Ask HN: The Missing Key to Mastering the Keyboard

[nerdfiles]

Why isn't there a keyboard shortcut that takes one directly to the viewport of a web browser?

Think about this. Surely, this is anecdotal evidence, but think about this: when I have to use the Mouse, this breaks my Flow. I have fully modded my OS X laptop such that I never need to touch the mouse except for the occasion that I am unable to scroll (vimium or D-pad and just about any arrangement of special keys).

Maybe this is a grave oversight or blunder on my part. I'll take it. But if I had a generic procedure for accessing the viewport with my keyboard, my productivity would increase tenfold.

Generally speaking, it is _interesting_ that this problem should exist at all for _web browsers_.

[DanBC]

I'm using Chrome on OSX (snow leopard).

I hit [tab] - focus switches through a bunch of links and eventually to the text entry box.

EDIT: Chrome manually sized, and is not full screen.

[nerdfiles]

It could possibly be a plugin that has taken my natural behavior of Tab.

Darn. If it is, I've wasted your time. But then again, it's quite frustrating if it could be a plugin or something confugured in about://flags.

For instance, if I change the way Tab movies on OS X (snow leopard), it will toggle between jumping to bookmarks or to apps (which sit on the same row as the address bar). Sometimes if I Shift+Tab from the address bar, it will go to the last link on a web page.

[dchest]

Tab?

[nerdfiles]

Not sure if you're trolling me, but you can see that your response does not answer the question. And given that you likely used a web browser to provide your response, it might have been effortless to confirm that your answer does not answer the question.