How to toggle caret browsing
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Hi. I'd like to use for example F7 to toggle caret browsing.
This is what I've tried so far:- Under vivaldi:settings/accessibility check the "Navigate pages with a text cursor". This does enable me to enter caret browsing mode, but pressing it again does not exit the mode so I'm stuck on caret browsing
- Use the "Caret browsing" Chrome extension. This too didn't work properly
Are there other alternatives for getting this to work?
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Set a shortcut for Toggle Keyboard Shortcuts.
This shortcut still works when shortcuts are disabled, so that you can turn them back on.
To cancel page navigation, disable keyboard shortcuts.
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@tangleofcode Yeah, F7 is supposed to toggle, but it doesn’t. I don’t know whether Vivaldi even intends to support this, it’s a Chrome feature and you enabled it from Chrome settings, not Vivaldi settings.
For better page navigation with included caret mode for selecting text I would suggest Vimium.
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@Pesala Thanks for the tip, but could you elaborate on how this would enable me to toggle caret browsing mode?
@luetage Thanks, I'll look into it!
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I just found a good enough workaround: Search for the first word in the sentence(s) I want to copy text from, and use
ctrl + shift + arrow keysto mark the text.Not quite as elegant as cursor browsing though, so I hope Vivaldi will implement support for cursor browsing some time in the future.
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@tangleofcode Missing caret browsing in Vivaldi is a huge lack of accessibility.
Was reported long ago as a missing feature in bug tracker.
VB-7520 "Support caret browsing" -
@DoctorG I see. Thanks. Couldn't find the issue. Would you mind providing a link to it?
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@tangleofcode Bug tracker is only accessible for internal testers.
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@tangleofcode I confused caret browsing mode with spatial navigation.
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@Pesala said in How to toggle caret browsing:
@tangleofcode I confused caret browsing mode with spatial navigation.
I see. No worries! Thanks for chiming in anyways.
