1 ### 0.14.2 (2016-05-08)
3 - Fixed: Smooth scrolling speed is now correct again in newer Firefox versions.
4 - Fixed: The `yv` Caret mode command now only copies text that you can see on
5 screen (not any hidden text that might be on the page), making it truly work
6 like `zv` followed by `y`, as intended. This problem was very noticeable on
7 Slack. This also improves copying of 'contenteditable' elements using `yf`.
8 - Fixed: `<escape>` and arrow key handling as well as hint markers in the
9 devtools now work correctly again in newer Firefox versions.
10 - Fixed: VimFx no longer makes it impossible to open the Developer Toolbar.
11 - Improved: VimFx now ignores `<numlock>` and `<capslock>`. If your keyboard
12 sends `<numlock>` before some symbols, such as `<numlock>$` instead of just
13 `$`, shortcuts like `gx$` now work out of the box. This also means that you
14 can use `<capslock>` instead of `<shift>` when typing the `J` in `gJ`, for
16 - Improved: Some minor cosmetic tweaks in VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help
19 ### 0.14.1 (2016-04-30)
21 - Fixed: The Find commands (such as `/`, `n` and `N`) no longer crash on some
22 sites (regression since 0.14.0).
24 ### 0.14.0 (2016-04-29)
26 - Added: [Caret mode], which lets you copy text from web pages using the
28 - Improved: The Find commands (such as `/`, `n` and `N`) now search from the top
29 of the viewport, instead of from the top of the document, which is more
30 Vim-like and less disorienting. To read more about it (or to return to the
31 Firefox default behavior) please see the [`find_from_top_of_viewport`] pref.
32 - Improved: Compatibility with the [BackTrack Tab History] add-on.
33 - Added: The `<c-enter>` Hints mode command, which creates hint markers for
35 - Fixed: `__dirname` inside config files now works on Windows. Thanks to
36 Zhong Jianxin (@azuwis)!
37 - Fixed: Unnecessary full-page hint markers on some sites, such as Hackernews,
40 [Caret mode]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/4ffda62560096f91244f3f7731171002ed174f05/documentation/commands.md#the-v-commands--caret-mode
41 [`find_from_top_of_viewport`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/4ffda62560096f91244f3f7731171002ed174f05/documentation/options.md#find_from_top_of_viewport
42 [BackTrack Tab History]: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/backtrack-tab-history/
44 ### 0.13.2 (2016-04-08)
46 - Improved: The “last position mark” `` ` `` now works more reliably.
47 - Improved: More video players are now recognized. Many video players lets you
48 press `<space>` while focused to toggle play/pause. VimFx tries to detect if
49 the currently focused element is a video player. If so, `<space>` is passed to
50 the video player instead of scrolling the page. (For those interested, see
51 also the [`adjustable_element_keys`] pref.)
53 [`adjustable_element_keys`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/645e35d7d82019b0551534c43926bc126e7105bd/documentation/options.md#adjustable_element_keys
55 ### 0.13.1 (2016-04-01)
57 - Fixed: Blacklisting of some XUL pages.
58 - Fixed: The current mode is no longer lost when a page loads. For example, if
59 you press `zF` while a page is loading, the markers no longer disappear.
60 - Fixed: Elements that you have focused using an `f` command no longer get stuck
61 appearing as if you’d put the mouse pointer.
62 - Updated locale: zh-CN. Thanks to @mozillazg!
64 ### 0.13.0 (2016-03-19)
66 - Added: The `T` command, which opens a new tab after the current.
67 - Changed: The `gl` command now deals with _visited_ tabs only.
68 - Added: The [`gL`] command, which deals with <em>un</em>visited tabs only, in
69 oldest-first order. Use this to step through your unvisited background tabs in
70 the order you opened them (for example using the `F` command).
71 - Improved: The `gi` command no longer tries to focus the last focused text
72 input if it has been removed from the page. If so, it finds a new one instead.
73 - Fixed: You can now type in sidebar text inputs (such as in the history
74 sidebar) without having to switch to Ignore mode.
75 - Changed: If you enter Ignore mode you will now stay in Ignore mode in that tab
76 until you explicitly exit it (by pressing `<s-escape>`), even if you reload
77 the page or follow a link. If Ignore mode was entered automatically because of
78 the [blacklist][blacklist-2], though, you will be automatically returned to
80 the URL changes to a non-blacklisted page.
81 - Added: VimFx can now automatically enter and exit Ignore mode based on the
82 currently focused element. Currently, the [wasavi] extension as well as
83 [CodeMirror] in Vim mode are detected. Both of those provide Vim-style
84 editors. This allows sending `<escape>` to those editors in order to exit
85 their Insert mode, without blurring the editor.
86 - Improved: CodeMirror editors now get better hints, keeping the cursor where
88 - Improved: The [blacklist][blacklist-2] is now applied faster on some pages.
