Link Hints

Name: Link Hints
Rating: 4.931 (29 reviews)
Author: lydell

By: lydell

Click with your keyboard.

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Features & Capabilities

Link Hints is a powerful Chrome extension designed for users who prefer navigating the web with their keyboard. It introduces customizable keyboard shortcuts that enable you to click links, buttons, and other clickable elements without using a mouse or touchpad.

By pressing Alt+J (or Ctrl+J on macOS), small yellow hint boxes appear next to links or clickable areas, allowing you to type corresponding letters to activate clicks. Additional shortcuts enable opening links in new tabs, switching tabs, selecting multiple elements, and more. This extension enhances accessibility and speeds up browsing for users who love keyboard shortcuts or have difficulties with traditional pointing devices.

For more details and customization options, visit the official homepage: Link Hints.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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By:

lydell

Daily users:

540 5

Rating:

4.93

(29)

Version:

1.3.3 Last updated: 2024-09-03

Version code:

5802698

Creation date:

2020-02-08

Risk:

Permissions:

<all_urls>
storage

Content scripts matches:

<all_urls>

Size:

161.98KB

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-18

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 4,675 ▲ 33

Other rankings

#61 in broken links keyword 22

#84 in links keyword 32

#141 in keyboard keyword 28 ▼ 4

#212 in linkedin keyword 34 ▼ 2

#216 in shift keyword 27 ▼ 4

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Other platforms

Link Hints (v1.3.2)

938 4.97

(29)

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Developed by:

lydell

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/linkhints/

Website:

https://lydell.github.io/LinkHints

User Reviews

Users appreciate Link Hints for its simplicity, stability, and ability to speed up web navigation without interfering with Firefox's default shortcuts. It's praised for improving productivity and being less complicated than alternatives. However, common drawbacks include the absence of single key hint activation and no automatic enabling on page load, as well as having fewer features than some other similar addons.

Pros

Simple and easy to use, providing faster keyboard-based web navigation.
Stable and reliable compared to similar addons that may be complicated or dying in support.
Improves productivity, especially for tasks with multiple inputs, like eBay forms.
Does not compromise default Firefox keyboard shortcuts, maintaining familiarity.
Has features beyond just clicking links, such as opening links in background tabs and multiple links.

Cons

Lacks single key activation for hints, limiting ease of use.
Does not auto-enable on page load, requiring manual activation each time.
Fewer functions compared to other more complex extensions, which some users see as a limitation.

Recent reviews

This is such a wonderful way to browse the web. I still use the mouse most of the time, but for some things I have started to find it much easier to use the keyboard instead. Especially cookie warnings, that require me to move the mouse way over to the other side of the screen, are easier to just dismiss with two keystrokes.

by <s*****, 2026-06-04

Nice alternative if you only use a few features from the Tridactyl extension and find it too bloated. Also see the "hjkl" extension

by de*****, 2026-05-10

It works,though not the best,missing features are single key activation and auto enable on page load

by ha*****, 2025-06-10

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Is Link Hints Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Link Hints requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

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Link Hints has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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