Introducing Vimiify HackerNews - the opinionated vim-inspired keyboard shortcuts for HN
I just made yet another browser extension called “Vimify HackernNews”! You can download it from Chrome WebStore.
It added several vim-inspired keyboard shortcuts to HN/HackerNews. Here’s the complete supported shortcut:
| Keybinding | Description |
|---|---|
<num>j |
Navigate Down |
<num>k |
Navigate Up |
gg |
Jump to first |
G |
Jump to last |
<num>G |
Jump to <num>th |
o |
Open Link |
O |
Open Link in New Tab |
v |
Upvote |
u |
Unvote |
d |
Open comments |
D |
Open comments in New Tab |
Escape |
Unfocus |
m |
Read More |
r |
Reload |
zz |
Scroll active item to center |
zt |
Scroll active item to top |
zb |
Scroll active item to bottom |
Ctrl+o |
Navigate back |
Ctrl+i |
Navigate forward |
Ctrl+d |
Scroll down half page |
Ctrl+u |
Scroll up half page |
Ctrl+f |
Scroll down full page |
Ctrl+b |
Scroll up full page |
Site navigation
| Keybinding | URL |
|---|---|
gh |
https://news.ycombinator.com/news |
gs |
https://news.ycombinator.com/show |
gt |
Go to Threads |
ga |
https://news.ycombinator.com/ask |
gj |
https://news.ycombinator.com/jobs |
gn |
https://news.ycombinator.com/submit |
gc |
https://news.ycombinator.com/newcomments |
What’s the differences with other extensions?
- It adds some natural vim movements, such as
j/k(with number prefix),<C-d>/<C-u>and evenzt/zz/zb. And history navigation. - I made a nice help modal
