WebExtension that adds keyboard shortcuts for easier navigation on popular websites.
Available for Firefox on Firefox Add-ons.
Available for Chrome (Manual installation only).
This extension adds various keyboard shortcuts to some popular websites. You will be able to browse these websites with just your keyboard without relying too much on the Tab key.
Other methods of navigating websites with keyboard (besides using the Tab key) include using browser features like find, quick find, and quick find within link-text only (Ctrl+f, /, and ' shortcuts in Firefox). These will move focus to the found element, without you having to Tab manually to it. But sometimes using Tab is unavoidable, and searching for elements every time can become old.
Some websites also have native shortcuts (usually displayed by pressing the ? key). This extension complements or completely rewrites those shortcuts. For example, on Reddit (new Reddit) there are j/k shortcuts to go to the next/previous post/comment, but they work kind of poorly. This extension rewrites these shortcuts and adds other shortcuts to interact with the focused post (like open post's subreddit or open post's image).
- Pressing Alt+k will display shortcuts for the current website.
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$\textcolor{green}{\text{Green outline}}$ means that the shortcut is usable right now. - To use shortcuts that open links in new tabs (like Reddit's g open post image), you will need to allow the website to open pop-ups.
- On some websites, pressing ? will display already available shortcuts.
- You can rebind shortcuts on extension's options page (preferences page).
- Press Tab once to force browser to draw focus outline.
- On Reddit, without logging in shortcuts will work poorly.
- Check out your browser's keyboard shortcuts (Firefox).
Note
If you are using Google Search or Google Translate on domains other than .com, enable allow add-on to run on all Google domains on add-on's options page.
- Go to Add-on Releases.
- Download the latest chrome release (it should end in .chromium.zip).
- Go to chrome://extensions and enable developer mode (top right corner).
- Drag .zip file onto Chrome browser, this will install the extension.
- Disable developer mode.
Note
Google Search and Google Translate shortcuts will only work on .com domains, enabling allow add-on to run on all Google domains won't work in Chrome.
Extension loads content script into sites that it has shortcuts for (defined in manifest.json). Content script listens for keydown events and executes corresponding shortcut events. Shortcut events define what should happen when the user presses the shortcut's key. These events do a wide range of things: focusing and clicking elements, going to next/previous elements, opening menus (settings menus), navigating to different site sections, controlling video players, and more.
Note
Because sites can update their structure, be it html or javascript, shortcuts might break or stop working. If they did break, it means that I haven't updated the extension yet. Submit a new issue if shortcuts have been broken for some time.
- Node.js 18 or later
In root directory run:
npm install
npm run build
Compiled code is in dist folder, zipped version is in web-ext-artifacts folder.
npm run build-chromium
Compiled code is in dist-chromium folder, zipped version is in web-ext-artifacts-chromium folder.
- Run
npm run watch. - Or go to about:debugging, select This Firefox, click Load Temporary Add-on, choose manifest.json file in the dist folder.
- Run
npm run watch-chromium. - Or go to chrome://extensions, enable Developer mode, click Load unpacked and select dist folder, or drag .zip file from web-ext-artifacts-chromium onto chrome browser.
- Focus outline won't render on some pages if the user hasn't pressed Tab at least once while on a page.
- On Twitch, d shortcut to scroll to stream description will work incorrectly the first time.
- On Youtube, going to channel videos/playlists from /watch will sometimes play channel's autoplay video in background.
- On Reddit, shortcuts work poorly without logging in.
Google Search
| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Search modes | |
| a | Go to all search results |
| i | Go to images |
| v | Go to videos |
| n | Go to news |
| Search | |
| j | Focus next search result / image |
| k | Focus previous search result / image |
| K (Shift+k) | Focus first search result / image |
| J (Shift+j) | Focus last search result / image |
| ] | Go to next search page |
| [ | Go to previous search page |
| o | Focus next suggested search |
Google Translate
| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Translate | |
| j | Focus translate-from box |
| Escape | Unfocus translate-from box |
| u | Focus source languages |
| o | Focus translation languages |
| i | Swap languages |
| Details | |
| k | Listen to source text |
| l | Listen to translation |
| d | Show/hide definitions |
| e | Show/hide examples |
| t | Show/hide translations |
| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Navigation | |
| o | Go to home |
| u | Go to popular |
| Posts | |
| j | Next post or comment |
| k | Previous post or comment |
| K (Shift+k) | First post or comment |
| J (Shift+j) | Last post or comment |
| Enter | Collapse/expand comment |
| Post | |
| b | Go to post's subreddit (new tab) |
| g | Open post image (new tab) |
| l | Open post link (new tab) |
| B (Shift+b) | Go to post's subreddit (this tab) |
| G (Shift+g) | Open post image (this tab) |
| L (Shift+l) | Open post link (this tab) |
| f | Focus post on comments page |
| Posts filters | |
| 1 | Hot posts |
| 2 | New posts |
| 3 | Top posts |
| 4 | Rising posts |
| t | Filter/sort posts/comments |
| Video | |
| ; | Pause/resume |
| [ | Rewind |
| ] | Fast forward |
| m | Mute |
| + | Volume up |
| - | Volume down |
Twitch
| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Sidebar | |
| E (Shift+e) | Expand/collapse left sidebar |
| u | Focus followed channels |
| r | Focus recommended channels |
| Relevant content (stream, video...) | |
| ] | Focus next relevant |
| [ | Focus previous relevant |
| { | Focus first relevant |
| } | Focus last relevant |
| \ | Show more / all |
| Navigation | |
| o | Go to home |
| U (Shift+u) | Go to following |
| b | Browse categories |
| B (Shift+b) | Browse live channels |
| i | Filter/sort by |
| Stream | |
| s | Open settings |
| q | Open quality settings |
| C (Shift+c) | Go to stream category |
| d | Scroll to description/video |
| Chat | |
| c | Chat |
| e | Expand/collapse chat |
| Channel | |
| h | Go to online/offline channel sections |
| v | Go to channel videos |
| S (Shift+s) | Go to channel schedule |
| Mini player | |
| x | Expand mini player |
| X (Shift+x) | Close mini player |
Youtube
| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Navigation | |
| e | Expand/Collapse guide sidebar |
| o | Go to Home |
| u | Go to Subscriptions |
| U (Shift+u) | Focus subscribed channels |
| Videos | |
| ] | Focus next video |
| [ | Focus previous video |
| { | Focus first video |
| } | Focus last video |
| Video Player | |
| s | Open settings |
| q | Open quality settings |
| ; | Focus video player / show progress bar |
| d | Scroll to description/video |
| n | Comment |
| Channel | |
| h | Go to channel home |
| v | Go to channel videos |
| p | Go to channel playlists |
| H (Shift+h) | Go to channel (new tab) |
| Playlist | |
| , | Focus first video in playlist |
| . | Focus last video in playlist |
| Premiere/Stream | |
| E (Shift+e) | Hide/Show chat |
| b | Chat |
| S (Shift+s) | Skip ahead to live broadcast |