89 - Improved: Many audio and video elements are now recognized as “adjustable”,
90 allowing you to press for example `<space>` on them to toggle play/pause,
91 without scrolling the page.
92 - Improved: Scrolling by pages, such as using the `<space>` command, now takes
93 fixed heaears and footers into account, just like Firefox does.
94 - Fixed: Access keys now work correctly in context menus in the devtools and
96 - Improved: The arrow keys now Just Work in the devtools, even if you have bound
97 them to VimFx commands.
98 - Changed: The public API has been removed, and turned into the Config file API.
99 If you were already using a config file, it will no longer work. You need to
100 set up a new one, but you should be able to simply copy and paste the contents
101 of the old one into the new one. Read the [config file] documentation for more
103 - Changed: There are a few minor breaking changes to the API, though I doubt it
105 - If you use [`vimfx.on`], you probably need to adjust the arguments of the
106 your callbacks. They are now _always_ passed an object of data, instead of
107 sometimes passing the data directly.
108 - `match.focus` of [match object]s has been removed, and replaced by
109 `vim.focusType` of [vim object]s.
110 - Fixed: The toolbar button’s icon is now correctly sized when setting
111 `layout.css.devPixelsPerPx` to `2`. Thanks to Robert Ma (@Hexcles) and Dale
113 - Fixed: Find commands now work when the find bar was opened before the page had
115 - Improved: Lots of internal improvements. This should make VimFx faster, more
116 reliable and more responsive.
117 - All keyboard event handling (except `<late>` shortcuts) are now handled in
118 the UI process, instead of mostly in each tab’s web page content process.
119 This should make VimFx’s shortcuts more reliable and responsive.
120 - Removed all synchronous message passing (execpt for `<late>` keypresses).
121 Mozilla recommends using them only where absolutely necessary. Turns out
122 VimFx doesn’t need them anymore!
123 - The `f` commands are now more reliable. Before, they could crash on rare
124 occasions (on certain web pages), but that is less likely now.
125 - Less `MutationObserver`s are now used. This should improve performance.
126 - Less uncaught errors (especially on shutdown).
127 - Lots of minor improvements.
128 - Updated locale: ja. Thanks to Kaoru Esashika (@pluser)!
130 [`gL`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/44b3e1bc350ceb1560176ee5b4ae97d9671a04db/documentation/commands.md#gl-1
131 [blacklist-2]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/44b3e1bc350ceb1560176ee5b4ae97d9671a04db/documentation/options.md#blacklist
132 [wasavi]: http://appsweets.net/wasavi/
133 [CodeMirror]: https://codemirror.net/demo/vim.html
134 [config file]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/44b3e1bc350ceb1560176ee5b4ae97d9671a04db/documentation/config-file.md
135 [`vimfx.on`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/44b3e1bc350ceb1560176ee5b4ae97d9671a04db/documentation/api.md#vimfxoneventname-listener-and-vimfxoffeventname-listener
136 [match object]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/44b3e1bc350ceb1560176ee5b4ae97d9671a04db/documentation/api.md#match-object
137 [vim object]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/44b3e1bc350ceb1560176ee5b4ae97d9671a04db/documentation/api.md#vim-object
139 ### 0.12.0 (2016-02-03)
141 - Improved: More clickable elements are now recognized. Most notably, elements
142 with click event listeners added by JavaScript now get hints.
143 - Improved: Autofocus prevention after using the `[` and `]` commands.
144 - Added: In VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog (which can be opened by
145 pressing `?`) you can now click on any command to open VimFx’s settings page
146 in the Add-ons Manager and automatically select the text input for that
147 command, letting you edit its shortcuts. Tip: Use the `zF` command to click
148 without using the mouse.
149 - Changed: Autofocus is no longer prevented in Firefox internal pages, such as
150 `about:preferences`, `about:addons` and `about:config` (as well as other XUL
152 - Fixed: VimFx and the Beyond Australis extension do not conflict with each
154 - Fixed: The `gH` command no longer nags you about “No back/forward history”
155 even though there is.
156 - Added: The `gl` command now takes a [count][gl-count].
157 - Improved: Optimized CPU usage in Hints mode. (See also the [`hints_sleep`]
159 - Improved: The `H` and `L` commands should now be more reliable in Firefox 43
161 - Changed: There was a tiny breaking change to the Public API, though I doubt it
162 will affect anyone. (See [commit 0ca807605e] if you’re especially interested.)
163 - Improved: _Several_ minor things, and some really nice internal refactoring.
164 - Updated locale: de. Thanks to @just-barcodes!
