[qutebrowser] How to unfocus a text input field?

Javier Ayres javier at lufte.net
Mon Jun 22 18:45:20 CEST 2020


You can press tab to focus the next element, as long as it's not an input you will be able to scroll with j and k.

On Mon, Jun 22, 2020, at 13:24, Paulo Silva de Alíbano wrote:
>  Dear Qutebrowser,
> 
>  How can we unfocus a text input field so we can continue scrolling a 
> page with j and k? I could not find the answer.
> 
>  For example: Open qute://settings/ and enter a text field (make as if 
> you wanted to change auto_save.interval to another value). After 
> checking you can insert text in that field, try to leave it with Esc.
>  * Expected behavior: Insert mode was terminated and you can use j and 
> k keys to scroll down and up.
>  * Actual behavior: Insert mode was terminated but the text input 
> cursor is still blinking in the field and you cannot use j and k keys 
> to scroll.
>  Am I missing something obvious there? I am able to get the expected 
> behavior if I click an empty area with the mouse, but in a Qutebrowser 
> context it goes without saying that I prefer not to use the mouse.
> 
>  Yours faithfully,
>  Paulo
> 
>



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