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YSK: You can use a web-browser script to navigate Lemmy with keyboard arrows (github.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by afoutopatisa to c/youshouldknow

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What's this?

It's a new UserScript (typically installed with browser extensions such as Tampermonkey/Violentmonkey/Greasomonkey) which enables keyboard arrow navigation, meaning you will no longer have to use your mouse to navigate Lemmy if you're lazy like myself 😌

Why YSK:

For some people like me, this could be the turning point to actually start using Lemmy (few but still!). I loved Lemmy and the only thing I disliked was being unable to navigate it with a keyboard like I used to do with Reddit/RES so I created one :)

Hope this is helpful and enjoy! 🚀

Sharing the hotkeys below, you may also find everything on the github page:

Down = Next post / comment
Up = Previous post / comment
Right = Next page / parent comment
Left = Previous page / parent comment
A = Upvote
Z = Downvote
X = Expand
C = View Comments
R = Reply
Enter = View Link

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I just started using this a few hours ago and it's a game-changer.

A few notes:

Go to https://www.tampermonkey.net/ to see the extensions for Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari, and Opera Next. The github page only links to chrome. I'm running it on Firefox and it works great.
Edit the lemmy instance it will work with by opening the extension and going to the Dashboard. Then click the Edit icon under Actions on the right. Add your instance in the ==UserScript== section. For example, I added lemmy.ml by adding the following line, making sure to include the *:

@match https://lemmy.ml/*

[–] afoutopatisa 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Thank you, will fix both - DONE

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

any chance its possible to commit these shortcuts to the actual lemmy-ui so its natively supported?

[–] afoutopatisa 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I can try but no promises

Edit: Someone got to it first! https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/1892 However I personally dislike the key selection :/ J,K is neither comfortable, nor intuitive. Hopefully they will make it configurable.

[–] minorninth 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'd create a GitHub issue and discuss it with the developers first. As long as users can opt out it might be reasonable.

But having a lot of people use the extension in the meantime would prove the demand.

[–] afoutopatisa 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There is an issue on lemmy-ui tracker https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/984 apparently there is now also a WIP PR for it, yay :) However it seems to be with j,k keys, something which doesn't suit me, I prefer arrows.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

j/k is what I'm used to from vim, RES, etc

[–] afoutopatisa 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hey that's solvable! You could either use boobslider's original script (from which I based mine) or just use my script and replace ArrowDown/ArrowUp with KeyJ/KeyK!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Oh yeah, I'm just saying that j/k is pretty widely used.

Also, I think it's more comfortable because they're on the home row whereas the cursor keys aren't. Configurability is always good though.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Why should I know about it? (rule 2)

[–] afoutopatisa 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fixed! Thank you for the reminder, I just wrote it hastily

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In your post’s text body, you must include the reason “Why YSK:”

You haven't fixed it, btw

[–] afoutopatisa 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sorry I'm just getting to know this place, I just tried now, will that work?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Looks good 👍 (Let's ignore rule 4 😉)

[–] afoutopatisa 2 points 2 years ago

Too many rules 😅 But hey it's open source so I won't be drowning in money from this lol

[–] afoutopatisa 3 points 2 years ago

Version 1.7 just released!

New app icon ⌨️
Added R key to reply to a comment 💬
Fixed meta headers ✍️
Fixed all lint errors 🐛
Now script works automatically on all Lemmy sites, thanks to @[email protected] ⚡

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

You don't like Vimium?

[–] afoutopatisa 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I never heard of Vimium before, looks cool :)

However this script will allow you to select posts/comments, upvote/downvote, expand images, view links etc. I tried to make it as simple as possible to navigate Lemmy with just your keys:

Down = Next post / comment
Up = Previous post / comment
Right = Next page / parent comment
Left = Previous page / parent comment
A = Upvote
Z = Downvote
X = Expand
C = View Comments
Enter = View Link

It's like a videogame 😛

[–] flustered 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is great, I used navigate reddit using RES frequently, although I like the vim navigation style (hjkl). Would we be able to change the key shortcuts?

[–] afoutopatisa 1 points 2 years ago

Hey sure! You could either use boobslider's original script (from which I based mine) or just use my script and replace ArrowDown/ArrowUp with KeyJ/KeyK!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

~~YSK: You can now navigate Lemmy with keyboard arrows~~
YSK: You can use a web-browser script to navigate Lemmy with keyboard arrows

[–] afoutopatisa 1 points 2 years ago

Much clearer. Fixed!

[–] DelvianSeek 2 points 2 years ago

Omg thank you! I've been missing this so much!

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