166 [`hints_sleep`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/92b483c4a4f6da0b2c998267e0f01d3d999f93b6/documentation/options.md#hints_sleep
167 [gl-count]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/92b483c4a4f6da0b2c998267e0f01d3d999f93b6/documentation/commands.md#gl
168 [commit 0ca807605e]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/commit/0ca807605e8d69fdc01ef9ce5d539cf66ce7d96f
170 ### 0.11.0 (2016-01-15)
172 - Fixed: The `` ` `` command is no longer broken.
173 - Fixed: Memory leak.
174 - Added: The `gl` command, which takes you to the most recent tab.
175 - Improved: The Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog is now scrollable using VimFx’s
176 scrolling commands. To allow for this, the search field is no longer
177 autofocused. Instead, press `/` to open it.
178 - Improved: Using the `f` commands, such as `f` and `zf`, now works like
179 actually moving your mouse onto the link, making hover menus and such-like
181 - Improved: VimFx should now work better with Google Drive Documents, Etherpad
182 and a few other fancy text editors.
183 - Improved: The `]` command now works on google.com.
184 - Improved: Checkboxes and menu items on gmail.com are now given hints by the
186 - Improved: The `gi` command now also recognizes 'contenteditable' elements.
187 - Improved: Hint markers now move along together with their elements.
188 - Fixed: Hint markers should now be correctly positioned when zooming.
189 - Fixed: The toolbar button icon should now look correctly on Retina screens.
190 - Added: You may now disable counts by using toggling the [`counts_enabled`]
192 - Updated locale: de. Thanks to @just-barcodes!
193 - Improved: Several minor things.
195 [`counts_enabled`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/8dae7aec9008595da31b939d5ae2d239849cf6dc/documentation/options.md#counts_enabled
197 ### 0.10.0 (2015-12-09)
199 - Added: The `zF` command, which lets you click browser elements.
200 - Improved: The scrolling commands can now scroll browser elements (in other
201 words, not only web page content), by first selecting the scollable element
203 - Added: The `gr` command, which toggles [Reader View].
204 - Added: The `gX` command, which opens the Recently Closed Tabs menu at the
205 middle of the screen.
206 - Added: The keys you’ve typed so far of a command, as well the count, are now
207 shown in a [notification]. (You may disable this using the
208 [`notify_entered_keys`] pref.)
209 - Improved: When commands don’t do anything, they show a [notification] instead,
210 letting you know that you actually pressed the right keys. For example, if you
211 press `f` but there are no markable elements visible, a notification is shown
212 telling you so, instead of silently doing nothing.
213 - Improved: `<space>` now scrolls _about a line less_ than a full page, just
214 like Firefox does by default. `d` scroll about _half_ a line less (by
215 default), so that pressing `d` twice works like pressing `<space>` once. (See
216 the [`scroll.full_page_adjustment` and `scroll.half_page_adjustment`] prefs
217 for more information.)
218 - Improved: `gi` now only selects all text in its text input if you haven’t
219 focused a text input yet (allowing you to easily replace pre-filled text),
220 instead of _always_ doing so. Otherwise, it now puts the cursor where you left
221 off typing the last time.
222 - Fixed: The `f` commands now put the cursor where you left off typing the last
223 time when focusing a text input. Previously, they accidentally selected all
224 text in the text input (use `zf` for that behavior).
225 - Fixed: Yet a scrolling fix. VimFx’s scrolling commands should now “just work”
227 - Fixed: AltGr should now work out of the box on Windows. (See the
228 [`ignore_ctrl_alt`] pref for more information.)
229 - Removed: The el-GR, hu and pl locales were sadly too out of date to be useful,
230 and nobody has shown interest in updating them, so they were removed.
231 - Updated locales: id, de and zh-CN. Thanks to Yoppy Halilintar, @just-barcodes
233 - Fixed: Several tiny bugs.
235 [Reader View]: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/firefox-reader-view-clutter-free-web-pages
236 [notification]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/ba9d4675e19ce315e6855b64400aae092e727975/documentation/notifications.md
237 [`notify_entered_keys`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/ba9d4675e19ce315e6855b64400aae092e727975/documentation/options.md#notify_entered_keys
238 [`scroll.full_page_adjustment` and `scroll.half_page_adjustment`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/ba9d4675e19ce315e6855b64400aae092e727975/documentation/options.md#scrollfull_page_adjustment-and-scrollhalf_page_adjustment
239 [`ignore_ctrl_alt`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/ba9d4675e19ce315e6855b64400aae092e727975/documentation/options.md#ignore_ctrl_alt
241 ### 0.9.0 (2015-12-02)
243 - Fixed: Links with the `onclick` attribute can now be opened in new tabs again.
244 (Regression since 0.8.0.)
245 - Fixed: The text size in VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog is now
247 - Added: The `gH` command. It opens the back/forward button context menu in the
248 middle of the window, allowing you to choose a history entry with the arrow
251 ### 0.8.0 (2015-12-01)
253 - Fixed: VimFx now works properly in tabs moved to other windows.
