct {
 
 func NewWidget() *Widget {
 	widget := Widget{
-		TextWidget:  wtf.NewTextWidget(" Status ", "status", false),
+		TextWidget:  wtf.NewTextWidget("Status", "status", false),
 		CurrentIcon: 0,
 	}
 
diff --git a/system/widget.go b/system/widget.go
index 39d1853a..67d69cbd 100644
--- a/system/widget.go
+++ b/system/widget.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ type Widget struct {
 
 func NewWidget(date, version string) *Widget {
 	widget := Widget{
-		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget(" System ", "system", false),
+		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget("System", "system", false),
 
 		Date:    date,
 		Version: version,
diff --git a/textfile/widget.go b/textfile/widget.go
index e929700e..d65b6192 100644
--- a/textfile/widget.go
+++ b/textfile/widget.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ type Widget struct {
 
 func NewWidget(app *tview.Application, pages *tview.Pages) *Widget {
 	widget := Widget{
-		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget(" Text File ", "textfile", true),
+		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget("TextFile", "textfile", true),
 
 		app:      app,
 		filePath: wtf.Config.UString("wtf.mods.textfile.filePath"),
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func NewWidget(app *tview.Application, pages *tview.Pages) *Widget {
 
 func (widget *Widget) Refresh() {
 	widget.UpdateRefreshedAt()
-	widget.View.SetTitle(fmt.Sprintf(" %s ", widget.fileName()))
+	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(widget.fileName()))
 
 	filePath, _ := wtf.ExpandHomeDir(widget.filePath)
 
diff --git a/todo/widget.go b/todo/widget.go
index 4851a9f9..ffb8c415 100644
--- a/todo/widget.go
+++ b/todo/widget.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ type Widget struct {
 
 func NewWidget(app *tview.Application, pages *tview.Pages) *Widget {
 	widget := Widget{
-		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget(" Todo ", "todo", true),
+		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget("Todo", "todo", true),
 
 		app:      app,
 		filePath: wtf.Config.UString("wtf.mods.todo.filename"),
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ func (widget *Widget) Refresh() {
 	widget.UpdateRefreshedAt()
 	widget.load()
 	widget.display()
+
+	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(widget.Name))
 }
 
 func (widget *Widget) SetList(newList checklist.Checklist) {
diff --git a/todoist/display.go b/todoist/display.go
index 4584300d..a1412e69 100644
--- a/todoist/display.go
+++ b/todoist/display.go
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ func (widget *Widget) display() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	widget.View.SetTitle(fmt.Sprintf(" [green]%s[white] ", proj.Project.Name))
+	//widget.View.SetTitle(fmt.Sprintf(" [green]%s[white] ", proj.Project.Name))
+
+	widget.View.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(proj.Project.Name))
+
 	str := wtf.SigilStr(len(widget.projects), widget.idx, widget.View) + "\n"
 
 	maxLen := proj.LongestLine()
diff --git a/todoist/widget.go b/todoist/widget.go
index 8737d839..6ee4f202 100644
--- a/todoist/widget.go
+++ b/todoist/widget.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ type Widget struct {
 
 func NewWidget(app *tview.Application, pages *tview.Pages) *Widget {
 	widget := Widget{
-		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget(" Todoist ", "todoist", true),
+		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget("Todoist", "todoist", true),
 
 		app:   app,
 		pages: pages,
diff --git a/travisci/widget.go b/travisci/widget.go
index d4d01b5d..a22bdf3c 100644
--- a/travisci/widget.go
+++ b/travisci/widget.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ type Widget struct {
 
 func NewWidget() *Widget {
 	widget := Widget{
-		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget(" Travis CI", "travisci", false),
+		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget("TravisCI", "travisci", false),
 	}
 
 	return &widget
diff --git a/trello/widget.go b/trello/widget.go
index 068e7377..2c2459a4 100644
--- a/trello/widget.go
+++ b/trello/widget.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ type Widget struct {
 
 func NewWidget() *Widget {
 	widget := Widget{
-		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget(" Trello ", "trello", false),
+		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget("Trello", "trello", false),
 	}
 
 	return &widget
diff --git a/weatherservices/prettyweather/widget.go b/weatherservices/prettyweather/widget.go
index 9ea54b30..855ed368 100644
--- a/weatherservices/prettyweather/widget.go
+++ b/weatherservices/prettyweather/widget.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ type Widget struct {
 
 func NewWidget() *Widget {
 	widget := Widget{
-		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget(" Pretty Weather ", "prettyweather", false),
+		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget("Pretty Weather", "prettyweather", false),
 	}
 
 	return &widget
diff --git a/weatherservices/weather/display.go b/weatherservices/weather/display.go
index 0648b45c..10ddd973 100644
--- a/weatherservices/weather/display.go
+++ b/weatherservices/weather/display.go
@@ -72,5 +72,6 @@ func (widget *Widget) temperatures(cityData *owm.CurrentWeatherData) string {
 }
 
