Surfingkeys for Chrome is a free extension that permits you to use Chrome like VIM for productivity by adding rich shortcuts to click links/switch tabs/scroll pages or capture a full page.

Surfingkeys for Chrome is a free extension that permits you to use Chrome like vim for productivity by adding productive shortcuts to click links/switch tabs/scroll pages or capture a full page.

Surfingkeys for Chrome will give users the ability to navigate the web without the need to utilize the mouse. It will be familiar to VIM and EMACS users but of real-world use to regular users that want to use keyboard shortcuts for browsing the web instead of their mouse. Cut the mouse tail and navigate via keyboard assigned shortcuts.

Surfingkeys for Chrome usage:

# to click links

f Open a link, press SHIFT to flip hints if they are overlapped.
C Open a link in non-active new tab
cf Open multiple links in a new tab
gf Open a link in non-active new tab
af Open a link in new tab

# to switch tabs

E Go one tab left
R Go one tab right
x Close current tab
X Restore closed tab
W New window with current tab
J Move current tab to left
K Move current tab to right
yt Duplicate current tab
> Move current tab to right
g0 Go to the first tab
g$ Go to the last tab
gx0 Close all tabs on left
gxt Close tab on left
gxT Close tab on right
gx$ Close all tabs on right

# to scroll pages / DIVs

0 Scroll all the way to the left
e Scroll a page up
d Scroll a page down
gg Scroll to the top of the page
G Scroll to the bottom of the page
j Scroll down
k Scroll up
h Scroll left
l Scroll right
$ Scroll all the way to the right
% Scroll to percentage of current page
cS Reset scroll target
cs Change scroll target

# to capture full pages / DIV

yG Capture current full page
yS Capture scrolling element

# to search selected with kinds of search engines

sg Search selected with google
sw Search selected with bing
sy Search selected with youtube
sb Search selected with baidu

# to edit input with vim editor

Ctrl-i Go to edit box with vim editor

# to edit URL with vim editor

su Edit current URL with vim editor

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