254 - Fixed: An unreliable check for multi-process mode has been eliminated, fixing
255 various problems for some users.
256 - Fixed: VimFx’s toolbar button now changes color correctly when switching
257 between blacklisted and non-blacklisted tabs.
258 - Fixed: Dead keys now work out of the box on Windows.
259 - Improved: Links with the `onclick` attribute (abused as buttons) can no longer
260 get the same hint as another link.
261 - Added: The Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog (shown by pressing `?`) is now
263 - Added: The `g/` command. It’s like `/` but searches links only.
267 - Use `ma` to mark the current scroll position and `` `a `` to return to it.
268 (You may substitute `a` with any key press.)
269 - Use ``` `` ``` to return to the position before the last `gg`, `G`, `0`,
270 `$`, `/`, `n`, `N` or `` ` ``. (You can change this mark using the
271 [`last_scroll_position_mark`] pref.)
273 - Added: Window commands.
275 - `w`: Open new window.
276 - `W`: Open new private window.
277 - `gw`: Move tab to new window.
278 - `gF`: Follow link in new window.
280 [Marks]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/47fc699ce8217ee90af4d12e81f102f2bea09d61/documentation/commands.md#marks-m-and-
281 [`last_scroll_position_mark`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/47fc699ce8217ee90af4d12e81f102f2bea09d61/documentation/options.md#last_scroll_position_mark
283 ### 0.7.3 (2015-11-22)
285 - Fixed: Scrolling now works correctly in pages in quirks mode (lacking a
286 doctype), such as Hackernews.
287 - Improved: The largest scrollable element is now detected better in frames.
288 - Fixed: Hints mode now exits correctly when focusing a text input using `af`,
291 ### 0.7.2 (2015-11-21)
293 - Fixed: The blinking text caret now always appears correctly when focusing text
296 ### 0.7.1 (2015-11-21)
298 - Fixed: The scrolling commands should now “just work” when using non-default
299 zoom or DPI settings, most notably on Google Groups.
301 ### 0.7.0 (2015-11-19)
303 - Changed: Instead of using system notifications, which turned out to be a bit
304 too intrusive, [notifications] are now similar to the “URL popup” (shown when
305 hovering or focusing links) but are placed on the opposite side,.
306 - Changed: The “Focus next element” and “Focus previous element” commands have
307 been removed. The reason they existed was to let `<tab>` and `<s-tab>` only
308 cycle between text inputs (as opposed to _all_ focusable elements) after
309 you’ve pressed `gi`. Now, `<tab>` and `<s-tab>` are handled specially instead,
310 and _only_ after pressing `gi`. The reason for this change is that the now
311 removed commands were too intrusive, breaking user habits. One of VimFx’s main
312 goal is _not_ to do that. (You can turn the special handling of `<tab>` and
313 `<s-tab>` off using the the new [`focus_previous_key` and `focus_next_key`]
315 - Fixed: The scrolling commands should now “just work” in a lot more situations,
316 most notably on Gmail and Google Groups. More scrollable elements are also
317 recognized by the `f` and `zf` commands.
318 - Improved: The right border of hint markers for scrollable elements is now
319 styled to remind of a scroll bar, making them easier to recognize among hints
321 - Improved/Changed: `J` and `gJ` now allow a count on the first tab.
322 Consequently, `K` and `gK` now allow a count on the _last_ tab.
323 - Changed: `gJ` and `gK` can no longer be used to pin or unpin tabs. They now
324 only wrap around tabs of the same pinned state. Use `gp` to toggle between
325 pinned and non-pinned.
326 - Fixed: Many elements that got a hint before VimFx 0.6.0 now do again.
327 - Improved: Comment fields on Facebook can now be focused using `f` and blurred
329 - Improved: VimFx’s toolbar button is no greyed out when you focus a text input.
330 This is to show that your key presses will be passed into the text input
331 rather than activating VimFx commands.
332 - Added: [`g0`, `g^` and `g$` now accept counts][tab-index-counts], allowing you
333 to go to tab number _count._
334 - Improved: `gi` now finds text inputs inside frames.
335 - Fixed: “gi mode” is now exited properly when blurring a text input.
336 - Fixed: `<select>` elements are no longer considered to be text inputs when
337 using `<tab>` and `<s-tab>` in “gi mode.”
338 - Fixed: Using `<force>` or `<late>` in a shortcut no longer applies to _every_
339 shortcut for the command, but only that shortcut.
340 - Fixed: The order of the Previous/Next page patterns is now respected. This
341 caused the wrong link to be picked by the `[` and `]` commands on some pages.
