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1 ### 0.14.2 (2016-05-08)
2
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
15 example.
16 - Improved: Some minor cosmetic tweaks in VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help
17 dialog.
18
19 ### 0.14.1 (2016-04-30)
20
21 - Fixed: The Find commands (such as `/`, `n` and `N`) no longer crash on some
22 sites (regression since 0.14.0).
23
24 ### 0.14.0 (2016-04-29)
25
26 - Added: [Caret mode], which lets you copy text from web pages using the
27 keyboard.
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
34 _all_ elements.
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,
38 no longer appear.
39
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/
43
44 ### 0.13.2 (2016-04-08)
45
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.)
52
53 [`adjustable_element_keys`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/645e35d7d82019b0551534c43926bc126e7105bd/documentation/options.md#adjustable_element_keys
54
55 ### 0.13.1 (2016-04-01)
56
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!
63
64 ### 0.13.0 (2016-03-19)
65
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
79 Normal mode if
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
87 you left it.
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
95 `about:config`.
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
102 information.
103 - Changed: There are a few minor breaking changes to the API, though I doubt it
104 will affect anyone.
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
112 Whinham (@dwhinham)!
113 - Fixed: Find commands now work when the find bar was opened before the page had
114 finished loading.
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)!
129
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
138
139 ### 0.12.0 (2016-02-03)
140
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
151 pages).
152 - Fixed: VimFx and the Beyond Australis extension do not conflict with each
153 other anymore.
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`]
158 pref.)
159 - Improved: The `H` and `L` commands should now be more reliable in Firefox 43
160 and later.
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!
165
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
169
170 ### 0.11.0 (2016-01-15)
171
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
180 appear.
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
185 `f` command.
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`]
191 pref.
192 - Updated locale: de. Thanks to @just-barcodes!
193 - Improved: Several minor things.
194
195 [`counts_enabled`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/8dae7aec9008595da31b939d5ae2d239849cf6dc/documentation/options.md#counts_enabled
196
197 ### 0.10.0 (2015-12-09)
198
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
202 using `zF`.
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”
226 on even more sites.
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
232 and @mozillazg!
233 - Fixed: Several tiny bugs.
234
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
240
241 ### 0.9.0 (2015-12-02)
242
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
246 correctly resized.
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
249 keys and `<enter>`.
250
251 ### 0.8.0 (2015-12-01)
252
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
262 searchable.
263 - Added: The `g/` command. It’s like `/` but searches links only.
264
265 - Added: [Marks].
266
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.)
272
273 - Added: Window commands.
274
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.
279
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
282
283 ### 0.7.3 (2015-11-22)
284
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`,
289 or `f` with a count.
290
291 ### 0.7.2 (2015-11-21)
292
293 - Fixed: The blinking text caret now always appears correctly when focusing text
294 inputs.
295
296 ### 0.7.1 (2015-11-21)
297
298 - Fixed: The scrolling commands should now “just work” when using non-default
299 zoom or DPI settings, most notably on Google Groups.
300
301 ### 0.7.0 (2015-11-19)
302
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`]
314 prefs.)
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
320 for links.
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
328 using `<escape>`.
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.
342
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
346
347 ### 0.6.2 (2015-11-11)
348
349 - Improved: If the entire page isn’t scrollable, the largest scrollable element
350 is scrolled instead.
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
355 text only” option.
356 - Fixed: The `P` command now works with the InstantFox add-on.
357
358 ### 0.6.1 (2015-11-10)
359
360 - Fixed: If you customized the “esc” command before VimFx 0.6.0 it should now
361 work as expected.
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.
366
367 [notifications\_enabled]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/56c4b7c514ea8b58d2cdcecf3d2654648c48ca31/documentation/options.md#notifications_enabled
368
369 ### 0.6.0 (2015-11-09)
370
371 ##### Most important (breaking) changes
372
373 - VimFx now works properly with **any keyboard layout.** Users of **multiple
374 layouts** should enable the **[ignore keyboard layout] option.** #249 #259
375
376 - Features related to disabling VimFx, and to the [toolbar button]:
377
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.)
389
390 (See [commit 3552282] for more information.)
391
392 - **Some default shortcuts have changed,** mostly because they conflicted with
393 standard Firefox shortcuts: #308
394
395 - `<c-J>` → `gJ`
396
397 - `<c-K>` → `gK`
398
399 - `g^` and `gH` → `g0`
400
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
403
404 - `<c-e>` (alias for `j`) and `<c-y>` (alias for `k`) have been removed.
405
406 - `<c-f>` → `<space>` and `<c-b>` → `<s-space>`
407
408 - `vf` → `zf`
409
410 This frees up `v` for future shortcuts (instead making `z` a
411 “namespace” key, just like in Vim).
412
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
418 \#375 #432
419
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
424 `g,J`.
425
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
433
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
436
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
442
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.
446
447 - Speaking of scrolling, **which elements scrolls** when you use VimFx’s
448 scrolling commands **has changed.** See [scrolling commands] for more
449 information.
