Keyboard-driven GUI Navigation: Hi, Hints!

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Hints?

Advantages

• Click, scroll, and drag with your keyboard
• Works on most Linux desktop environments
• Customizable keybindings
• Free and open-source (GPL-3.0)
• Vim-style navigation (h, j, k, l)
• No mouse required for most GUI actions

Case for Hints

Hint is, as the author Alfredo Sequeida puts it, Vimium for Linux. It enables navigation of graphical applications without a mouse. It overlays "hints" on clickable elements, letting you interact with GUIs using only your keyboard.

Watch the author's own demonstration on YouTube.

System Requirements

• Linux with a compositing window manager (X11 or Wayland)
• Python 3
• pipx

Installation

The official documentation is concise and well-written.

Usage

• Click: Type the hint label (e.g. jk) to click an element.
• Right click: SHIFT + hint label
• Drag: ALT + hint label (may not work on all Wayland compositors)
• Hover: CTRL + hint label
• Scroll/Move mouse: Use h, j, k, l keys
• Multiple clicks: Prefix with a number (e.g. 2jk)

Keybindings are customizable.

Customization

You can change keybindings and other settings. See the documentation for details.

Known Issues

• Hints does not work on Gnome under Wayland (see issue #55).
• Some accessibility settings may need to be enabled manually.

Contributing

Hints is open-source and welcomes contributions! You can sponsor, report bugs, or submit code via GitHub.

Useful Links

• Hints GitHub
• Hints Wiki

With Hints, you can navigate your Linux desktop like a pro—no mouse required!

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