343 [`focus_previous_key` and `focus_next_key`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/d70b5bb14be89d9ce52138b0e9abdef1b31ad337/documentation/options.md#focus_previous_key-and-focus_next_key
344 [notifications]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/d70b5bb14be89d9ce52138b0e9abdef1b31ad337/documentation/notifications.md
345 [tab-index-counts]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/d70b5bb14be89d9ce52138b0e9abdef1b31ad337/documentation/commands.md#g0-g-g
347 ### 0.6.2 (2015-11-11)
349 - Improved: If the entire page isn’t scrollable, the largest scrollable element
351 - Fixed: VimFx’s keyboard shortcuts now works on slowly loading pages.
352 - Fixed: Numbers may now be used as shortcut keys (overriding counts).
353 - Fixed: The toolbar button’s icon is now correctly sized in high DPI.
354 - Fixed: Hint markers are now correctly positioned when zooming using the “Zoom
356 - Fixed: The `P` command now works with the InstantFox add-on.
358 ### 0.6.1 (2015-11-10)
360 - Fixed: If you customized the “esc” command before VimFx 0.6.0 it should now
362 - Fixed: `<tab>` now works as expected in the location bar and in the dev tools.
363 - Fixed: Light-weight themes can no longer make VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help
364 dialog and hint markers unreadable.
365 - Added: The [notifications\_enabled] option.
367 [notifications\_enabled]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/56c4b7c514ea8b58d2cdcecf3d2654648c48ca31/documentation/options.md#notifications_enabled
369 ### 0.6.0 (2015-11-09)
371 ##### Most important (breaking) changes
373 - VimFx now works properly with **any keyboard layout.** Users of **multiple
374 layouts** should enable the **[ignore keyboard layout] option.** #249 #259
376 - Features related to disabling VimFx, and to the [toolbar button]:
378 - **Insert Mode** has been renamed to **_Ignore_ mode.**
379 - **[Blacklisted][blacklist] sites** now **enter Ignore mode automatically,**
380 instead of being specially handled.
381 - The feature to click the toolbar button (or press `<a-V>`) to **disable
382 VimFx** has been **removed.** Use **Ignore mode** (`i`) and the
383 **[blacklist] instead.**
384 - The **toolbar button** is now **red in Ignore mode** (which also means that
385 it is red on blacklisted sites) and green otherwise (never grey anymore).
386 - The toolbar button no longer offers to (un-)blacklist the current domain.
387 (Head into VimFx’s settings page in the Add-ons Manager and add
388 `*currentdomain.com*` to the [blacklist] option yourself instead.)
390 (See [commit 3552282] for more information.)
392 - **Some default shortcuts have changed,** mostly because they conflicted with
393 standard Firefox shortcuts: #308
399 - `g^` and `gH` → `g0`
401 `g^` now selects the first _non pinned_ tab instead, while `g0`
402 selects the first tab regardless of whether it is pinned or not. #317
404 - `<c-e>` (alias for `j`) and `<c-y>` (alias for `k`) have been removed.
406 - `<c-f>` → `<space>` and `<c-b>` → `<s-space>`
410 This frees up `v` for future shortcuts (instead making `z` a
411 “namespace” key, just like in Vim).
413 - To **exit Ignore mode:** `<escape>` → `<s-escape>`. This is because Ignore
414 mode has replaced the disable feature, as well as the special blacklist
415 state (see above). Sites are likely to use `<escape>` but not `<s-escape>`.
416 (In a way, this new role of Ignore mode also means that the old (many times
417 broken) shortcut to disable VimFx (`<a-V>`) has been replaced by `i`.) #64
420 - VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog is now help only, and more accessible.
421 To **customize keyboard shortcuts,** go to VimFx’s settings page **in the
422 Add-ons Manager,** just like you would to customize other settings. Also,
423 **commas** between every key are **no longer needed:** Type `gJ` instead of
426 - For performance reasons, **Hint markers** are now placed vertically **centered
427 instead of at the top** of the element. Don’t be surprised if you see the same
428 hint repeated several times**—links that go to the same place now get the same
429 hint.** The “Smart hints” option has been removed—hints are _always_ smart
430 now, and a lot smarter than before. Finally, hints now also work in the new
431 tab page, the Add-ons Manager and the preferences page. If you want to, you
432 can read more about [the `f` commands]. \#51 #60 #176 #320 #325 #468 #471 #475
434 - The **`F`** command now _always_ opens tabs in new **background** tabs, while
435 **`gf`** has been added to open tabs in new **foreground** tabs. #227 #464
437 - **Autofocus prevention** is now **off by default.** One of VimFx’s core
438 philosophies is to be nice to your browser habits. Some find autofocus
439 prevention too big a change. Turn it on again if you like it! By the way,
440 autofocus prevention now works much more reliably and should not cause issues
441 with other extensions. #497 #541
443 - The **“Scroll step”** option has been **removed**. The scrolling commands that
444 used it now **work like the arrow keys instead,** and are customized just like
445 them. See [scrolling prefs] for more information.
