1 ### 0.24.4 (2020-11-24)
3 - Fix crashes on google Drive and about:logins
4 - Fix `ew` and `ep` commands
5 - Fix search on help screen
7 ### 0.24.3 (2020-11-17)
9 - Fix Extension Bootstrap for Firefox 84
10 - Support in-content dark mode on options.xhtml
11 - Don't crash on pages with out-of-process iframes with Fission enabled in
13 - Update Documentation
15 ### 0.24.2 (2020-08-06)
17 - Hotfix: Last update broke `F`
19 ### 0.24.1 (2020-08-05)
21 - Fix for Firefox 80: Make new tabs appear next to current
22 - Docs: update LegacyFox repository location and installation instruction
24 ### 0.24.0 (2020-06-12)
26 - Fix getting stuck in normal mode in docked DevTools after refocusing
27 - Fix switching browser tabs with `eb`
28 - Document known bugs and their workarounds
30 ### 0.23.3 (2020-03-19)
32 - Fix GitHub search box hint
33 - Fix `o` in Nightly 76 (Bug 1610479)
35 ### 0.23.2 (2020-01-05)
37 - Fix following links in Firefox 73
38 - More correct handling of XUL pages
39 - Make options section headings bold
40 - Some internal cleanups
42 ### 0.23.1 (2019-12-05)
44 - Fixed: following links in new tab (`F`) in Firefox 72
45 - Fixed: search box on about:preferences and about:config
46 - more correct handling of XUL pages
48 ### 0.23.0 (2019-12-01)
50 - Fixed: Hints on about:preferences and 'eb' mode in Firefox 72
51 - Removed: getAnonymousNodes() and getBindingParent() usage and support for XBL
54 - **Require Firefox 68** and Update Documentation
56 ### 0.22.2 (2019-10-19)
58 - Fix `eb` in Nightly 71
60 ### 0.22.1 (2019-09-28)
62 - Document config file e10s sandboxing issues (#939)
66 ### 0.22.0 (2019-09-22)
68 - Experimental ShadowDOM support
70 ### 0.21.3 (2019-09-22)
72 - Fixed: Visual mode for upcoming Firefox 70
74 ### 0.21.2 (2019-08-15)
76 - Fixed: VimFx' settings work on modern Firefox
77 - Fixed: blurring of URL bar in Nightly 70
78 - Fixed: statusbar in Waterfox 56
80 ### 0.21.1 (2019-08-03)
82 - Fixed: Hints mode and VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog now works in
83 Firefox 69b. The screen used to go white whenever you entered any mode that
85 - Fixed: The statusbar now works again.
86 - Fixed: VimFx should now work with Nightly 70, by removing usage of the
87 deprecated `Array.filter()` method and others.
89 Thanks to Tobias Girstmair (@girst)!
91 ### 0.21.0 (2019-05-15)
93 - Removed: The Developer Toolbar integration, such as the `:` shortcut. That
94 feature has been removed from Firefox and the integration was causing issues
95 on newer Firefox versions. Thanks to Tobias Girstmair (@girst)!
96 - Fixed: VimFx should now work on Waterfox again. Tested with Waterfox 56,
97 Firefox 56, Firefox 64 and Waterfox 68. Thanks to Tobias Girstmair (@girst)
100 ### 0.20.15 (2018-08-06)
102 - Fixed: Find mode now works properly again. Thanks to @matsuhav!
104 ### 0.20.14 (2018-05-15)
106 - Fixed: VimFx should now work properly in Firefox 61 (if you have enabled
107 legacy extensions) as well as older versions of Firefox. The latest few
108 versions have been a bit buggy, but things should work better now. Thanks to
109 Kevin Cox (@kevincox) and 依云 (@lilydjwg)!
111 ### 0.20.13 (2018-05-06)
113 - Fixed: VimFx should now work in Firefox 61 (if you have enabled legacy
114 extensions). Thanks to Kevin Cox (@kevincox), 依云 (@lilydjwg) and Jan
115 Kokemüller (@jiixyj)!
117 ### 0.20.12 (2018-01-23)
119 - Fixed: VimFx should now work in Firefox 59 (if you have enabled legacy
120 extensions). Thanks to Kevin Cox (@kevincox) and 依云 (@lilydjwg)!
121 - Updated locale: es. Thanks to @strel!
123 ### 0.20.11 (2017-11-19)
125 - Fixed: VimFx should now work in Firefox 58 (if you have enabled legacy
126 extensions). Thanks to 依云 (@lilydjwg)!
128 ### 0.20.10 (2017-03-25)
130 - Improved: Autofocus is now prevented when going back in history on pages that
131 use `history.pushState()` (in other words, on the 'popstate' event).
132 - Updated locale: ja. Thanks to Kaoru Esashika (@pluser)!
134 ### 0.20.9 (2017-02-21)
136 - Fixed: The `yy` command now works as expected in Reader Mode.
138 ### 0.20.8 (2017-01-14)
140 - Improved: The scrolling commands now scroll the closest scrollable parent of
141 the currently focused element (if it is not scrollable itself). This is
142 noticeable for Twitter’s modals, which are often scrollable. No longer any
143 need to use the `f` or `ef` commands to scroll those modals!
145 ### 0.20.7 (2017-01-07)
147 - Improved: The `[` and `]` commands now work in Google search results.
148 - Improved: You can now show the “emoji picker” of the “like” button on Facebook
149 by using the `ef` command.
150 - Updated locale: de. Thanks to @interleaved!
152 ### 0.20.6 (2016-12-16)
154 - Fixed: The `'`, `g[` and `g]` commands no longer crash. (Regression since
156 - Fixed: The `ef` command can now focus elements in deeply nested frames again.
157 (Regression since 0.19.0.)
158 - Fixed: `vimfx.addOptionOverrides` and `vimfx.addKeyOverrides` are now properly
159 undone when reloading a config file (`gC`).
160 - Improved: Hint markers for elements with multiline text no longer cover the
162 - Updated locale: de. Thanks to @interleaved!
164 ### 0.20.5 (2016-12-04)
166 - Fixed: Scrolling by holding `d`, `u`, `<space>` or `<s-space>` no longer goes
167 slower and slower (and finally grinding to a halt) on long pages with lots of
168 elements. (See also the [`scroll.repeat_timeout`] pref.)
169 - Improved: All config API functions now validate all their parameters properly.
170 This provides a better user experience, and, most importantly, prevents VimFx
171 from crashing on certain invalid input.
173 [`scroll.repeat_timeout`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/58deb3f7b7c470a4d705f1dabf7aa13e095e8d09/documentation/options.md#smooth-scrolling
175 ### 0.20.4 (2016-11-16)
177 - Fixed: The `n` and `N` commands now work in Firefox’s PDF viewer.
178 - Fixed: The `eb` command can now click the tab bar scroll buttons.
179 - Fixed: Elements marked by the `eb` command now correctly get hints based on
181 - Improved: The `eb` command now favors the browser tabs and their close
182 buttons, giving them better hints.
183 - Improved: The hints given to the browser tabs by the `eb` command are now
184 consistent no matter how many tabs you have open. This means that the first
185 tab always gets the same hint, the second tab always get the same hint, and so
187 - Improved: Hint markers are now placed next to the text of the element if
188 appropriate. For example, the hint marker for a button with centered text is
189 now placed just to the left of the text rather than at the left edge of
190 button. This is nice because it means that hint markers usually end up where
191 you were just reading.
192 - Improved: The positioning of hint markers has been fine-tuned by a pixel or so
194 - Improved: Custom styled checkboxes and radio buttons now get hint markers
195 faster (they are now found in the first pass rather than the second).
196 - Improved: Compatibility with the [Tab Center] add-on.
197 - Improved: Blurring the location bar is now more consistent. Previously, its
198 text wasn’t reset if the autocomplete popup was open when you pressed
199 `<escape>` to blur it.
