Topic: Use arrow keys to switch pages

Add the ability to “click the next button with the arrow keys” so we don’t have to actually have to click the next button

For the meantime, here’s a tampermonkey script that does the same thing until it’s added :)

// ==UserScript==
// @name         e621.net Arrow Keys
// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version      0.1
// @description  try to take over the world!
// @author       You
// @match        https://e621.net/posts/*
// @icon         https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=e621.net
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

(function () {
  'use strict';
  console.log(
    '%cInjected into e621.net\nYou can now use your arrow keys to move scroll through posts',
    'color: blue'
  );
  const clickOn = (sel) => document.querySelector(sel).click();
  document.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
    let url = new URL(window.location.href.toLowerCase());
    const pool = url.searchParams.get('pool_id');
    if (e.key === 'ArrowRight') {
      if (pool) clickOn(`#nav-link-for-pool-${pool} > a.next`);
      else clickOn('#nav-links-top > div > ul > li > a.next');
    }
    if (e.key === 'ArrowLeft') {
      if (pool) clickOn(`#nav-link-for-pool-${pool} > a.prev`);
      else clickOn('#nav-links-top > div > ul > li > a.prev');
    }
  });
})();

Edit: now know that A and D now move the posts the same way

jadefuzzy said:

Edit: now know that A and D now move the posts the same way

rip

The keyboard shortcuts page seems to imply that the left/right arrow should work too - perhaps a bug?

edit: I just noticed that actually that's for the posts listing, not for individual posts. It would make sense for consistency, I wonder if there's a reason not to?

faucet said:
The keyboard shortcuts page seems to imply that the left/right arrow should work too - perhaps a bug?

edit: I just noticed that actually that's for the posts listing, not for individual posts. It would make sense for consistency, I wonder if there's a reason not to?

If it's for "oops, I pressed arrows thinking I was in comments or whatever," why not numpad arrows?
...Not that that is what it is...