447 - Speaking of scrolling, **which elements scrolls** when you use VimFx’s
448 scrolling commands **has changed.** See [scrolling commands] for more
455 - `gp` pins or unpins the current tab. (Also see `g^` and `g0` mentioned
457 - `yt` duplicates the current tab. #121
458 - `0` and `^` scroll to the far left, and `$` scrolls to the far right.
459 - [`gi`] has finally been implemented. #47
460 - [Ignore mode `<s-f1>`] let you run a Normal mode command without exiting
463 - In Hints mode you can now hold ctrl and alt to change behavior of the matched
464 marker. Hold shift to temporarily make the hints see-through. See [the `f`
465 commands] for more information. #220 #421 #484
467 - Some commands now accept [counts]. #374
469 - It is now possible to create shortcuts that work inside text inputs. See the
470 [`<force>`] key for more information. #258
472 - It is now possible to create shortcuts that the page can override. See the
473 [`<late>`] key for more information.
475 - A number of [advanced options] have been added. Rather than listing everything
476 regarding them here, follow that link if you’re interested. #452 #489
478 - You may now, if you want to, configure VimFx through a [config file], using
479 the new [public API]. Customizing VimFx through a config file also gives extra
480 abilities, such as [site-specific options][option-overrides] and [disabling
481 certain commands on certain sites][key-overrides]. It also allows to add
482 [custom commands] \(and other extensions to extend VimFx). #158 #235 #255 #261
483 \#300 #408 #445 #490 #515
485 - It is now easier to customize VimFx through custom [styling]. An example is
486 changing the way hint markers look. #220 #233 #424 #432 #465
488 - VimFx now has [documentation] and a [wiki].
490 - A few new locales were added:
492 - fr. Thanks to Mickaël RAYBAUD-ROIG (@m-r-r)!
493 - pt-BR. Thanks to Átila Camurça Alves (@atilacamurca)!
494 - sv-SE. Thanks to Andreas Lindhé (@lindhe)!
498 - VimFx is now multi-process/Electrolysis/e10s compatible! This means that you
499 can run VimFx on a version of Firefox with multi-process enabled without
500 issues, and that we’re future proof for the day when Firefox becomes
501 multi-process by default. Best of all, it also made VimFx more reliable in
502 non-multi-process (“regular”) Firefox. #378
504 - The `[` and `]` commands are now smarter, recognizing more links to the
505 previous/next page correctly. You may read more about [previous/next page
508 - The `n` and `N` commands now notify you when they wrap around the page, or the
509 phrase you searched for could not be found. #398
511 - _All_ shortcuts in _all modes_ can now be customized. For example, this allows
512 you to disable VimFx’s Vim-style `<enter>` behavior in the find bar. #222 #390
515 - The `p` and `P` commands are now smarter regarding whether to treat the
516 clipboard contents as a URL or a search, by working exactly like pasting in
517 the location bar. They also now read the selection clipboard, if available.
520 - VimFx’s toolbar button is now properly implemented. #303 #349 #383
522 - Most locales were updated. Thanks to our awesome [translators]!
524 ##### Minor bug fixes
526 - VimFx now works correctly in tabs dragged to other windows. #57
527 - The `p` command is no longer broken. #494
528 - Non-ASCII shortcut keys now work properly. #433
529 - The Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog can no longer be covered by page elements.
531 - Hint markers can no longer be covered by page elements.
532 - VimFx no longer causes scripts on icloud.com to get stuck in an infinite loop.
535 [advanced options]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#advanced-options
536 [blacklist]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#blacklist
537 [ignore keyboard layout]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#ignore-keyboard-layout
538 [previous/next page patterns]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#previousnext-page-patterns
539 [scrolling prefs]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#scrolling-prefs
540 [counts]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#counts
541 [`gi`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#gi-1
542 [Ignore mode `<s-f1>`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#ignore-mode-s-f1
543 [scrolling commands]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#scrolling-commands-1
544 [the `f` commands]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#the-f-commands-1
545 [`<force>`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/shortcuts.md#force
546 [`<late>`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/shortcuts.md#late
547 [config file]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/config-file.md
548 [public api]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/api.md
549 [option-overrides]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/api.md#vimfxaddoptionoverridesrules
550 [key-overrides]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/api.md#vimfxaddkeyoverridesrules
551 [styling]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/styling.md
552 [toolbar button]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/styling.md
553 [translators]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/PEOPLE.md#translators
554 [documentation]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/
555 [wiki]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/wiki/
556 [custom commands]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/wiki/Custom-Commands
557 [commit 3552282]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/commit/355228217d7e7a61f5e1edbb9efbfb0f3e4ef81c
559 ### 0.5.17 (2015-01-23)
561 - Fixed: The hints generation no longer crashes on some pages (regression since
564 ### 0.5.16 (2015-01-22)
566 - Fixed: The toolbar button no longer throws errors. (This fix should have been
567 in 0.5.15 but was forgotten. Luckily an AMO reviewer found it.)
