Vimium: How back from url address bar to site?
When I press ctrl-l or alt-d to go to the adress bar I cant go back to the site and use vimium.
I already read some articles on this thame http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome/mLuqJskmfyQ . As I undersood chrome does not have this functionality from start. Of course there are F6, but this works only for Windows. Has vimium any shortcut for returning to the page from url bar?
alexche8
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There're a few similar issues already: #78, #226, #295. Please, use search before creating new one.
Short answer: with the current Extension API it's not possible to switch from address bar to the site content, so Vimium can't do that.
But there is a hack: you could add custom search engine (on the Settings page) with some name ("Back to the page" for example), javascript: as url, and some keyword that you like (I prefer u, like 'unfocus'). It'll allow you to just type that keyword in address bar and focus will switch to the tab content without any side effects (without focusing on inputs/buttons/urls as with Tab).
sainaen
on 15 May 2013
Nice hack @sainaen =) Closing in favor of #226.
philc
on 15 May 2013
This is a great hack! For reference, the settings should look something like this, in Settings, Manage search engines, Other search engines:
TMiguelT
on 9 Nov 2016
When the omnibar is focussed, just hit F6 once (if the bookmark bar is hidden) or twice (if the bookmark bar is visible).
sam-artuso
on 8 Dec 2016
The hack that @TMiguelT posted didn't work for me, but I was able to get it to work by changing the URL to "javascript: document.getElementsByTagName("html").focus();".
nickpesce
on 11 Jun 2017
I am on Chrome 64.0.3282.119 and pressing ESC moves focus from the address bar to webpage for me.
yuha0
on 27 Jan 2018
In my case Shift + F6 does the trick.
mlevesquedion
on 19 Dec 2018
Or you can press tab
Ryanauger95
on 14 Feb 2019
Sometimes you have to tab probably more than one time.
sunnyday2006
on 27 May 2019
I absolutely ❤️ this hack @sainaen and have been using it for years - thank you! However I've recently switched to Firefox where I've been unable to accomplish the same thing in the same way.
I managed to get an alternative working though: in firefox you can assign a keyword to your bookmarks, so I created a bookmark with a location of javascript:() and a keyword of j - and it works. 🎉
Thought I'd post it here in case anyone else stumbles across this issue as I did.
rsslldnphy
on 12 Sep 2019
I finally find a solution, so I stopped by to share it :) Hit Ctrl+l - and the current address/url gets focused and selected - works in Chrome and Firefox for sure.
jolenzy
on 19 Apr 2020
I finally find a solution, so I stopped by to share it :) Hit Ctrl+l - and the current address/url gets focused and selected - works in Chrome and Firefox for sure.
I guess point is to switch focus back to page
melkor217
on 4 May 2020
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There're a few similar issues already: #78, #226, #295. Please, use search before creating new one.
Short answer: with the current Extension API it's not possible to switch from address bar to the site content, so Vimium can't do that.
But there is a hack: you could add custom search engine (on the Settings page) with some name ("Back to the page" for example),
javascript:as url, and some keyword that you like (I preferu, like 'unfocus'). It'll allow you to just type that keyword in address bar and focus will switch to the tab content without any side effects (without focusing on inputs/buttons/urls as withTab).