200 - Fixed: An edge case where the wrong hint markers could be highlighted.
202 [Tab Center]: https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments/tab-center/
204 ### 0.20.3 (2016-10-22)
206 - Improved: Full page scrolling now recognizes the fixed footer on medium.com.
207 - Fixed: Scrollable element can now be focused with the `f` command again (not
208 just with the `ef` command). (Regression since 0.19.0.)
209 - Fixed: `<escape>` is no longer accidentally leaked to the page when used to
210 blur text inputs. This allows blurring text inputs in modals without closing
211 the modal (which `<escape>` commonly does otherwise).
213 ### 0.20.2 (2016-10-16)
215 - Fixed: Text inputs and links inside frames can now be focused using hint
216 commands again. (Regression since 0.19.0.)
217 - Improved: Previously focused text inputs inside frames no longer steal the
218 focus when entering Caret mode in that frame.
219 - Improved: When several hint markers have the same hint (because their links
220 go to the same place), the _largest_ of those links is now chosen when
221 activating that hint. This might be noticeable via focus styling.
222 - Updated locale: zh-CN. Thanks to @av2000ii!
224 ### 0.20.1 (2016-10-09)
226 - Improved: Caret mode is now a bit more robust. It can no longer make you end
227 up with [Firefox’s own Caret mode] accidentally enabled.
228 - Improved: If you try use for example `<ctrl>-j` as a keyboard shortcut, VimFx
229 will now tell you that you probably want `<c-j>` instead.
230 - Fixed: Using a keyboard shortcut to switch keyboard layout in GNOME while
231 inside a text input no longer causes the focus of that text input to be lost
232 when the Prevent autofocus option is enabled.
233 - Updated locale: zh-CN. Thanks to @av2000ii!
235 [Firefox’s own Caret mode]: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Accessibility_features_of_Firefox#Allow_text_to_be_selected_with_the_keyboard
237 ### 0.20.0 (2016-10-02)
239 - Added: The `g[` and `g]` commands, which let you scroll to previous and next
240 scroll positions of the current page. This is similar to Vim’s jump list.
241 - Added: The `/` mark. Pressing `'/` takes you to the scroll position before the
242 last `/`, `a/` or `g/`.
243 - Fixed: Pressing `''` multiple times in a row now flips back and forth
244 between two scroll positions as expected.
245 - Fixed: Version 0.19.0 claimed to include the following improvement: “The hint
246 marker for a smaller element can no longer cover the hint marker for a larger
247 element (unless you press `<c-space>` to rotate them).” However, a silly
248 mistake caused that improvement not to work. Now it does. For real.
249 - Fixed: All VimFx commands that copy text to the clipboard are now made sure to
250 also copy to the “selection clipboard” (if your system has such a thing). For
251 example, if you copy text using the `yv` command, the `p` command now uses
252 that copied text as expected.
254 ### 0.19.1 (2016-09-26)
256 - Fixed: The `'` command no longer crashes. (Regression since 0.19.0.)
258 ### 0.19.0 (2016-09-25)
260 #### Changes and improvements to Hints mode
262 **New feature:** Hint markers can now be filtered by element text, similar to
263 Vimium, Vimperator and Pentadactyl. This is useful for people who simply prefer
264 that workflow, and for clicking tiny pagination links (simply type its number!).
266 By default, filtering by element text is done by typing _uppercase_ characters
267 (hold down shift!). All characters other than the hint characters are now used
268 to filter hint markers by element text (rather than just being ignored). Do you
269 prefer filtering by element text, but dislike typing uppercase letters? Have a
270 look at how [hint characters] work to make things the other way around!
272 The markers with the best hint are now highlighted with a different color. You
273 may at any time press `<enter>` to activate those markers (or `<c-enter>` or
274 `<a-enter>` to change where and how to open links, just like you can hold ctrl
275 or alt for the last hint character).
277 Because of the above new features, the following default **Hints mode shortcuts
280 - `<space>` → `<c-space>` (`<s-space>` is left untouched)
281 - `<s->` → `<c-s->` (hold ctrl _and_ shift to peek through hint markers)
283 - `<c-enter>` → `<c-backspace>`
285 To make it easier to see the element text, hint markers are now nudged to the
286 left if they cover the text.
288 Other hint marker improvements:
290 - Hint markers are now 20% smaller by default. While trying to match text sizes
291 set by your operating system, they ended up a bit too large on most systems.
292 Check out the [Styling] documentation if you’d like to change the font size.
293 - Hint markers now have stronger contrast between the background color and the
294 text color, which should make them easier to read.
295 - The CSS for hint markers have been improved, making it easier to use custom
297 - When several elements have the same area, the best hint is now correctly given
298 to the _first_ of those elements. Previously, it happened to be the other way
300 - The hint marker for a smaller element can no longer cover the hint marker for
301 a larger element (unless you press `<c-space>` to rotate them).
302 - Hint markers are now better positioned when having zoomed the page in or out.
303 - Hints mode is now more robust in general. Several race conditions have been
306 [hint characters]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/8bafdf0454043c1630bac8b13d13f1fb4e5ee9e7/documentation/options.md#hint-characters
307 [Styling]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/8bafdf0454043c1630bac8b13d13f1fb4e5ee9e7/documentation/styling.md
311 - Added: The ability to **export, import and reset all** VimFx options. There
312 are three shiny new buttons for this in VimFx’s options page in the Add-ons
314 - Added: The `gB` command, which lets you **quickly blacklist** (and
316 - Added: The `ec` command, for opening the context menu of elements.
317 - Added: The `ep` command, for opening links in new private windows.
318 - Improved: `h`, `l`, `j` and `k` now feel more like scrolling with the arrow
319 keys when held down, by boosting the scrolling speed. See the
320 [`scroll.horizontal_boost` and `scroll.vertical_boost`][scroll-boost] options
321 for more information.
322 - Fixed: VimFx’s find bar integration is now much more robust. Most notably, if
323 you start typing directly after pressing `/` and Firefox is slow at opening
324 the find bar, your keypresses can no longer trigger VimFx commands or Firefox
326 - Improved: VimFx no longer leaks keypresses to the web page in some modes. (For
327 example, counts in Caret mode).
328 - Improved: The `eb` command now finds more clickable elements in the devtools.
329 - Changed: `vimfx.addKeyOverrides` no longer lets you easily break for example
330 Hints mode, by now only being applied to Normal mode. You might need to change
331 your matchers from `(location, mode) => ...` to simply `location => ...`.
332 (Breaking API change.)
333 - Changed: The object passed to custom commands (and custom modes) no longer
334 contains a `uiEvent` property. Instead, there’s an `event` property. This
335 property can be used the same way if you check `vim.isUIEvent(event)` first.
336 (Breaking API change.)
338 [scroll-boost]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/8bafdf0454043c1630bac8b13d13f1fb4e5ee9e7/documentation/options.md#scrollhorizontal_boost-and-scrollvertical_boost
340 ### 0.18.1 (2016-08-27)
342 - Fixed: `vimfx.addOptionOverrides` no longer crashes on startup.
343 - Fixed: `vimfx.addOptionOverrides` can now override the `prevent_autofocus`
346 ### 0.18.0 (2016-08-20)
348 #### Changed default shortcuts
350 Some default keyboard shortcuts have been changed.
352 - Hint commands. Many of the old ones were difficult to remember, and there was
353 no space for adding new ones.
355 - `gf` → `et` (t as in tab)
356 - `gF` → `ew` (w as in window)
357 - `zf` → `ef` (f as in focus)
358 - `zF` → `eb` (b as in browser)
359 - `zv` → `av` (you actually select _all_ of the element’s text)
361 (`f`, `yf`, `af`, `v` and `yv` stay unchanged.)
