A small change to improve browsers for keyboard navigation

Post by lelandfe » Mon, Aug 25, 2025, 5:46 PM UTC

ashton314 wrote: post #20

ashwinsundar wrote: post #17

I installed Vimium a few months ago and haven't looked back -> https://vimium.github.io/ Mouseless as well for navigating anywhere on the computer without a mouse -> https://mouseless.click/

For macOS users, I highly recommend ShortCat: https://shortcat.app/ ShortCat uses the accessibility API to put Vimium-style keyboard links on buttons and text fields in any app. I find that Vimium works faster in Firefox than using ShortCat to click around websites, so I use both, but ShortCat technically should do everything (clicking-wise) that Vimium does.

Post by isaif » Mon, Aug 25, 2025, 6:39 PM UTC

magios wrote: post #33

ashwinsundar wrote: post #17

I installed Vimium a few months ago and haven't looked back -> https://vimium.github.io/ Mouseless as well for navigating anywhere on the computer without a mouse -> https://mouseless.click/

i use i3wm so there are various keybindings you can use. for mouseless stuff i use xdotool to move the pointer in 16 or 64 pixel increments using the keyboard. if i could toggle the mouse pointer on and off i would.

Post by encom » Mon, Aug 25, 2025, 7:34 PM UTC

treetalker wrote: post #25

chrismorgan wrote: post #16

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I use Space/Shift+Space and PageUp/PageDown and End¹ for vertical scrolling all the time . It’s nowhere near a disaster. I also disable JS by default, which… well, actually that might help sometimes. And hinder other times. Rarely , I find a page that doesn’t use the document scroll area, but makes its own which is not focused, and so you have to focus that (by Tab as many times as necessary, or by clicking) before y…

Just dropping a note to say I appreciate your asterism! :-)

Post by AlienRobot » Mon, Aug 25, 2025, 7:48 PM UTC

encom wrote: post #36

treetalker wrote: post #25

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Just dropping a note to say I appreciate your asterism! :-)

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Post by cool-RR » Mon, Aug 25, 2025, 8:19 PM UTC

jwr wrote: post #11

Incidentally, I've been trying to use the keyboard to scroll webpages recently, and it's a disaster. Nobody does it, apparently. PageUp/PageDown do not work correctly on sites that have a permanent topbar (some of the content is never shown). Cursor up/down often does something unexpected (for example in Mastodon, if you use PageDown several times and then cursor down, you will get yanked back). I think it is a sad r…