caret navigation (getting a text cursor) in Google Chrome?

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I use Google Chrome on OSX. Is there a way, within the browser, to get a text cursor that will allow me to navigate through text, selecting and copying text using only the keyboard?

I've looked at Vimium, Conkeror, and Vimperator, but as far as I can tell, they allow you to use the keyboard to navigate web pages (scrolling, visiting links) but don't provide a text cursor.

Is this possible?

Update: I have learned that this is called caret browsing or caret navigation. Is this possible in Chrome?

Prolog · Accepted Answer

Recently Google Chrome introduced built-in functionality to browser with caret, just press F7 or go to Settings > Advanced > Accessibility and then turn on "Navigate pages with a text cursor" switch.

Jeff T. · Answer

The chrome extension, Caret Browsing supports mode switching between the caret and the normal browsing.

I think many people'd like the caret navigation back/forward as well, but it hasn't supplied the feature yet.

Thieme Hennis · Answer

So far, it is not yet implemented or planned:source. You can star this feature request and remain updated.

Raphael · Answer

Vimperator has caret browsing. The default keybind for it is C.

Der Hochstapler · Answer

Press Ctrl + Shift + J to open the console.
Enter the following into the console and press Enter:

document.body.contentEditable=true

Now you get a cursor and can even edit the whole page.

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