363 There is a longer [explanation of these new defaults][hint-shortcuts] in the
366 - `zr` → `gC`. `zr` was the only shortcut starting with `z`. This frees that key
369 - `` ` `` → `'`. The `` ` `` shortcut (“scroll to mark”) as well as the `` ` ``
370 mark (“last position mark”) have both been changed to `'`. Both `` ` `` and
371 `'` are used in Vim. `'` is a better default, because it is easier to
372 type–both on an en-US QWERTY keyboard and, more importantly, on some
373 international layouts, such as the sv-SE QWERTY layout.
375 Note: If you miss Firefox’s default `'` shortcut to open the Quick Find bar
376 (which is now overridden), remember that VimFx provides `g/` which does the
377 same thing. (You can of course also change VimFx’s shortcuts.)
379 See also issue [#788].
381 [hint-shortcuts]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/e8d9df31dd5c8df999ac22e3b3b8d548a68c6fa7/documentation/commands.md#mnemonics-and-choice-of-default-hint-command-shortcuts
382 [#788]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/issues/788
386 - Added: It is now possible to create [custom hint commands].
387 - Fixed: The bottom-right corner of the page scrollbars can now be used with the
389 - Fixed: The toolbar button now correctly toggles VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts
391 - Updated locales: fr, ru. Thanks to Mickaël RAYBAUD-ROIG (@m-r-r) and Nicholas
394 [custom hint commands]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/e8d9df31dd5c8df999ac22e3b3b8d548a68c6fa7/documentation/api.md#custom-hint-commands
396 ### 0.17.4 (2016-07-11)
398 - Improved: The usage of modifier keys in Hints mode is now shown in VimFx’s
399 Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog. The functionality has been there for a long
400 time, but should now be easier to find. Thanks to our awesome translators,
401 the new help text is already available in most supported locales!
402 - Improved: If you submit a form while still being inside one of its text
403 inputs, that text input is now automatically blurred. This lets you use VimFx
404 commands while waiting for the form to submit without having to press
406 - Improved: The `gu` command now works better on some pages, by preserving a
407 trailing slash. Thanks to @sinkuu!
408 - Improved: VimFx now recognizes text areas in the TYPO3 CMS.
409 - Improved: The `<escape>` command and the toolbar button now let you escape
410 back to Normal mode if VimFx ever gets stuck thinking that you are typing in a
413 ### 0.17.3 (2016-06-27)
415 - Improved: The `zF` command can now open even more dropdown menus of buttons.
417 ### 0.17.2 (2016-06-19)
419 - Improved: The `zF` command now works with more buttons and is able to open
420 dropdown menus of buttons.
421 - Fixed: The `f` commands now recognize more file upload buttons.
422 - Fixed: Rotating hint markers now works more as expected after having entered a
424 - Fixed: Scrolling now works in SVG documents.
425 - Fixed: Opening links in new tabs in Firefox 50.
426 - Updated locales: pt-BR and ru. Thanks to Átila Camurça Alves (@atilacamurca)
427 and Nicholas Guriev (@mymedia2)!
429 ### 0.17.1 (2016-06-12)
431 - Fixed: The `zF` command no longer accidentally double-clicks instead of
432 single-clicking. Thanks to Alan Wu (@XrXr)!
433 - Fixed: The `zF` command no longer crashes in Firefox 49+.
434 - Fixed: The “URL popup,” shown when hovering or focusing links, now appears
435 again when focusing links using `zf` (regression since 0.17.0).
436 - Updated locale: it. Thanks to Carlo Bertoldi (@cbertoldi)!
438 ### 0.17.0 (2016-06-08)
440 - Fixed: VimFx no longer scrolls smaller elements on a page instead of the
441 entire page on some sites.
442 - Improved: The `/`, `n` and `N` have been drastically sped up (when
443 [`find_from_top_of_viewport`][find_from_top_of_viewport-1] is on). Previously,
444 they appeared to freeze on some sites, but not anymore.
445 - Improved: You can no longer accidentally trigger VimFx between pressing `/`
446 and the find bar input being is focused.
447 - Improved: The `n` and `N` commands are now more robust.
448 - Improved: “Fullscreen” buttons and “Copy to clipboard” buttons can now be
449 activated the `f` command. Thanks to Alan Wu (@XrXr)!
450 - Changed: After having pressed `m` or `` ` `` VimFx no longer waits
451 indefinitely for you to press a mark key. Instead, the [timeout] option is
453 - Changed: After having pressed `m` or `` ` `` you can now press `<escape>` to
454 abort those commands.
455 - Changed: Find mode is no longer shown in VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help
456 dialog, to reduce clutter. (This can be changed through custom
457 [styling][styling-1].)
458 - Changed: The `?` command as well as the toolbar button now _toggle_ VimFx’s
459 Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog (instead of always showing it, even if it was
461 - Changed: Counts are now ignored in Ignore mode. Previously, pressing number
462 keys would both send those key presses to the page _and_ contribute to the
463 count for commands (showing up in the bottom-right corner). This is no longer
465 - Updated locales: fr, zh-CN and zh-TW. Thanks to Mickaël RAYBAUD-ROIG (@m-r-r),
466 @av2000ii and Robert Wang (@cyberrob)!
468 [find_from_top_of_viewport-1]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/288bd3317cbed3a57e42a754099b96efe6c1e38d/documentation/options.md#find_from_top_of_viewport
469 [timeout]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/288bd3317cbed3a57e42a754099b96efe6c1e38d/documentation/options.md#timeout
470 [styling-1]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/288bd3317cbed3a57e42a754099b96efe6c1e38d/documentation/styling.md
472 ### 0.16.1 (2016-05-29)
474 - Fixed: The `zF` command no longer crashes (regression since 0.16.0).
476 ### 0.16.0 (2016-05-29)
478 - Fixed: The text input focus detection problems introduced in 0.15.1, which
479 sometimes caused VimFx commands to be triggered while typing in text inputs,
481 - Improved: If you press `n` or `N` when there are are no matches for your
482 search, the find bar is no longer opened. Only a notification is shown. The
483 reliability of those notifications has also been improved.
484 - Improved: Hints mode now finds more links.
485 - Improved: Pressing `<c-enter>` in Hints mode now includes more elements.
486 - Updated locales: es, zh-CN. Thanks to @strel and @av2000ii!
488 ### 0.15.1 (2016-05-22)
490 - Improved: Better hints on Twitter.
491 - Improved: Compatibility with the [Evernote Web Clipper] add-on (and
492 potentially other add-ons with similar UI).
493 - Updated locale: ja. Thanks to Kaoru Esashika (@pluser)!
495 [Evernote Web Clipper]: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/evernote-web-clipper/
497 ### 0.15.0 (2016-05-18)
499 - Improved: Hint markers now appear up to twice as fast on many pages. This is
500 done by creating the hint markers in two phases. Most are created in the
501 first, fast, phase. The rest take the same time as older VimFx versions to
503 - Fixed: VimFx no longer triggers commands while typing in fancy text inputs on
504 some sites, such as when composing a new tweet on Twitter. (See also the
505 [`blur_timeout`] pref.)
506 - Changed: The `<c-enter>` Hints mode command no longer _replaces_ all hint
507 markers on screen (with new ones for all elements on screen). Instead, it
508 _toggles_ your current hint markers with ones for all _other_ elements on
510 - Changed: There was a breaking change to the [`vimfx.setHintMatcher`] function
511 of the `frame.js` config file API. It no longer receives and returns an object
512 (of the shape `{type, semantic}`), but instead simply receives and returns the
513 `type` of the element.
514 - Improved: Some internal robustness refactoring.
