Paging Keys Now Supported

[iacas]

Today I added partial support for paging keys using this open-source library .

What's it mean for you?

Well, if you type the "j" or "k" keys you'll go to the next and previous post on any given page. This will make navigation much easier as your eyes won't have to read down the page, then immediately jump up when you hit "page down" or something.

Give it a try on a page with several posts: tap the j and k keys.


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Now, what isn't working that I hope to get working soon is related to pagination. The "h" and "l" keys will eventually (I hope) allow you to go to next and previous pages. Additionally , if that works, "j" and "k" will go forward and back a page when you're at the last or first post, respectively.

[iacas]

Anyone used this yet? I have... just wondering if anyone else noticed.

[microcrayfish]

Yeah it's pretty cool and very useful. Could perhaps work better if the keys were on the left side of the keyboard so we could leave one hand on the mouse and not have to reach over to navigate the page.

[SQ Bimmer]

Doesn't work in Chrome, haven't tried it in other browsers yet.

[sean_miller]

Anyone used this yet? I have... just wondering if anyone else noticed.

I'm a left handed mouse user since 2004 so j & k are really really . . . good.

[wannabe]

really nice! thx

[M2R]

Being old VI guy I like it!!!

I know it's a work in progress but just wanted to leave some feedback.

Using Chrome on the front page (and sub-forum front pages), k & l seem to take me to the head of the page, h takes me to the end and j don't seem to do anything.

On an individual thread pages the j & k paging is working (and the h & l still do tail & head).

[iacas]

Being old VI guy I like it!!!

Yeah, that's because I can't get the h and l keys to go forward and back a page like they're supposed to. If I could, then j and k would "cross boundaries" as well.

It's unfortunate, but the current way the JavaScript is built and the way vBulletin pages are created make this a no-go. Lame, I know... but at least j and k work, and h and l do the tail and head stuff. If I could get it ALL to work, I'd do it.

[iacas]

I'm pleased to announce that I've re-added this support to the forum AND that it's now better: not only will j and k take you from post to post (j the next post, k the previous post - which, yes, seems backwards to me too but which is the "standard"), but the h and the l also go to the next or previous page in multi-page threads as well now. (Or to the top or bottom of a page if the next or previous page is not available.)

[iacas]

Paging keys are once again supported!

Woohoo!

"j" and "k" keys go to the next and previous post. If that crosses a page, the next or previous page is loaded.

"h" and "l" keys go forward or back a page. It'll go to either the top or bottom of the page first.

The "`" key will reload the page. Originally it was set to "r" but I didn't want to make the page reload just because you accidentally hit a fairly common key (r).

Enjoy!

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There's currently a bug of sorts: if you're on the last post, "j" reloads the page. In reality if you're at the end of page 5, it will try to go to page 6, but the site will kick you back to page 5.

[mvmac]

5 hours ago, iacas said:

Paging keys are once again supported!

Very cool, I'm liking it so far, more efficient way to navigate the threads.

[Abu3baid]

Since 90 percent of my interaction is on mobile this doesn't really help me, but what about the navigation button I see on the bottom right that takes me to the top of the page, will they ever put one that takes me down to the bottom?  That would really help.

[saevel25]

15 hours ago, iacas said:

Paging keys are once again supported!

Woohoo!

"j" and "k" keys go to the next and previous post. If that crosses a page, the next or previous page is loaded.

"h" and "l" keys go forward or back a page. It'll go to either the top or bottom of the page first.

The "`" key will reload the page. Originally it was set to "r" but I didn't want to make the page reload just because you accidentally hit a fairly common key (r).

Enjoy!

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There's currently a bug of sorts: if you're on the last post, "j" reloads the page. In reality if you're at the end of page 5, it will try to go to page 6, but the site will kick you back to page 5.

How does this exactly work?

[iacas]

1 hour ago, saevel25 said:

How does this exactly work?

Like… technically? JSON/JavaScript, some HTML/CSS… and your keyboard.

In practice?

 

Oh, and the bugs seem to have been fixed.

[Abu3baid]

3 minutes ago, iacas said:

Like… technically? JSON/JavaScript, some HTML/CSS… and your keyboard.

In practice?

 

I'm going to assume this is only with Mac right?  Because I clicked K and J and didn't work for me.. 

I liked your presentation though, very informative ;)

[iacas]

2 minutes ago, Abu3baid said:

I'm going to assume this is only with Mac right?  Because I clicked K and J and didn't work for me.. 

I liked your presentation though, very informative ;)

No. Pretty much any browser. The "focus" has to be in the window at large, though.

I can't change anything or troubleshoot it, either. It works in all three major browsers I can test on this computer. And some you might never have heard of (OmniWeb, iCab).

[Abu3baid]

4 minutes ago, iacas said:

No. Pretty much any browser. The "focus" has to be in the window at large, though.

I can't change anything or troubleshoot it, either. It works in all three major browsers I can test on this computer. And some you might never have heard of (OmniWeb, iCab).

Thanks I'll try again.

[saevel25]

16 minutes ago, iacas said:

Like… technically? JSON/JavaScript, some HTML/CSS… and your keyboard.

In practice?

It was more if it was something I had to set up on my end. 

Thanks for the video, very easy to understand