Hints

Hints are an easy way to interact with web pages without using your mouse. In hint mode, &dactyl.appName; highlights and numbers all clickable elements. The elements can be selected either by typing their numbers, or typing parts of their text to narrow them down. While the default action is to click the selected link, other actions are available, including saving the resulting link, copying its URL, or saving an image. For each of these actions, only the set of applicable elements is highlighted.

quick-hints f QuickHint fhint

Start QuickHint mode. In this mode, every clickable element (as defined by the hinttags option) is highlighted and numbered. Elements can be selected either by typing their number, or by typing part of their text to narrow down the result. When an element has been selected, it is automatically clicked and hint mode ends. Additionally, the following keys have special meanings in QuickHint mode:

: Selects the first highlighted element, or that focused by .
: Moves the focus to the next hintable element
: Temporarily treats all numbers (or other keys, depending on the value of hintkeys) as ordinary text
: Exits hint mode without selecting an element

F Fhint

Start QuickHint mode, but the selected elements are clicked with the key pressed, which has the normal effect of opening it in a new tab (depending on the value of the browser.tabs.loadInBackground preference).

extended-hints ; ExtendedHint ;mode hint

Start an extended hint mode. ExtendedHint mode is exactly like QuickHint mode, except that each sub-mode highlights a more specialized set of elements, and performs a unique action on the selected link. Because of the panoply of extended hint modes available, after pressing ;, pressing brings up the completion-list with a list of each hint mode and its description.

mode may be one of:

; to focus a link
? to show information about the element (incomplete)
s to save its destination
f to focus a frame
F to focus a frame or pseudo-frame
o to open its location in the current tab
t to open its location in a new tab
b to open its location in a new background tab
w to open its destination in a new window
O to generate an :open prompt with hint’s URL
T to generate a :tabopen prompt with hint’s URL (like ;O)
W to generate a :winopen prompt with hint’s URL (like ;T)
a to add a bookmark
S to add a search keyword for the hint’s form
v to view its destination source
V to view its destination source in the external editor
y to yank its destination location
Y to yank its text description
c to open its context menu
i to open an image
I to open an image in a new tab.

Of the previous modes, the value of the hinttags option is used to choose the highlighted elements, unless an override can be found in extendedhinttags.

g; g;mode hint

Start an extended hint mode and stay there until is pressed. Like ;, except that after a hint is selected, hints remain visible so that another one can be selected with the same action as the first.