Bug 94001

Summary: vim keys (hjkl) navigation in file manager mode of konqueror
Product: [Applications] dolphin Reporter: MaxAuthority <stubenschrott>
Component: generalAssignee: Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: wishlist    
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 16.12.2   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: unspecified   
OS: Linux   
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Description MaxAuthority 2004-11-26 21:32:17 UTC 
Version:           3.3 (using KDE 3.3.89 (CVS >= 20040820), Gentoo)
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.3 20040412 (Gentoo Linux 3.3.3-r6, ssp-3.3.2-2, pie-8.7.6)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.8-rc2

the khtml part of konqueror already uses vim-keys for navigation:
h: go left
j: go down
k: go up
l: go right

since this is so easy to navigate if you are used to vim/mutt/less/etc., I would sugest an (optional) configuration setting for vim users which does the following in list view mode:
j: go down
k: go up
h: go back
l: open item (like enter)

ok course this would break type-ahead-find a little in list view mode, therefore I also opt for making it optional. Or if another settings entry in konquerors settings is too much, at least 2 options in the 'configure shortcuts' dialog for selecting the next/previous file name would be great.
Comment 1 Jeroen van Meeuwen (Kolab Systems) 2012-08-24 16:21:29 UTC 
Resetting assignee to default as per bug #305719
Comment 2 Justin Zobel 2021-03-09 02:18:52 UTC 
Thank you for the bug report.

As this report hasn't seen any changes in 5 years or more, we ask if you can please confirm that the issue still persists.

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