569 ### 0.5.15 (2015-01-21)
571 - Improved: This version is now forwards-compatible with the upcoming version
572 0.6.0. Downgrading from 0.6.0 to 0.5.14 or older might cause VimFx to crash,
573 but downgrading from 0.6.0 to 0.5.15 is safe.
574 - Fixed: Non-hintchars key presses in hints mode are now suppressed. They used
575 to be passed along to the browser, which could confusingly activate site
577 - Fixed: The 'f' command now always opens links in the same tab. Links used to
578 be able to force a new tab or window.
579 - Fixed: Pressing 'Esc' in the location bar now restores the URL, as is the
580 default behaviour of Firefox. You may now also close Firefox dialogs using
582 - Improved: Updated the de locale. Thanks to Alexander Haeussler!
583 - Improved: Updated the pl locale. Thanks to morethanoneanimal!
585 ### 0.5.14 (2014-08-16)
587 - Fixed: Locales should now work properly.
588 - Improved: Updated the zh-CN locale (@mozillazg).
589 - Improved: Updated the de locale (@Kambfhase).
590 - Added: Japanese locale (@pluser).
591 - Fixed: If you switched to another tab or window while an `<input>` element
592 was focused and then switched back, the `<input>` element got blurred, while
593 it should have stayed focused. This caused the auto-type feature of KeePassX
596 ### 0.5.13 (2014-08-02)
598 - Fixed: The vote button on StackExchange sites are now markable again.
599 - Improved: Detection of previous/next links. Should work better on gmail now.
600 - Fixed: It is now possible to use Enter/Return in keyboard shortcuts.
601 - Improved: The n/N commands (etc.) now work even if you didn’t open the finbar
602 using the VimFx command (such as the default key binding ctrl+f, or by
603 clicking a menu item).
604 - Improved: It is now possible to blur text inputs without sending Esc to the
605 page, which could cause dialogs etc. to annoyingly close.
606 - Improved: Updated the el-GR locale (@sirodoht).
607 - Fixed: Autofocus prevention sometimes made text inputs impossible to focus
608 until you reloaded the page.
609 - Improved: Autofocus prevention now works on more sites than before.
610 - Improved: Autofocus prevention now prevents _all_ automatic focusing (not
611 just when the page loads). This makes devdocs.io much easier to use.
612 - Added: When viewing images directly and the image has been resized to fit the
613 screen the image is now markable, allowing you to toggle zoom on it using the
615 - Fixed: It is no longer possible to add conflicting shortcuts (such as adding
616 'a' when 'af' and 'as' are already present).
618 ### 0.5.12 (2014-06-01)
620 - Fixed: Autofocus prevention got stuck sometimes, making it impossible to
623 ### 0.5.11 (2014-06-01)
625 - Fixed: The focus search bar command was broken.
626 - Fixed: Autofocus prevention was broken.
627 - Fixed: The top bar on YouTube could not be accessed by VimFx.
628 - Fixed: You can no longer add blank hotkeys.
629 - Improved: Tab Groups are supported.
630 - Improved: Matching of previous/next links should be more reliable.
631 - Improved: A few minor things.
633 ### 0.5.10 (2014-05-07)
635 - Fixed yet another bug related to the default preferences
637 ### 0.5.9 (2014-05-04)
639 - Fixed a bug with default preferences not being set
640 - Fixed gg and G to be faster
642 ### 0.5.8 (2014-04-18)
644 - AMO Preliminary Review bug fix (sorry for such long delay)
646 ### 0.5.7 (2014-03-03)
650 ### 0.5.6 (2014-02-26)
652 - Updated some translations
653 - Updated pagination patterns and logic
655 ### 0.5.5 (2014-01-03)
657 - Hotfix release to address a bug that has been introduced in 0.5.4
659 ### 0.5.4 (2014-01-03)
661 - Fix for popup passthrough mode stucking
662 - Make toolbar button click depend on current mode
663 - Higher weight markers should not be overlapped
664 - Refactor find mode to use Firefox native search bar
665 - Bump minimum required Firefox version to 25
666 - Added commands to go in the URL path
667 - Added commands to navigate previous and next links with customizable link
669 - Use Firefox 24+ native console API
670 - Update zh-CN localization
672 ### 0.5.3 (2013-10-16)
674 - Lots of refactoring
675 - Insert mode (`i` command)
676 - Follow multiple links with `af` command
677 - Hint marker rotation with `space` while in hints mode
679 ### 0.5.1 (2013-08-21)
681 - Fixed regression with stylesheets
686 - Added command to focus search bar: `O`
687 - Added commands to stop loading current page and all pages: `s` and `as`
688 - Invisible elements will not get hint markers
689 - Compatibility with Firefox 25
690 - Simple shortcut customization with UI in Help dialog
691 - Use Huffman coding algorithm for hint markers generation which results in
693 - Implemented Bloom filters to achieve shorter hints for those shortcuts that
695 - Reimplemented scrolling - now works with pages where window is not scrollable
696 - Find disabled on non HTML documents
697 - Find string is now global for all windows.