450
451 ##### New features
452
453 - New commands:
454
455 - `gp` pins or unpins the current tab. (Also see `g^` and `g0` mentioned
456 above.) #121
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
461 Ignore mode.
462
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
466
467 - Some commands now accept [counts]. #374
468
469 - It is now possible to create shortcuts that work inside text inputs. See the
470 [`<force>`] key for more information. #258
471
472 - It is now possible to create shortcuts that the page can override. See the
473 [`<late>`] key for more information.
474
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
477
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
484
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
487
488 - VimFx now has [documentation] and a [wiki].
489
490 - A few new locales were added:
491
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)!
495
496 ##### Improvements
497
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
503
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
506 patterns]. #396
507
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
510
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
513 \#421
514
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.
518 \#353 #382
519
520 - VimFx’s toolbar button is now properly implemented. #303 #349 #383
521
522 - Most locales were updated. Thanks to our awesome [translators]!
523
524 ##### Minor bug fixes
525
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.
530 \#477
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.
533 \#389
534
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
558
559 ### 0.5.17 (2015-01-23)
560
561 - Fixed: The hints generation no longer crashes on some pages (regression since
562 version 0.5.15).
563
564 ### 0.5.16 (2015-01-22)
565
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.)
568
569 ### 0.5.15 (2015-01-21)
570
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
576 commands.
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
581 'Esc'.
582 - Improved: Updated the de locale. Thanks to Alexander Haeussler!
583 - Improved: Updated the pl locale. Thanks to morethanoneanimal!
584
585 ### 0.5.14 (2014-08-16)
586
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
594 to break.
595
596 ### 0.5.13 (2014-08-02)
597
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
614 keyboard.
615 - Fixed: It is no longer possible to add conflicting shortcuts (such as adding
616 'a' when 'af' and 'as' are already present).
617
618 ### 0.5.12 (2014-06-01)
619
620 - Fixed: Autofocus prevention got stuck sometimes, making it impossible to
621 focus inputs.
622
623 ### 0.5.11 (2014-06-01)
624
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.
632
633 ### 0.5.10 (2014-05-07)
634
635 - Fixed yet another bug related to the default preferences
636
637 ### 0.5.9 (2014-05-04)
638
639 - Fixed a bug with default preferences not being set
640 - Fixed gg and G to be faster
641
642 ### 0.5.8 (2014-04-18)
643
644 - AMO Preliminary Review bug fix (sorry for such long delay)
645
646 ### 0.5.7 (2014-03-03)
647
648 - Bug fix
649
650 ### 0.5.6 (2014-02-26)
651
652 - Updated some translations
653 - Updated pagination patterns and logic
654
655 ### 0.5.5 (2014-01-03)
656
657 - Hotfix release to address a bug that has been introduced in 0.5.4
658
659 ### 0.5.4 (2014-01-03)
660
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
668 patterns
669 - Use Firefox 24+ native console API
670 - Update zh-CN localization
671
672 ### 0.5.3 (2013-10-16)
673
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
678
679 ### 0.5.1 (2013-08-21)
680
681 - Fixed regression with stylesheets
682 - Updated icon
683
684 ### 0.5 (2013-08-19)
685
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
692 shorter links
693 - Implemented Bloom filters to achieve shorter hints for those shortcuts that
694 are used often
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
700
701 ### 0.4.8 (2013-06-12)
702
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
708 without any hints
709 - Search will focus element that contains matching text
710 - Fixed hint markers for iframes
711 - Marker bug fixes (@LordJZ)
712
713 ### 0.4.6 (2013-03-27)
714
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
721
722 ### 0.4.5 (2013-03-12)
723
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)
730
731 ### 0.4.4 (2013-01-30)
732
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
739 provider.
740 - Now hint markers for links will stay on top of all the markers for different
741 kinds of elements.
742 - Esc will now also close the focused default search bar.
743 - Fixed bugs related to keyboard events handling, XUL documents, and some other
744 issues.
745 - Bug fixed where not all the commands could be disabled via the Help dialog.
746
747 ### 0.4.3 (2012-12-27)
748
749 - Toolbar button bugfix
750 - Added an option to disable individual commands via the help dialog
751
752 ### 0.4.1, 0.4.2 (2012-12-12)
753
754 - Small tweaks of the find feature.
755 - Bugfix for keyboard handling on non-english keyboard layouts
756
757 ### 0.4 (2012-12-09)
758
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.
768
769 ### 0.3.2, 0.3.2, 0.3.3 (2012-11-20)
770
771 - Hotfixes for the build script to include localization related files and folders
772
773 ### 0.3 (2012-11-19)
774
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
783
784 ### 0.2 (2012-11-05)
785
786 - document.designMode='on' is now honored. Will also provide hint markers for
787 iframes on the page.
788 - Bug fixed where it would completely reset the toolbar while installing the
789 toolbar button.
790 - Bug fixed where it's not possible to change the text in the blacklisting
791 textbox
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):
796 Alt-Shift V
797 - ^u and ^d are removed from the command list. ^u is commonly used to show the
798 page source code
799 - Opening new tab with now focuses the location bar
800 - Other small bugs nailed down.
801
802 ### 0.1.1 (2012-10-27)
803
804 - Just to deal with AMO - no changes
805
806 ### 0.1 (2012-10-26)
807
808 - Initial Release
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