Click with your keyboard.

Latest Version

Version
1.3.2
Update
September 2, 2024
Size
169KiB
Developer
Category
Users
1,000+
Rating
4.96429 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Link Hints Extension

Have a bad touchpad? Trouble using a mouse? Love keyboard shortcuts?

Link Hints is a browser extension that complements the built-in keyboard shortcuts with ones for clicking.

Press Alt+J (Ctrl+J on macOS). This makes little yellow boxes with letters, called hints, appear next to links (and other clickable things). Type the letters to click the link. Alternatively, hold Shift and type a bit of the link text.

The keyboard shortcuts and hints are fully customizable.

Alt+J: Click links, buttons, etc.
Alt+K: Open link in new tab.
Alt+L: Open link in new tab and switch to it.

Alt+Shift+J: Click many things.
Alt+Shift+K: Open many links.
Alt+Shift+L: Select element.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 2, "version": "1.3.2", "name": "Link Hints", "author": "Simon Lydell", "description": "Click with your keyboard.", "homepage_url": "https://lydell.github.io/LinkHints", "icons": { "16": "icons/png-$normal/16.png", "32": "icons/png-$normal/32.png", "48": "icons/png-$normal/48.png", "64": "icons/png-$normal/64.png", "96": "icons/png-$normal/96.png", "128": "icons/png-$normal/128.png", "256": "icons/png-$normal/256.png" }, "permissions": [ "", "storage" ], "browser_action": { "browser_style": true, "default_popup": "popup.html", "default_icon": { "16": "icons/png-$normal/16.png", "32": "icons/png-$normal/32.png", "48": "icons/png-$normal/48.png", "64": "icons/png-$normal/64.png", "96": "icons/png-$normal/96.png", "128": "icons/png-$normal/128.png", "256": "icons/png-$normal/256.png" } }, "options_ui": { "page": "options.html", "open_in_tab": true }, "background": { "scripts": [ "browser-polyfill.js", "background.js" ] }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": [ "" ], "all_frames": true, "match_about_blank": true, "run_at": "document_start", "js": [ "browser-polyfill.js", "worker.js" ] }, { "matches": [ "" ], "run_at": "document_start", "js": [ "browser-polyfill.js", "renderer.js" ] } ]}
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User reviews

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John Beisley (ID: 000000b50a97ed3d) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 07/18/2023 I like to drive user interfaces as much from keyboard as possible. I found that Vimium did that, but also (for me) tried to do far more than I wanted and actually started getting in the way. Link Hints however does *exactly* the right things, within the capabilities of Chrome extensions. I wish I'd found this long ago. Kudos to the developer(s)!

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ExDCode Dmitry (ID: 0000000f6abcdbfa) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 02/28/2023 I didn't see it during the initial search in the Chrome store, but then found it through google and I love it! Doesn't work if you switch to another language, I've noticed, but I like it more than VIM-related extension. Writing this review only to get it more popular to show up in the store easier, because I was installing it on my second device now.

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Samir Oli (ID: 000000f35611c287) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 10/04/2022 Awesome

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Space (ID: 00000011518743bb) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 10/02/2022 I was looking for an extension to open Google search results solely using keyboard. Vim-related extensions were the only ones I found. But I didn't want unnecessary shortcuts because I was only looking for opening links, clicking buttons and elements using keyboards. This extension only had 11 reviews and I thought this won't be a good extension. But it turns out its so much powerful and more useful to me than Vim-ish extension. Thank you for developing this extension! :)

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Artur Camargo (ID: 000000d96bf34f21) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 07/15/2022 Uma das melhores que usei até hoje. Fácil, intuitiva, aumenta sobremaneira a produtividade. Está de parabéns o desenvolvedor.