515 - Updated locales: de, id, nl and zh-CN. Thanks to @just-barcodes, Yoppy
516 Halilintar (@comepradz), @HJTP, @av2000ii and @mozillazg.
518 [`blur_timeout`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/4a1d2468ee558ad1fdf9a4ab60f942d81bbc0b57/documentation/options.md#blur_timeout
519 [`vimfx.setHintMatcher`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/4a1d2468ee558ad1fdf9a4ab60f942d81bbc0b57/documentation/api.md#vimfxsethintmatcherhintmatcher
521 ### 0.14.3 (2016-05-08)
523 - Fixed: Version 0.14.2 attempted to fix smooth scrolling speed in newer Firefox
524 versions. However, there was a tiny typo that caused the fix not to work. That
525 typo has been corrected.
527 ### 0.14.2 (2016-05-08)
529 - Fixed: Smooth scrolling speed is now correct again in newer Firefox versions.
530 - Fixed: The `yv` Caret mode command now only copies text that you can see on
531 screen (not any hidden text that might be on the page), making it truly work
532 like `zv` followed by `y`, as intended. This problem was very noticeable on
533 Slack. This also improves copying of 'contenteditable' elements using `yf`.
534 - Fixed: `<escape>` and arrow key handling as well as hint markers in the
535 devtools now work correctly again in newer Firefox versions.
536 - Fixed: VimFx no longer makes it impossible to open the Developer Toolbar.
537 - Improved: VimFx now ignores `<numlock>` and `<capslock>`. If your keyboard
538 sends `<numlock>` before some symbols, such as `<numlock>$` instead of just
539 `$`, shortcuts like `gx$` now work out of the box. This also means that you
540 can use `<capslock>` instead of `<shift>` when typing the `J` in `gJ`, for
542 - Improved: Some minor cosmetic tweaks in VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help
545 ### 0.14.1 (2016-04-30)
547 - Fixed: The Find commands (such as `/`, `n` and `N`) no longer crash on some
548 sites (regression since 0.14.0).
550 ### 0.14.0 (2016-04-29)
552 - Added: [Caret mode], which lets you copy text from web pages using the
554 - Improved: The Find commands (such as `/`, `n` and `N`) now search from the top
555 of the viewport, instead of from the top of the document, which is more
556 Vim-like and less disorienting. To read more about it (or to return to the
557 Firefox default behavior) please see the [`find_from_top_of_viewport`] pref.
558 - Improved: Compatibility with the [BackTrack Tab History] add-on.
559 - Added: The `<c-enter>` Hints mode command, which creates hint markers for
561 - Fixed: `__dirname` inside config files now works on Windows. Thanks to
562 Zhong Jianxin (@azuwis)!
563 - Fixed: Unnecessary full-page hint markers on some sites, such as Hackernews,
566 [Caret mode]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/4ffda62560096f91244f3f7731171002ed174f05/documentation/commands.md#the-v-commands--caret-mode
567 [`find_from_top_of_viewport`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/4ffda62560096f91244f3f7731171002ed174f05/documentation/options.md#find_from_top_of_viewport
568 [BackTrack Tab History]: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/backtrack-tab-history/
570 ### 0.13.2 (2016-04-08)
572 - Improved: The “last position mark” `` ` `` now works more reliably.
573 - Improved: More video players are now recognized. Many video players lets you
574 press `<space>` while focused to toggle play/pause. VimFx tries to detect if
575 the currently focused element is a video player. If so, `<space>` is passed to
576 the video player instead of scrolling the page. (For those interested, see
577 also the [`adjustable_element_keys`] pref.)
579 [`adjustable_element_keys`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/645e35d7d82019b0551534c43926bc126e7105bd/documentation/options.md#adjustable_element_keys
581 ### 0.13.1 (2016-04-01)
583 - Fixed: Blacklisting of some XUL pages.
584 - Fixed: The current mode is no longer lost when a page loads. For example, if
585 you press `zF` while a page is loading, the markers no longer disappear.
586 - Fixed: Elements that you have focused using an `f` command no longer get stuck
587 appearing as if you’d put the mouse pointer.
588 - Updated locale: zh-CN. Thanks to @mozillazg!
590 ### 0.13.0 (2016-03-19)
592 - Added: The `T` command, which opens a new tab after the current.
593 - Changed: The `gl` command now deals with _visited_ tabs only.
594 - Added: The [`gL`] command, which deals with <em>un</em>visited tabs only, in
595 oldest-first order. Use this to step through your unvisited background tabs in
596 the order you opened them (for example using the `F` command).
597 - Improved: The `gi` command no longer tries to focus the last focused text
598 input if it has been removed from the page. If so, it finds a new one instead.
599 - Fixed: You can now type in sidebar text inputs (such as in the history
600 sidebar) without having to switch to Ignore mode.
601 - Changed: If you enter Ignore mode you will now stay in Ignore mode in that tab
602 until you explicitly exit it (by pressing `<s-escape>`), even if you reload
603 the page or follow a link. If Ignore mode was entered automatically because of
604 the [blacklist][blacklist-2], though, you will be automatically returned to
606 the URL changes to a non-blacklisted page.
607 - Added: VimFx can now automatically enter and exit Ignore mode based on the
608 currently focused element. Currently, the [wasavi] extension as well as
609 [CodeMirror] in Vim mode are detected. Both of those provide Vim-style
610 editors. This allows sending `<escape>` to those editors in order to exit
611 their Insert mode, without blurring the editor.
612 - Improved: CodeMirror editors now get better hints, keeping the cursor where
614 - Improved: The [blacklist][blacklist-2] is now applied faster on some pages.
615 - Improved: Many audio and video elements are now recognized as “adjustable”,
616 allowing you to press for example `<space>` on them to toggle play/pause,
617 without scrolling the page.
618 - Improved: Scrolling by pages, such as using the `<space>` command, now takes
619 fixed heaears and footers into account, just like Firefox does.
620 - Fixed: Access keys now work correctly in context menus in the devtools and
622 - Improved: The arrow keys now Just Work in the devtools, even if you have bound
623 them to VimFx commands.
624 - Changed: The public API has been removed, and turned into the Config file API.
625 If you were already using a config file, it will no longer work. You need to
626 set up a new one, but you should be able to simply copy and paste the contents
627 of the old one into the new one. Read the [config file] documentation for more
629 - Changed: There are a few minor breaking changes to the API, though I doubt it
631 - If you use [`vimfx.on`], you probably need to adjust the arguments of the
632 your callbacks. They are now _always_ passed an object of data, instead of
633 sometimes passing the data directly.
634 - `match.focus` of [match object]s has been removed, and replaced by
635 `vim.focusType` of [vim object]s.
636 - Fixed: The toolbar button’s icon is now correctly sized when setting
637 `layout.css.devPixelsPerPx` to `2`. Thanks to Robert Ma (@Hexcles) and Dale
639 - Fixed: Find commands now work when the find bar was opened before the page had
641 - Improved: Lots of internal improvements. This should make VimFx faster, more
642 reliable and more responsive.
643 - All keyboard event handling (except `<late>` shortcuts) are now handled in
644 the UI process, instead of mostly in each tab’s web page content process.
645 This should make VimFx’s shortcuts more reliable and responsive.
646 - Removed all synchronous message passing (execpt for `<late>` keypresses).
647 Mozilla recommends using them only where absolutely necessary. Turns out
648 VimFx doesn’t need them anymore!
649 - The `f` commands are now more reliable. Before, they could crash on rare
650 occasions (on certain web pages), but that is less likely now.
651 - Less `MutationObserver`s are now used. This should improve performance.
652 - Less uncaught errors (especially on shutdown).
653 - Lots of minor improvements.
654 - Updated locale: ja. Thanks to Kaoru Esashika (@pluser)!
