Ask HN: Comments Navigation Feature Request

5•truakon89•3mo ago

Hi HN folks, I'd like to request a feature where pressing the N key navigates to the next comment. If I hold CTRL while pressing N, it should take me to the "parent.child" comment, and if I continue holding CTRL and press N again, it should navigate to the child.child comment.

That's all I wanted to request; if you find this helpful, please leave a comment to support it.

Comments

aeonfox•3mo ago

I made a web app that has arrow key navigation. It might not be the solution to all your problems, but I’d be curious to know what you think of the movement. The arrow navigation is only on top level comments for now, but that’s something I want to work on

https://hackernews.life

Leftium•3mo ago

I'm curious why you need navigation like this. Is it like selecting text while you read? (I didn't know that was a thing until I read comments about that.)

I find it easier to just read the comments.

I doubt the official HN will ever add this feature, but it seems feasible as a TamperMonkey script or even browser extension.

I will consider including a feature like this when I rewrite https://hw.leftium.com

brudgers•3mo ago

If there’s a feature you need, maybe write yourself a user script with greaseMonkey.

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