698 - Fixed logic of locale discovery. Now we rely on general.useragent.locale
699 Firefox preference for current locale
701 ### 0.4.8 (2013-06-12)
703 - `embed` and `object` tags will now have their own hints
704 - Bug fixes related to custom hint chars (@LordJZ)
705 - Fixed `t` - now it will be nice to other extensions
706 - Updated Chinese translations (@mozillazg)
707 - Reenter Normal mode on page reloads to avoid getting stuck in Hints mode
709 - Search will focus element that contains matching text
710 - Fixed hint markers for iframes
711 - Marker bug fixes (@LordJZ)
713 ### 0.4.6 (2013-03-27)
715 - Reimplemented find mode: CJK support, performance boost
716 - `a/` or `a.` to highlight all matches of the search string on the page
717 - Hint markers will now reach into iframes
718 - Key handling is disabled when a popupmenu or panel are shown
719 - `yf` will now also focus links and copy values from text/textarea element
720 - `vf` will show hit markers to focus the underlying element
722 ### 0.4.5 (2013-03-12)
724 - `:` to open Firefox Developer Toolbar, `Esc` to close it.
725 - Add Hungarian locale (@thenonameguy).
726 - Add Polish locale (@grn).
727 - Don't close pinned tabs when pressing x (@grn).
728 - Switched to Makefile for building the extension release (@carno).
729 - Mrakers CSS tweaks (@helmuthdu)
731 ### 0.4.4 (2013-01-30)
733 - Thanks to @mozillazg and @mcomella for translation contributions.
734 - Added `gh` command that will navigate to the home page.
735 - Added `o` command to focus location bar.
736 - `p` and `P` will parse the contents of the clipboard. If the string in the
737 clipboard appears to be a URL then it will navigate to this URL. Otherwise it
738 will search for the string in the clipboard using currently selected search
740 - Now hint markers for links will stay on top of all the markers for different
742 - Esc will now also close the focused default search bar.
743 - Fixed bugs related to keyboard events handling, XUL documents, and some other
745 - Bug fixed where not all the commands could be disabled via the Help dialog.
747 ### 0.4.3 (2012-12-27)
749 - Toolbar button bugfix
750 - Added an option to disable individual commands via the help dialog
752 ### 0.4.1, 0.4.2 (2012-12-12)
754 - Small tweaks of the find feature.
755 - Bugfix for keyboard handling on non-english keyboard layouts
759 - Implemented find with `/` and `n/N`
760 - Added `ar` and `aR` commands to reload pages in all open tabs.
761 - Added a preference that enables blurring from any element that has input focus
762 in the browser on Esc keydown (on by default)
763 - Fixed bug where markers and help dialog would blow up some of the pages.
764 - Marker hints are now sorted with respect to the underlying element area.
765 Elements with larger area get shorter hints
766 - Added *mail.google.com* to the default black list
767 - Various bug fixed and improvements.
769 ### 0.3.2, 0.3.2, 0.3.3 (2012-11-20)
771 - Hotfixes for the build script to include localization related files and folders
775 - Fixed [Desktop](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/desktop/)
776 extension compatibility problem
777 - Removed c-b/c-f for now. c-f is a standard search hotkey. Will put c-f back
778 when proper Vim-like search with / is implemented
779 - Scrolling with G will now reach the bottom of the page
780 - Implemented localization, currently there is only Russian localization.
781 Community is welcome [to contribute your localizations](https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/tree/master/extension/locale)!
782 - Implemented simple smooth scrolling
786 - document.designMode='on' is now honored. Will also provide hint markers for
788 - Bug fixed where it would completely reset the toolbar while installing the
790 - Bug fixed where it's not possible to change the text in the blacklisting
792 - Changed u/d to scroll half a page, added c-f/c-b to scroll full page
793 - Added tab movement commands: c-J and c-K.
794 - Invisible markers bug fixed.
795 - Global hotkey to disable the commands (equal to the toolbar button click):
797 - ^u and ^d are removed from the command list. ^u is commonly used to show the
799 - Opening new tab with now focuses the location bar
800 - Other small bugs nailed down.
802 ### 0.1.1 (2012-10-27)
804 - Just to deal with AMO - no changes