656 [`gL`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/44b3e1bc350ceb1560176ee5b4ae97d9671a04db/documentation/commands.md#gl-1
657 [blacklist-2]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/44b3e1bc350ceb1560176ee5b4ae97d9671a04db/documentation/options.md#blacklist
658 [wasavi]: http://appsweets.net/wasavi/
659 [CodeMirror]: https://codemirror.net/demo/vim.html
660 [config file]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/44b3e1bc350ceb1560176ee5b4ae97d9671a04db/documentation/config-file.md
661 [`vimfx.on`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/44b3e1bc350ceb1560176ee5b4ae97d9671a04db/documentation/api.md#vimfxoneventname-listener-and-vimfxoffeventname-listener
662 [match object]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/44b3e1bc350ceb1560176ee5b4ae97d9671a04db/documentation/api.md#match-object
663 [vim object]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/44b3e1bc350ceb1560176ee5b4ae97d9671a04db/documentation/api.md#vim-object
665 ### 0.12.0 (2016-02-03)
667 - Improved: More clickable elements are now recognized. Most notably, elements
668 with click event listeners added by JavaScript now get hints.
669 - Improved: Autofocus prevention after using the `[` and `]` commands.
670 - Added: In VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog (which can be opened by
671 pressing `?`) you can now click on any command to open VimFx’s settings page
672 in the Add-ons Manager and automatically select the text input for that
673 command, letting you edit its shortcuts. Tip: Use the `zF` command to click
674 without using the mouse.
675 - Changed: Autofocus is no longer prevented in Firefox internal pages, such as
676 `about:preferences`, `about:addons` and `about:config` (as well as other XUL
678 - Fixed: VimFx and the Beyond Australis extension do not conflict with each
680 - Fixed: The `gH` command no longer nags you about “No back/forward history”
681 even though there is.
682 - Added: The `gl` command now takes a [count][gl-count].
683 - Improved: Optimized CPU usage in Hints mode. (See also the [`hints_sleep`]
685 - Improved: The `H` and `L` commands should now be more reliable in Firefox 43
687 - Changed: There was a tiny breaking change to the Public API, though I doubt it
688 will affect anyone. (See [commit 0ca807605e] if you’re especially interested.)
689 - Improved: _Several_ minor things, and some really nice internal refactoring.
690 - Updated locale: de. Thanks to @just-barcodes!
692 [`hints_sleep`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/92b483c4a4f6da0b2c998267e0f01d3d999f93b6/documentation/options.md#hints_sleep
693 [gl-count]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/92b483c4a4f6da0b2c998267e0f01d3d999f93b6/documentation/commands.md#gl
694 [commit 0ca807605e]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/commit/0ca807605e8d69fdc01ef9ce5d539cf66ce7d96f
696 ### 0.11.0 (2016-01-15)
698 - Fixed: The `` ` `` command is no longer broken.
699 - Fixed: Memory leak.
700 - Added: The `gl` command, which takes you to the most recent tab.
701 - Improved: The Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog is now scrollable using VimFx’s
702 scrolling commands. To allow for this, the search field is no longer
703 autofocused. Instead, press `/` to open it.
704 - Improved: Using the `f` commands, such as `f` and `zf`, now works like
705 actually moving your mouse onto the link, making hover menus and such-like
707 - Improved: VimFx should now work better with Google Drive Documents, Etherpad
708 and a few other fancy text editors.
709 - Improved: The `]` command now works on google.com.
710 - Improved: Checkboxes and menu items on gmail.com are now given hints by the
712 - Improved: The `gi` command now also recognizes 'contenteditable' elements.
713 - Improved: Hint markers now move along together with their elements.
714 - Fixed: Hint markers should now be correctly positioned when zooming.
715 - Fixed: The toolbar button icon should now look correctly on Retina screens.
716 - Added: You may now disable counts by using toggling the [`counts_enabled`]
718 - Updated locale: de. Thanks to @just-barcodes!
719 - Improved: Several minor things.
721 [`counts_enabled`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/8dae7aec9008595da31b939d5ae2d239849cf6dc/documentation/options.md#counts_enabled
723 ### 0.10.0 (2015-12-09)
725 - Added: The `zF` command, which lets you click browser elements.
726 - Improved: The scrolling commands can now scroll browser elements (in other
727 words, not only web page content), by first selecting the scollable element
729 - Added: The `gr` command, which toggles [Reader View].
730 - Added: The `gX` command, which opens the Recently Closed Tabs menu at the
731 middle of the screen.
732 - Added: The keys you’ve typed so far of a command, as well the count, are now
733 shown in a [notification]. (You may disable this using the
734 [`notify_entered_keys`] pref.)
735 - Improved: When commands don’t do anything, they show a [notification] instead,
736 letting you know that you actually pressed the right keys. For example, if you
737 press `f` but there are no markable elements visible, a notification is shown
738 telling you so, instead of silently doing nothing.
739 - Improved: `<space>` now scrolls _about a line less_ than a full page, just
740 like Firefox does by default. `d` scroll about _half_ a line less (by
741 default), so that pressing `d` twice works like pressing `<space>` once. (See
742 the [`scroll.full_page_adjustment` and `scroll.half_page_adjustment`] prefs
743 for more information.)
744 - Improved: `gi` now only selects all text in its text input if you haven’t
745 focused a text input yet (allowing you to easily replace pre-filled text),
746 instead of _always_ doing so. Otherwise, it now puts the cursor where you left
747 off typing the last time.
748 - Fixed: The `f` commands now put the cursor where you left off typing the last
749 time when focusing a text input. Previously, they accidentally selected all
750 text in the text input (use `zf` for that behavior).
751 - Fixed: Yet a scrolling fix. VimFx’s scrolling commands should now “just work”
753 - Fixed: AltGr should now work out of the box on Windows. (See the
754 [`ignore_ctrl_alt`] pref for more information.)
755 - Removed: The el-GR, hu and pl locales were sadly too out of date to be useful,
756 and nobody has shown interest in updating them, so they were removed.
757 - Updated locales: id, de and zh-CN. Thanks to Yoppy Halilintar, @just-barcodes
759 - Fixed: Several tiny bugs.
761 [Reader View]: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/firefox-reader-view-clutter-free-web-pages
762 [notification]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/ba9d4675e19ce315e6855b64400aae092e727975/documentation/notifications.md
763 [`notify_entered_keys`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/ba9d4675e19ce315e6855b64400aae092e727975/documentation/options.md#notify_entered_keys
764 [`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
765 [`ignore_ctrl_alt`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/ba9d4675e19ce315e6855b64400aae092e727975/documentation/options.md#ignore_ctrl_alt
767 ### 0.9.0 (2015-12-02)
769 - Fixed: Links with the `onclick` attribute can now be opened in new tabs again.
770 (Regression since 0.8.0.)
771 - Fixed: The text size in VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog is now
773 - Added: The `gH` command. It opens the back/forward button context menu in the
774 middle of the window, allowing you to choose a history entry with the arrow
777 ### 0.8.0 (2015-12-01)
779 - Fixed: VimFx now works properly in tabs moved to other windows.
780 - Fixed: An unreliable check for multi-process mode has been eliminated, fixing
781 various problems for some users.
782 - Fixed: VimFx’s toolbar button now changes color correctly when switching
783 between blacklisted and non-blacklisted tabs.
784 - Fixed: Dead keys now work out of the box on Windows.
785 - Improved: Links with the `onclick` attribute (abused as buttons) can no longer
786 get the same hint as another link.
787 - Added: The Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog (shown by pressing `?`) is now
789 - Added: The `g/` command. It’s like `/` but searches links only.
793 - Use `ma` to mark the current scroll position and `` `a `` to return to it.
794 (You may substitute `a` with any key press.)
795 - Use ``` `` ``` to return to the position before the last `gg`, `G`, `0`,
796 `$`, `/`, `n`, `N` or `` ` ``. (You can change this mark using the
797 [`last_scroll_position_mark`] pref.)
799 - Added: Window commands.
801 - `w`: Open new window.
802 - `W`: Open new private window.
