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Feature #1002

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Add a setting to control spacial navigation (moving between links and fields with the keyboard)

Added by Soren Stoutner 11 months ago. Updated 6 months ago.

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Closed
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Next Release
Start date:
04/25/2023
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// Allow keyboard navigation.
webEngineSettingsPointer->setAttribute(QWebEngineSettings::SpatialNavigationEnabled, true);

It allows navigating between fields with the keyboard (like using the up arrows to navigate between fields on this page). However, that might not always be the desired behavior as it can get in the way of navigating withing a field.

https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qwebenginesettings.html#WebAttribute-enum

http://bokand.github.io/spatnav/spat-nav-on-the-web.html

Actions #1

Updated by Soren Stoutner 11 months ago

  • Status changed from New to Closed

After testing this out for a while, it doesn't improve anything to have it disabled, and I miss being able to move between fields with the arrow keys.

Actions #2

Updated by Soren Stoutner 10 months ago

  • Subject changed from Consider disabling keyboard navigation to Add a setting to control spacial navigation (moving between links and fields with the keyboard)

Some people really don't like it.

https://qoto.org/@josemanuel/110498328259593152

The best solution is probably to make it a configuration option.

The question now is, which should be the default state, enabled or disabled? On the one hand, people are not typically used to spatial navigation because it is not enabled by default on most browsers. So it might provide an initially unexpected experience, and the defaults should represent what the majority of users want. On the other hand, I think that the majority of users would prefer spatial navigation once they became used to it.

Actions #3

Updated by Soren Stoutner 10 months ago

  • Status changed from Closed to Feedback
Actions #4

Updated by Soren Stoutner 10 months ago

  • Description updated (diff)
Actions #6

Updated by ask low 6 months ago

You mention this is regarding navigation when arrow keys. The forum thread that I've opened, is regarding vim based navigation.
If you aren't familiar with vim, it's a great tool to work with, even with a keyboard that doesn't have arrow keys (60% layout, 40% layout, etc).

Actions #7

Updated by Soren Stoutner 6 months ago

Have you tried using Privacy Browser PC to see how well it works? That's probably the fastest way to answer your question.

Actions #8

Updated by ask low 6 months ago

I did try many browsers of vim based navigation, such as surf, vimb, etc. But none of them seem to have appropriate content blocking mechanisms & privacy controls.

Actions #9

Updated by ask low 6 months ago

I will try. But I need to compile it on my arch. Will take some time to test it soon. Tq for the PC build too.

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