What is Caret Browsing?
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This is scheduled to be deprecated.
Press F7 to turn on Caret Browsing. Press it again to turn it off. Use arrow keys to move throughout the document. Click anywhere to move the cursor to that location. Press Shift + arrows to select text. Hold down Option to move by word.
When you reach a link or control, it is automatically focused. Press Enter to click a link or button.
When a focused control (like a text box or a list box) is capturing arrow keys, press Esc followed by the left or right arrow to continue Caret Browsing.
Alternatively, press Tab to move to the next focusable control.
User reviews
- Makes webpages feel like word documents
- Allows selecting sentences using shortcuts
- Enables easy text selection and navigation
- Overwrites function keys, disrupting normal keyboard use
- Confuses users with functionality already available in Chrome
- Has bugs causing unintended shortcuts or actions
- Difficult to understand how to use effectively
- Overwrites function keys
- Existing functionality in Chrome
- Confusion over how to use the extension
- Helpful for text selection
- Bugs and unintended behavior
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Risk impact
Caret Browsing does not require any sensitive permissions.
Risk likelihood
Caret Browsing has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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