Vimlike 4+

Browse with Keyboard

Jasmine Studios

    • 5.0 • 2 Ratings
    • Free

Description

Vimlike is a Safari extension to browse the web by keyboard shortcuts like a vim-editor. See the default key binding below and you can customize every key mapping.

Page Navigation:
j Scroll down
k Scroll up
h Scroll left
l Scroll right
ctrl+f Page down
ctrl+b Page up
d Half page down
u Half page up
g g Go to bottom of the page
g Go to top of the page
i Go to the first edit box
a Open the link below the cursor
s Open the link below the cursor in a new window

Mode:
Esc/`/§ Normal mode
ctrl+i Insert mode
ctrl+d Dark mode
shift+r Reader view
? Help

History:
shift+h Go back
shift+l Go forward

Link:
f Toggle links
shift+f Toggle links (open a link in a new tab)
/ Search links
n Move to next link
shift+n Move to previous link

Tab:
t New tab
q Previous tab
w Next tab
x Close tab

Video:
ctrl+u Play video in a fullscreen
ctrl+p Play video in a PIP
cmd+. Exit fullscreen video

Privacy Policy:
• Vimlike requires access to the websites to override the keyboard shortcuts
• Vimlike does not collect data from your browser. When you enable History search function from v1.5.0, Vimlike stores url and title of the website for search. This function is disabled by default.
• None of the data will leave your device.

What’s New

Version 1.5.0

• 'o' key will open Search Bar. In Search Bar, you can search website, tabs and history, and open the website in new tab
• 'shift+z' key will undo closed tab

Ratings and Reviews

5.0 out of 5
2 Ratings

2 Ratings

TrustworthyPerson ,

Great, but no longer works.

No longer works right on iPadOS 18, it won’t respond to any key presses until you tap on the page, making it sadly useless. Great app until now, vim key controls are essential for internet browsing with a keyboard! Although the developer says in iPadOS 18.1 the app works fine, I have updated to 18.1 and find that unfortunately the same problems persist.

Developer Response ,

Thanks for using Vimlike! It is an issue of iPadOS 18.0 Safari and it is fixed in iPadOS 18.1 beta. Vimlike works fine with iPadOS 18.1 beta. Please wait for iPadOS 18.1 to be released.

iPadOS 18.0 Safari has an issue that the focus does not move to the webpage when the tab is created or activated until the webpage gets the focus manually by the webpage touched / clicked, one of the arrow keys (up, down, left, or right) pressed, or tab key pressed.

Hence, shortcuts in websites using keyboard events of the webpage do not work (e.g. gmail shortcuts do not work). As Vimlike uses keyboard events of the webpage, Vimlike only works once the webpage gets the focus manually by the webpage touched / clicked, one of the arrow keys (up, down, left, or right) pressed, or tab key pressed as a workaround.

iPadOS 18.1 beta 4 has resolved the problem and Vimlike works fine.

App Privacy

The developer, Jasmine Studios, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

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