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   7 # Questions & Answers
   8
   9 ## How do I disable VimFx?
  10
  11 If you press `i` you will enter Ignore mode. VimFx’s toolbar [button] turns red
  12 to reflect this.
  13
  14 As you can see in VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog (which you can open by
  15 pressing `?`), Ignore mode only has two shortcuts. That means that almost all
  16 keypresses will be ignored by VimFx, and will be handled as if VimFx wasn’t
  17 installed.
  18
  19 By adding `*currentdomain.com*` to the [blacklist] option you can make VimFx
  20 start out in Ignore mode on currentdomain.com. (Set the option to `*` to make
  21 VimFx start out in Ignore mode _everywhere._)
  22
  23 **The fastest way to edit the blacklist is to use the `gB` command.**
  24
  25 Finally, there’s nothing stopping you from hitting the “Disable” button in the
  26 Add-ons Manager if you want to disable VimFx completely (just like you can with
  27 any add-on).
  28
  29 [button]: button.md
  30 [blacklist]: options.md#blacklist
  31
  32 ## How do I get out of Ignore mode?
  33
  34 Either press `<s-escape>` or click VimFx’s toolbar [button].
  35
  36 [button]: button.md
  37
  38 ## What does `<s-escape>` mean?
  39
  40 It means that you should press Escape while holding shift. In some other
  41 programs it might be written as `Shift+Escape`, but not in VimFx’s [key
  42 notation].
  43
  44 (`<s-escape>` is the default shortcut to exit Ignore mode.)
  45
  46 [key notation]: shortcuts.md#key-notation
  47
  48 ## VimFx’s shortcuts work in my English layout but not in my other layout!
  49
  50 If you use more than one keyboard layout, such as Russian plus English, enable
  51 the [Ignore keyboard layout] option.
  52
  53 [Ignore keyboard layout]: options.md#ignore-keyboard-layout
  54
  55 ## Can I make Hints mode work with element text?
  56
  57 … **like Vimium, Vimperator and Pentadactyl** can?
  58
  59 Yes! By default, that is done by typing _uppercase_ characters (hold down
  60 shift!). Have a look at how [hint characters] work for more information.
  61
  62 [hint characters]: options.md#hint-characters
  63
  64 ## How do I change the font size of hint markers?
  65
  66 Head over to the [Styling] documentation to learn how to do that.
  67
  68 [Styling]: styling.md
  69
  70 ## How do I re-map Escape (which blurs text inputs)?
  71
  72 … for example, **to ctrl+[ ?**
  73
  74 First off, ctrl+[ is spelled `<c-[>` in VimFx. (Tip: [`<c-q>` helps you get the
  75 “spelling” correct automatically][helper-shortcuts].)
  76
  77 Secondly, the default shortcut is not just `<escape>`, but actually
  78 `<force><escape>`! Don’t forget [`<force>`] at the beginning, and your new
  79 shortcut should work fine. For example:
  80
  81     <force><c-[>
  82
  83 Or, if you’d like to you both `<escape>` _and_ something else:
  84
  85     <force><escape>    <force><c-[>
  86
  87 [`<force>`]: shortcuts.md#force
  88
  89 ## Re-mapping Escape doesn’t always work!
  90
  91 There are several default shortcuts which use `<escape>`. Apart from the Normal
  92 mode command for blurring text inputs, the Caret, Hints, Find and Marks modes
  93 have one command each for returning to Normal mode. All of these use `<escape>`.
  94
  95 Perhaps you forgot to re-map some of them?
  96
  97 ## Going back/forward doesn’t work!
  98
  99 Pressing `H` is like hitting the back button. Use `L` for the forward button.
 100
 101 `[` clicks the link labeled “Previous” on the page, and `]` the link labeled
 102 “Next.” (See also [“Previous”/“Next” link patterns].)
 103
 104 [helper-shortcuts]: shortcuts.md#helper-keyboard-shortcuts
 105 [“Previous”/“Next” link patterns]: options.md#previousnext-link-patterns
 106
 107 ## How do I switch tabs?
 108
 109 There are a bunch of VimFx commands for switching tabs, such as [`J` and `K`],
 110 [`gl`], [`gL`][gl-1] as well as [`g0`, `g^` and `g$`].
 111
 112 Other than that, you can use the `eb` command to click tabs using hint markers.
 113
 114 Firefox’s location bar also searches among your open tabs, and lets you switch
 115 to them. By typing a lone `%` in the location bar, _only_ open tabs are searched
 116 for. See [Handy standard Firefox features][location-bar] for more information.
 117
 118 Finally, there’s nothing stopping you from also using [standard Firefox tab
 119 shortcuts]!
 120
 121 [`J` and `K`]: commands.md#j-k
 122 [`gl`]: commands.md#gl
 123 [gl-1]: commands.md#gl-1
 124 [`g0`, `g^` and `g$`]: commands.md#g0-g-g
 125 [location-bar]: handy-standard-firefox-features.md#the-location-bar
 126 [standard Firefox tab shortcuts]: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/keyboard-shortcuts-perform-firefox-tasks-quickly#w_windows-tabs
 127
 128 ## Can I search in the Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog?
 129
 130 Yes! Pressing `/` while the help dialog is open makes a little search box appear
 131 in the bottom-right corner of the window (instead of opening the find bar),
 132 which is specialized at searching your keyboard shortcuts.
 133
 134 ## Can I edit shortcuts in the Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog?
 135
 136 Clicking on any command in it opens VimFx’s options page in the Add-ons Manager
 137 and automatically selects the text input for that command. Tip: Use the `eb`
 138 command to click without using the mouse.
 139
 140 ## Will VimFx provide advanced Find features?
 141
 142 One of VimFx’s key features is to embrace standard Firefox features. As long as
 143 Firefox’s Find Bar doesn’t support for example reverse search (Vim’s `?`
 144 command) or regex search, VimFx won’t either.
 145
 146 ## Switching between tabs works oddly when [NoScript] is installed!
 147
 148 This is a [known bug][noscript-bug] in NoScript. To work around it, either
 149 switch to multi-process Firefox or set `noscript.clearClick.rapidFireCheck` to
 150 `false` in [about:config].
 151
 152 You’re not really missing out security-wise by disabling
 153 `noscript.clearClick.rapidFireCheck`. All it does is preventing one specific,
 154 less common type of “clickjacking” attack, that isn’t even mentioned in
 155 NoScript’s [ClearClick] documentation. It is, however, quickly mentionend in a
 156 [blog post][hackademix-clickjacking] by NoScript’s author (which links to
 157 another site explaining the attack in more detail).
 158
 159 See also [issue 588].
 160
 161 [NoScript]: https://noscript.net/
 162 [noscript-bug]: https://forums.informaction.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=21597
 163 [about:config]: http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config
 164 [ClearClick]: https://noscript.net/faq/#clearclick
 165 [hackademix-clickjacking]: https://hackademix.net/2011/07/11/fancy-clickjacking-tougher-noscript/
 166 [issue 588]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/issues/588
 167
 168 ## My question isn’t listed here!
 169
 170 Tell us, and we’ll add it. Let’s make this a great resource for new users.