803 - `gw`: Move tab to new window.
804 - `gF`: Follow link in new window.
806 [Marks]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/47fc699ce8217ee90af4d12e81f102f2bea09d61/documentation/commands.md#marks-m-and-
807 [`last_scroll_position_mark`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/47fc699ce8217ee90af4d12e81f102f2bea09d61/documentation/options.md#last_scroll_position_mark
809 ### 0.7.3 (2015-11-22)
811 - Fixed: Scrolling now works correctly in pages in quirks mode (lacking a
812 doctype), such as Hackernews.
813 - Improved: The largest scrollable element is now detected better in frames.
814 - Fixed: Hints mode now exits correctly when focusing a text input using `af`,
817 ### 0.7.2 (2015-11-21)
819 - Fixed: The blinking text caret now always appears correctly when focusing text
822 ### 0.7.1 (2015-11-21)
824 - Fixed: The scrolling commands should now “just work” when using non-default
825 zoom or DPI settings, most notably on Google Groups.
827 ### 0.7.0 (2015-11-19)
829 - Changed: Instead of using system notifications, which turned out to be a bit
830 too intrusive, [notifications] are now similar to the “URL popup” (shown when
831 hovering or focusing links) but are placed on the opposite side,.
832 - Changed: The “Focus next element” and “Focus previous element” commands have
833 been removed. The reason they existed was to let `<tab>` and `<s-tab>` only
834 cycle between text inputs (as opposed to _all_ focusable elements) after
835 you’ve pressed `gi`. Now, `<tab>` and `<s-tab>` are handled specially instead,
836 and _only_ after pressing `gi`. The reason for this change is that the now
837 removed commands were too intrusive, breaking user habits. One of VimFx’s main
838 goal is _not_ to do that. (You can turn the special handling of `<tab>` and
839 `<s-tab>` off using the the new [`focus_previous_key` and `focus_next_key`]
841 - Fixed: The scrolling commands should now “just work” in a lot more situations,
842 most notably on Gmail and Google Groups. More scrollable elements are also
843 recognized by the `f` and `zf` commands.
844 - Improved: The right border of hint markers for scrollable elements is now
845 styled to remind of a scroll bar, making them easier to recognize among hints
847 - Improved/Changed: `J` and `gJ` now allow a count on the first tab.
848 Consequently, `K` and `gK` now allow a count on the _last_ tab.
849 - Changed: `gJ` and `gK` can no longer be used to pin or unpin tabs. They now
850 only wrap around tabs of the same pinned state. Use `gp` to toggle between
851 pinned and non-pinned.
852 - Fixed: Many elements that got a hint before VimFx 0.6.0 now do again.
853 - Improved: Comment fields on Facebook can now be focused using `f` and blurred
855 - Improved: VimFx’s toolbar button is no greyed out when you focus a text input.
856 This is to show that your key presses will be passed into the text input
857 rather than activating VimFx commands.
858 - Added: [`g0`, `g^` and `g$` now accept counts][tab-index-counts], allowing you
859 to go to tab number _count._
860 - Improved: `gi` now finds text inputs inside frames.
861 - Fixed: “gi mode” is now exited properly when blurring a text input.
862 - Fixed: `<select>` elements are no longer considered to be text inputs when
863 using `<tab>` and `<s-tab>` in “gi mode.”
864 - Fixed: Using `<force>` or `<late>` in a shortcut no longer applies to _every_
865 shortcut for the command, but only that shortcut.
866 - Fixed: The order of the Previous/Next page patterns is now respected. This
867 caused the wrong link to be picked by the `[` and `]` commands on some pages.
869 [`focus_previous_key` and `focus_next_key`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/d70b5bb14be89d9ce52138b0e9abdef1b31ad337/documentation/options.md#focus_previous_key-and-focus_next_key
870 [notifications]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/d70b5bb14be89d9ce52138b0e9abdef1b31ad337/documentation/notifications.md
871 [tab-index-counts]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/d70b5bb14be89d9ce52138b0e9abdef1b31ad337/documentation/commands.md#g0-g-g
873 ### 0.6.2 (2015-11-11)
875 - Improved: If the entire page isn’t scrollable, the largest scrollable element
877 - Fixed: VimFx’s keyboard shortcuts now works on slowly loading pages.
878 - Fixed: Numbers may now be used as shortcut keys (overriding counts).
879 - Fixed: The toolbar button’s icon is now correctly sized in high DPI.
880 - Fixed: Hint markers are now correctly positioned when zooming using the “Zoom
882 - Fixed: The `P` command now works with the InstantFox add-on.
884 ### 0.6.1 (2015-11-10)
886 - Fixed: If you customized the “esc” command before VimFx 0.6.0 it should now
888 - Fixed: `<tab>` now works as expected in the location bar and in the dev tools.
889 - Fixed: Light-weight themes can no longer make VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help
890 dialog and hint markers unreadable.
891 - Added: The [notifications\_enabled] option.
893 [notifications\_enabled]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/56c4b7c514ea8b58d2cdcecf3d2654648c48ca31/documentation/options.md#notifications_enabled
895 ### 0.6.0 (2015-11-09)
897 ##### Most important (breaking) changes
899 - VimFx now works properly with **any keyboard layout.** Users of **multiple
900 layouts** should enable the **[ignore keyboard layout] option.** #249 #259
902 - Features related to disabling VimFx, and to the [toolbar button]:
904 - **Insert Mode** has been renamed to **_Ignore_ mode.**
905 - **[Blacklisted][blacklist] sites** now **enter Ignore mode automatically,**
906 instead of being specially handled.
907 - The feature to click the toolbar button (or press `<a-V>`) to **disable
908 VimFx** has been **removed.** Use **Ignore mode** (`i`) and the
909 **[blacklist] instead.**
910 - The **toolbar button** is now **red in Ignore mode** (which also means that
911 it is red on blacklisted sites) and green otherwise (never grey anymore).
912 - The toolbar button no longer offers to (un-)blacklist the current domain.
913 (Head into VimFx’s settings page in the Add-ons Manager and add
914 `*currentdomain.com*` to the [blacklist] option yourself instead.)
916 (See [commit 3552282] for more information.)
918 - **Some default shortcuts have changed,** mostly because they conflicted with
919 standard Firefox shortcuts: #308
925 - `g^` and `gH` → `g0`
927 `g^` now selects the first _non pinned_ tab instead, while `g0`
928 selects the first tab regardless of whether it is pinned or not. #317
930 - `<c-e>` (alias for `j`) and `<c-y>` (alias for `k`) have been removed.
932 - `<c-f>` → `<space>` and `<c-b>` → `<s-space>`
936 This frees up `v` for future shortcuts (instead making `z` a
937 “namespace” key, just like in Vim).
939 - To **exit Ignore mode:** `<escape>` → `<s-escape>`. This is because Ignore
940 mode has replaced the disable feature, as well as the special blacklist
941 state (see above). Sites are likely to use `<escape>` but not `<s-escape>`.
942 (In a way, this new role of Ignore mode also means that the old (many times
943 broken) shortcut to disable VimFx (`<a-V>`) has been replaced by `i`.) #64
946 - VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog is now help only, and more accessible.