 func (widget *Widget) title(cityData *owm.CurrentWeatherData) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf(" %s  %s ", widget.emojiFor(cityData), cityData.Name)
+	str := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", widget.emojiFor(cityData), cityData.Name)
+	return widget.ContextualTitle(str)
 }
diff --git a/weatherservices/weather/widget.go b/weatherservices/weather/widget.go
index f58d7bed..48062285 100644
--- a/weatherservices/weather/widget.go
+++ b/weatherservices/weather/widget.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ type Widget struct {
 func NewWidget(app *tview.Application, pages *tview.Pages) *Widget {
 	configKey := "weather"
 	widget := Widget{
-		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget(" Weather ", configKey, true),
+		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget("Weather", configKey, true),
 
 		app:   app,
 		pages: pages,
diff --git a/wtf/bargraph.go b/wtf/bargraph.go
index 71af1f98..dcdf8537 100644
--- a/wtf/bargraph.go
+++ b/wtf/bargraph.go
@@ -72,10 +72,18 @@ func (widget *BarGraph) Focusable() bool {
 	return widget.enabled && widget.focusable
 }
 
+func (widget *BarGraph) FocusChar() string {
+	return ""
+}
+
 func (widget *BarGraph) RefreshInterval() int {
 	return widget.RefreshInt
 }
 
+func (widget *BarGraph) SetFocusChar(char string) {
+	return
+}
+
 func (widget *BarGraph) TextView() *tview.TextView {
 	return widget.View
 }
diff --git a/wtf/focus_tracker.go b/wtf/focus_tracker.go
index 87f6c5a0..44703b18 100644
--- a/wtf/focus_tracker.go
+++ b/wtf/focus_tracker.go
@@ -22,6 +22,28 @@ type FocusTracker struct {
 
 /* -------------------- Exported Functions -------------------- */
 
+// AssignHotKeys assigns an alphabetic keyboard character to each focusable
+// widget so that the widget can be brought into focus by pressing that keyboard key
+func (tracker *FocusTracker) AssignHotKeys() {
+	i := 0
+
+	for _, focusable := range tracker.focusables() {
+		focusable.SetFocusChar(string('a' + i))
+		i++
+	}
+}
+
+func (tracker *FocusTracker) FocusOn(char string) {
+	for idx, focusable := range tracker.focusables() {
+		if focusable.FocusChar() == char {
+			tracker.blur(tracker.Idx)
+			tracker.Idx = idx
+			tracker.focus(tracker.Idx)
+			break
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // Next sets the focus on the next widget in the widget list. If the current widget is
 // the last widget, sets focus on the first widget.
 func (tracker *FocusTracker) Next() {
diff --git a/wtf/text_widget.go b/wtf/text_widget.go
index ea0b5ac9..b2944f10 100644
--- a/wtf/text_widget.go
+++ b/wtf/text_widget.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ var Config *config.Config
 type TextWidget struct {
 	enabled   bool
 	focusable bool
+	focusChar string
 
 	Name        string
 	RefreshedAt time.Time
@@ -53,6 +54,14 @@ func (widget *TextWidget) BorderColor() string {
 	return Config.UString("wtf.colors.border.normal", "gray")
 }
 
+func (widget *TextWidget) ContextualTitle(defaultStr string) string {
+	if widget.FocusChar() == "" {
+		return fmt.Sprintf(" %s ", defaultStr)
+	} else {
+		return fmt.Sprintf(" %s [darkgray](%s)[white] ", defaultStr, widget.FocusChar())
+	}
+}
+
 func (widget *TextWidget) Disable() {
 	widget.enabled = false
 }
@@ -69,10 +78,18 @@ func (widget *TextWidget) Focusable() bool {
 	return widget.enabled && widget.focusable
 }
 
+func (widget *TextWidget) FocusChar() string {
+	return widget.focusChar
+}
+
 func (widget *TextWidget) RefreshInterval() int {
 	return widget.RefreshInt
 }
 
+func (widget *TextWidget) SetFocusChar(char string) {
+	widget.focusChar = char
+}
+
 func (widget *TextWidget) TextView() *tview.TextView {
 	return widget.View
 }
@@ -86,7 +103,7 @@ func (widget *TextWidget) addView() {
 	view.SetBorder(true)
 	view.SetBorderColor(colorFor(widget.BorderColor()))
 	view.SetDynamicColors(true)
-	view.SetTitle(widget.Name)
+	view.SetTitle(widget.ContextualTitle(widget.Name))
 	view.SetWrap(false)
 
 	widget.View = view
diff --git a/wtf/wtfable.go b/wtf/wtfable.go
index 128582dd..973db6c6 100644
--- a/wtf/wtfable.go
+++ b/wtf/wtfable.go
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ type Wtfable interface {
 
 	BorderColor() string
 	Focusable() bool
+	FocusChar() string
+	SetFocusChar(string)
 	TextView() *tview.TextView
 
 	Top() int
diff --git a/zendesk/widget.go b/zendesk/widget.go
index c6ccd7bb..c2b57ab6 100644
--- a/zendesk/widget.go
+++ b/zendesk/widget.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ type Widget struct {
 
 func NewWidget() *Widget {
 	widget := Widget{
-		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget(" Zendesk ", "zendesk", true),
+		TextWidget: wtf.NewTextWidget("Zendesk", "zendesk", true),
 	}
 
 	widget.View.SetInputCapture(widget.keyboardIntercept)