From 301679861a2440a10c9eac746cec86459f445ef9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zhiming Wang Date: Mon, 4 May 2015 14:55:10 -0700 Subject: remove all Octopress stuff --- ...-style-advanced-keyboard-shortcuts-in-safari.md | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+) create mode 100644 source/blog/2014-11-30-opera-style-advanced-keyboard-shortcuts-in-safari.md (limited to 'source/blog/2014-11-30-opera-style-advanced-keyboard-shortcuts-in-safari.md') diff --git a/source/blog/2014-11-30-opera-style-advanced-keyboard-shortcuts-in-safari.md b/source/blog/2014-11-30-opera-style-advanced-keyboard-shortcuts-in-safari.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f76879f3 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/blog/2014-11-30-opera-style-advanced-keyboard-shortcuts-in-safari.md @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "Opera-style advanced keyboard shortcuts in Safari" +date: 2014-11-30 17:20:20 -0800 +comments: true +categories: +--- +I've been using the Chromuim Opera for a long time, after Chrome's design went unbearably ugly around v32 (IIRC Opera stable channel was on v19 when I switched, which was released on January 28, 2014). From then on, Opera's [advanced keyboard shortcuts](http://help.opera.com/opera/Mac/1583/en/fasterBrowsing.html#advanced) has become an integral part of my browsing habit. In particular, the following are especially handy for me: + +* `1`: Cycle left through tabs; +* `2`: Cycle right through tabs; +* `/`: Find on page; +* `Z`: Go back one page; +* `X`: Go forward one page; +* `0`: Zoom in; +* `9`: Zoom out; +* `6`: Reset zoom to 100%. + +Lately, with the Yosemite release, Safari has become a much more competitive browser. I won't say why, and I admit that it has major missing features that still prevents it from becoming my default ā€” but I have to say Iā€™m gradually moving more of more of my browsing, especially reading, to Safari. It would be nice if I could carry my power user shortcuts with me. Fortunately, this is possible. Just modify the plist in the following way: + +```bash safari-advanced-keyboard-shortcuts.sh +#!/usr/bin/env bash +defaults write com.apple.Safari NSUserKeyEquivalents '{ +"Actual Size"="6"; +"Back"="z"; +"Find..."="/"; +"Forward"="x"; +"Show Previous Tab"="1"; +"Show Next Tab"="2"; +"Zoom In"="0"; +"Zoom Out"="9"; +}' +``` + +Relaunch Safari. You are all set! Enjoy the ultrafast single key navigating experience. To reset, + +```bash +defaults delete com.apple.Safari NSUserKeyEquivalents +``` + +--- + +**_2014/12/22 Update:_** + +There's one caveat to this approach ā€” unlike in Opera, where the default layman shortcuts (e.g., āŒ˜F) are still available when advanced keyboard shorts are enabled, in Safari they are simply overwritten. This is annoying when the web page or web app binds certain keys, especially `/` to its own search bar (a notable example being google.com). In that case I have to admit defeat and click on the menu bar item, which takes a hundred times as long as a single `/` keystroke. -- cgit v1.2.1