947 To **customize keyboard shortcuts,** go to VimFx’s settings page **in the
948 Add-ons Manager,** just like you would to customize other settings. Also,
949 **commas** between every key are **no longer needed:** Type `gJ` instead of
952 - For performance reasons, **Hint markers** are now placed vertically **centered
953 instead of at the top** of the element. Don’t be surprised if you see the same
954 hint repeated several times**—links that go to the same place now get the same
955 hint.** The “Smart hints” option has been removed—hints are _always_ smart
956 now, and a lot smarter than before. Finally, hints now also work in the new
957 tab page, the Add-ons Manager and the preferences page. If you want to, you
958 can read more about [the `f` commands]. \#51 #60 #176 #320 #325 #468 #471 #475
960 - The **`F`** command now _always_ opens tabs in new **background** tabs, while
961 **`gf`** has been added to open tabs in new **foreground** tabs. #227 #464
963 - **Autofocus prevention** is now **off by default.** One of VimFx’s core
964 philosophies is to be nice to your browser habits. Some find autofocus
965 prevention too big a change. Turn it on again if you like it! By the way,
966 autofocus prevention now works much more reliably and should not cause issues
967 with other extensions. #497 #541
969 - The **“Scroll step”** option has been **removed**. The scrolling commands that
970 used it now **work like the arrow keys instead,** and are customized just like
971 them. See [scrolling prefs] for more information.
973 - Speaking of scrolling, **which elements scrolls** when you use VimFx’s
974 scrolling commands **has changed.** See [scrolling commands] for more
981 - `gp` pins or unpins the current tab. (Also see `g^` and `g0` mentioned
983 - `yt` duplicates the current tab. #121
984 - `0` and `^` scroll to the far left, and `$` scrolls to the far right.
985 - [`gi`] has finally been implemented. #47
986 - [Ignore mode `<s-f1>`] let you run a Normal mode command without exiting
989 - In Hints mode you can now hold ctrl and alt to change behavior of the matched
990 marker. Hold shift to temporarily make the hints see-through. See [the `f`
991 commands] for more information. #220 #421 #484
993 - Some commands now accept [counts]. #374
995 - It is now possible to create shortcuts that work inside text inputs. See the
996 [`<force>`] key for more information. #258
998 - It is now possible to create shortcuts that the page can override. See the
999 [`<late>`] key for more information.
1001 - A number of [advanced options] have been added. Rather than listing everything
1002 regarding them here, follow that link if you’re interested. #452 #489
1004 - You may now, if you want to, configure VimFx through a [config file], using
1005 the new [public API]. Customizing VimFx through a config file also gives extra
1006 abilities, such as [site-specific options][option-overrides] and [disabling
1007 certain commands on certain sites][key-overrides]. It also allows to add
1008 [custom commands] \(and other extensions to extend VimFx). #158 #235 #255 #261
1009 \#300 #408 #445 #490 #515
1011 - It is now easier to customize VimFx through custom [styling]. An example is
1012 changing the way hint markers look. #220 #233 #424 #432 #465
1014 - VimFx now has [documentation] and a [wiki].
1016 - A few new locales were added:
1018 - fr. Thanks to Mickaël RAYBAUD-ROIG (@m-r-r)!
1019 - pt-BR. Thanks to Átila Camurça Alves (@atilacamurca)!
1020 - sv-SE. Thanks to Andreas Lindhé (@lindhe)!
1024 - VimFx is now multi-process/Electrolysis/e10s compatible! This means that you
1025 can run VimFx on a version of Firefox with multi-process enabled without
1026 issues, and that we’re future proof for the day when Firefox becomes
1027 multi-process by default. Best of all, it also made VimFx more reliable in
1028 non-multi-process (“regular”) Firefox. #378
1030 - The `[` and `]` commands are now smarter, recognizing more links to the
1031 previous/next page correctly. You may read more about [previous/next page
1034 - The `n` and `N` commands now notify you when they wrap around the page, or the
1035 phrase you searched for could not be found. #398
1037 - _All_ shortcuts in _all modes_ can now be customized. For example, this allows
1038 you to disable VimFx’s Vim-style `<enter>` behavior in the find bar. #222 #390
1041 - The `p` and `P` commands are now smarter regarding whether to treat the
1042 clipboard contents as a URL or a search, by working exactly like pasting in
1043 the location bar. They also now read the selection clipboard, if available.
1046 - VimFx’s toolbar button is now properly implemented. #303 #349 #383
1048 - Most locales were updated. Thanks to our awesome [translators]!
1050 ##### Minor bug fixes
1052 - VimFx now works correctly in tabs dragged to other windows. #57
1053 - The `p` command is no longer broken. #494
1054 - Non-ASCII shortcut keys now work properly. #433
1055 - The Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog can no longer be covered by page elements.
1057 - Hint markers can no longer be covered by page elements.
1058 - VimFx no longer causes scripts on icloud.com to get stuck in an infinite loop.
1061 [advanced options]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#advanced-options
1062 [blacklist]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#blacklist
1063 [ignore keyboard layout]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#ignore-keyboard-layout
1064 [previous/next page patterns]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#previousnext-page-patterns
1065 [scrolling prefs]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#scrolling-prefs
1066 [counts]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#counts
1067 [`gi`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#gi-1
1068 [Ignore mode `<s-f1>`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#ignore-mode-s-f1
1069 [scrolling commands]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#scrolling-commands-1
1070 [the `f` commands]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#the-f-commands-1
1071 [`<force>`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/shortcuts.md#force
1072 [`<late>`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/shortcuts.md#late
1073 [config file]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/config-file.md
1074 [public api]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/api.md
1075 [option-overrides]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/api.md#vimfxaddoptionoverridesrules
1076 [key-overrides]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/api.md#vimfxaddkeyoverridesrules
1077 [styling]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/styling.md
1078 [toolbar button]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/styling.md
1079 [translators]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/PEOPLE.md#translators
1080 [documentation]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/
1081 [wiki]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/wiki/
1082 [custom commands]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/wiki/Custom-Commands
1083 [commit 3552282]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/commit/355228217d7e7a61f5e1edbb9efbfb0f3e4ef81c
1085 ### 0.5.17 (2015-01-23)
1087 - Fixed: The hints generation no longer crashes on some pages (regression since
1090 ### 0.5.16 (2015-01-22)
1092 - Fixed: The toolbar button no longer throws errors. (This fix should have been
1093 in 0.5.15 but was forgotten. Luckily an AMO reviewer found it.)
1095 ### 0.5.15 (2015-01-21)
1097 - Improved: This version is now forwards-compatible with the upcoming version
1098 0.6.0. Downgrading from 0.6.0 to 0.5.14 or older might cause VimFx to crash,
1099 but downgrading from 0.6.0 to 0.5.15 is safe.
1100 - Fixed: Non-hintchars key presses in hints mode are now suppressed. They used
1101 to be passed along to the browser, which could confusingly activate site
1103 - Fixed: The 'f' command now always opens links in the same tab. Links used to
1104 be able to force a new tab or window.
1105 - Fixed: Pressing 'Esc' in the location bar now restores the URL, as is the
1106 default behaviour of Firefox. You may now also close Firefox dialogs using
1108 - Improved: Updated the de locale. Thanks to Alexander Haeussler!
1109 - Improved: Updated the pl locale. Thanks to morethanoneanimal!
1111 ### 0.5.14 (2014-08-16)
1113 - Fixed: Locales should now work properly.
1114 - Improved: Updated the zh-CN locale (@mozillazg).
1115 - Improved: Updated the de locale (@Kambfhase).
1116 - Added: Japanese locale (@pluser).
1117 - Fixed: If you switched to another tab or window while an `<input>` element
1118 was focused and then switched back, the `<input>` element got blurred, while
1119 it should have stayed focused. This caused the auto-type feature of KeePassX
1122 ### 0.5.13 (2014-08-02)
1124 - Fixed: The vote button on StackExchange sites are now markable again.
1125 - Improved: Detection of previous/next links. Should work better on gmail now.
1126 - Fixed: It is now possible to use Enter/Return in keyboard shortcuts.
1127 - Improved: The n/N commands (etc.) now work even if you didn’t open the finbar
1128 using the VimFx command (such as the default key binding ctrl+f, or by
1129 clicking a menu item).
1130 - Improved: It is now possible to blur text inputs without sending Esc to the
1131 page, which could cause dialogs etc. to annoyingly close.
1132 - Improved: Updated the el-GR locale (@sirodoht).
1133 - Fixed: Autofocus prevention sometimes made text inputs impossible to focus
1134 until you reloaded the page.
1135 - Improved: Autofocus prevention now works on more sites than before.
1136 - Improved: Autofocus prevention now prevents _all_ automatic focusing (not
1137 just when the page loads). This makes devdocs.io much easier to use.
1138 - Added: When viewing images directly and the image has been resized to fit the
1139 screen the image is now markable, allowing you to toggle zoom on it using the
1141 - Fixed: It is no longer possible to add conflicting shortcuts (such as adding
1142 'a' when 'af' and 'as' are already present).
1144 ### 0.5.12 (2014-06-01)
1146 - Fixed: Autofocus prevention got stuck sometimes, making it impossible to
1149 ### 0.5.11 (2014-06-01)
1151 - Fixed: The focus search bar command was broken.
1152 - Fixed: Autofocus prevention was broken.
1153 - Fixed: The top bar on YouTube could not be accessed by VimFx.
1154 - Fixed: You can no longer add blank hotkeys.
1155 - Improved: Tab Groups are supported.
1156 - Improved: Matching of previous/next links should be more reliable.
1157 - Improved: A few minor things.
1159 ### 0.5.10 (2014-05-07)
1161 - Fixed yet another bug related to the default preferences
1163 ### 0.5.9 (2014-05-04)
1165 - Fixed a bug with default preferences not being set
1166 - Fixed gg and G to be faster
1168 ### 0.5.8 (2014-04-18)
1170 - AMO Preliminary Review bug fix (sorry for such long delay)
1172 ### 0.5.7 (2014-03-03)
1176 ### 0.5.6 (2014-02-26)
1178 - Updated some translations
1179 - Updated pagination patterns and logic
1181 ### 0.5.5 (2014-01-03)
1183 - Hotfix release to address a bug that has been introduced in 0.5.4
1185 ### 0.5.4 (2014-01-03)
1187 - Fix for popup passthrough mode stucking
1188 - Make toolbar button click depend on current mode
1189 - Higher weight markers should not be overlapped
1190 - Refactor find mode to use Firefox native search bar
1191 - Bump minimum required Firefox version to 25
1192 - Added commands to go in the URL path
1193 - Added commands to navigate previous and next links with customizable link
1195 - Use Firefox 24+ native console API
1196 - Update zh-CN localization
1198 ### 0.5.3 (2013-10-16)
1200 - Lots of refactoring
1201 - Insert mode (`i` command)
1202 - Follow multiple links with `af` command
1203 - Hint marker rotation with `space` while in hints mode
1205 ### 0.5.1 (2013-08-21)
1207 - Fixed regression with stylesheets
1210 ### 0.5 (2013-08-19)
1212 - Added command to focus search bar: `O`
1213 - Added commands to stop loading current page and all pages: `s` and `as`
1214 - Invisible elements will not get hint markers
1215 - Compatibility with Firefox 25
1216 - Simple shortcut customization with UI in Help dialog
1217 - Use Huffman coding algorithm for hint markers generation which results in
1219 - Implemented Bloom filters to achieve shorter hints for those shortcuts that
1221 - Reimplemented scrolling - now works with pages where window is not scrollable
1222 - Find disabled on non HTML documents
1223 - Find string is now global for all windows.
1224 - Fixed logic of locale discovery. Now we rely on general.useragent.locale
1225 Firefox preference for current locale
1227 ### 0.4.8 (2013-06-12)
1229 - `embed` and `object` tags will now have their own hints
1230 - Bug fixes related to custom hint chars (@LordJZ)
1231 - Fixed `t` - now it will be nice to other extensions
1232 - Updated Chinese translations (@mozillazg)
1233 - Reenter Normal mode on page reloads to avoid getting stuck in Hints mode
1235 - Search will focus element that contains matching text
1236 - Fixed hint markers for iframes
1237 - Marker bug fixes (@LordJZ)
1239 ### 0.4.6 (2013-03-27)
1241 - Reimplemented find mode: CJK support, performance boost
1242 - `a/` or `a.` to highlight all matches of the search string on the page
1243 - Hint markers will now reach into iframes
1244 - Key handling is disabled when a popupmenu or panel are shown
1245 - `yf` will now also focus links and copy values from text/textarea element
1246 - `vf` will show hit markers to focus the underlying element
1248 ### 0.4.5 (2013-03-12)
1250 - `:` to open Firefox Developer Toolbar, `Esc` to close it.
1251 - Add Hungarian locale (@thenonameguy).
1252 - Add Polish locale (@grn).
1253 - Don't close pinned tabs when pressing x (@grn).
1254 - Switched to Makefile for building the extension release (@carno).
1255 - Mrakers CSS tweaks (@helmuthdu)
1257 ### 0.4.4 (2013-01-30)
1259 - Thanks to @mozillazg and @mcomella for translation contributions.
1260 - Added `gh` command that will navigate to the home page.
1261 - Added `o` command to focus location bar.
1262 - `p` and `P` will parse the contents of the clipboard. If the string in the
1263 clipboard appears to be a URL then it will navigate to this URL. Otherwise it
1264 will search for the string in the clipboard using currently selected search
1266 - Now hint markers for links will stay on top of all the markers for different
1268 - Esc will now also close the focused default search bar.
1269 - Fixed bugs related to keyboard events handling, XUL documents, and some other
1271 - Bug fixed where not all the commands could be disabled via the Help dialog.
1273 ### 0.4.3 (2012-12-27)
1275 - Toolbar button bugfix
1276 - Added an option to disable individual commands via the help dialog
1278 ### 0.4.1, 0.4.2 (2012-12-12)
1280 - Small tweaks of the find feature.
1281 - Bugfix for keyboard handling on non-english keyboard layouts
1283 ### 0.4 (2012-12-09)
1285 - Implemented find with `/` and `n/N`
1286 - Added `ar` and `aR` commands to reload pages in all open tabs.
1287 - Added a preference that enables blurring from any element that has input focus
1288 in the browser on Esc keydown (on by default)
1289 - Fixed bug where markers and help dialog would blow up some of the pages.
1290 - Marker hints are now sorted with respect to the underlying element area.
1291 Elements with larger area get shorter hints
1292 - Added *mail.google.com* to the default black list
1293 - Various bug fixed and improvements.
1295 ### 0.3.2, 0.3.2, 0.3.3 (2012-11-20)
1297 - Hotfixes for the build script to include localization related files and folders
1299 ### 0.3 (2012-11-19)
1301 - Fixed [Desktop](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/desktop/)
1302 extension compatibility problem
1303 - Removed c-b/c-f for now. c-f is a standard search hotkey. Will put c-f back
1304 when proper Vim-like search with / is implemented
1305 - Scrolling with G will now reach the bottom of the page
1306 - Implemented localization, currently there is only Russian localization.
1307 Community is welcome [to contribute your localizations](https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/tree/master/extension/locale)!
1308 - Implemented simple smooth scrolling
1310 ### 0.2 (2012-11-05)
1312 - document.designMode='on' is now honored. Will also provide hint markers for
1313 iframes on the page.
1314 - Bug fixed where it would completely reset the toolbar while installing the
1316 - Bug fixed where it's not possible to change the text in the blacklisting
1318 - Changed u/d to scroll half a page, added c-f/c-b to scroll full page
1319 - Added tab movement commands: c-J and c-K.
1320 - Invisible markers bug fixed.
1321 - Global hotkey to disable the commands (equal to the toolbar button click):
1323 - ^u and ^d are removed from the command list. ^u is commonly used to show the
1325 - Opening new tab with now focuses the location bar
1326 - Other small bugs nailed down.
1328 ### 0.1.1 (2012-10-27)
1330 - Just to deal with AMO - no changes
1332 ### 0.1 (2012-10-26)