3 ##### Most important (breaking) changes
5 - VimFx now works properly with **any keyboard layout.** Users of **multiple
6 layouts** should enable the **[ignore keyboard layout] option.** #249 #259
8 - Features related to disabling VimFx, and to the [toolbar button]:
10 - **Insert Mode** has been renamed to **_Ignore_ mode.**
11 - **[Blacklisted][blacklist] sites** now **enter Ignore mode automatically,**
12 instead of being specially handled.
13 - The feature to click the toolbar button (or press `<a-V>`) to **disable
14 VimFx** has been **removed.** Use **Ignore mode** (`i`) and the
15 **[blacklist] instead.**
16 - The **toolbar button** is now **red in Ignore mode** (which also means that
17 it is red on blacklisted sites) and green otherwise (never grey anymore).
18 - The toolbar button no longer offers to (un-)blacklist the current domain.
19 (Head into VimFx’s settings page in the Add-ons Manager and add
20 `*currentdomain.com*` to the [blacklist] option yourself instead.)
22 (See [commit 3552282] for more information.)
24 - **Some default shortcuts have changed,** mostly because they conflicted with
25 standard Firefox shortcuts: #308
31 - `g^` and `gH` → `g0`
33 `g^` now selects the first _non pinned_ tab instead, while `g0`
34 selects the first tab regardless of whether it is pinned or not. #317
36 - `<c-e>` (alias for `j`) and `<c-y>` (alias for `k`) have been removed.
38 - `<c-f>` → `<space>` and `<c-b>` → `<s-space>`
42 This frees up `v` for future shortcuts (instead making `z` a
43 “namespace” key, just like in Vim).
45 - To **exit Ignore mode:** `<escape>` → `<s-escape>`. This is because Ignore
46 mode has replaced the disable feature, as well as the special blacklist
47 state (see above). Sites are likely to use `<escape>` but not `<s-escape>`.
48 (In a way, this new role of Ignore mode also means that the old (many times
49 broken) shortcut to disable VimFx (`<a-V>`) has been replaced by `i`.) #64
52 - VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog is now help only, and more accessible.
53 To **customize keyboard shortcuts,** go to VimFx’s settings page **in the
54 Add-ons Manager,** just like you would to customize other settings. Also,
55 **commas** between every key are **no longer needed:** Type `gJ` instead of
58 - For performance reasons, **Hint markers** are now placed vertically **centered
59 instead of at the top** of the element. Don’t be surprised if you see the same
60 hint repeated several times**—links that go to the same place now get the same
61 hint.** The “Smart hints” option has been removed—hints are _always_ smart
62 now, and a lot smarter than before. Finally, hints now also work in the new
63 tab page, the Add-ons Manager and the preferences page. If you want to, you
64 can read more about [the `f` commands]. \#51 #60 #176 #320 #325 #468 #471 #475
66 - The **`F`** command now _always_ opens tabs in new **background** tabs, while
67 **`gf`** has been added to open tabs in new **foreground** tabs. #227 #464
69 - **Autofocus prevention** is now **off by default.** One of VimFx’s core
70 philosophies is to be nice to your browser habits. Some find autofocus
71 prevention too big a change. Turn it on again if you like it! By the way,
72 autofocus prevention now works much more reliably and should not cause issues
73 with other extensions. #497 #541
75 - The **“Scroll step”** option has been **removed**. The scrolling commands that
76 used it now **work like the arrow keys instead,** and are customized just like
77 them. See [scrolling prefs] for more information.
79 - Speaking of scrolling, **which elements scrolls** when you use VimFx’s
80 scrolling commands **has changed.** See [scrolling commands] for more
87 - `gp` pins or unpins the current tab. (Also see `g^` and `g0` mentioned
89 - `yt` duplicates the current tab. #121
90 - `0` and `^` scroll to the far left, and `$` scrolls to the far right.
91 - [`gi`] has finally been implemented. #47
92 - [Ignore mode `<s-f1>`] let you run a Normal mode command without exiting
95 - In Hints mode you can now hold ctrl and alt to change behavior of the matched
96 marker. Hold shift to temporarily make the hints see-through. See [the `f`
97 commands] for more information. #220 #421 #484
99 - Some commands now accept [counts]. #374
101 - It is now possible to create shortcuts that work inside text inputs. See the
102 [`<force>`] key for more information. #258
104 - It is now possible to create shortcuts that the page can override. See the
105 [`<late>`] key for more information.
107 - A number of [advanced options] have been added. Rather than listing everything
108 regarding them here, follow that link if you’re interested. #452 #489
110 - You may now, if you want to, configure VimFx through a [config file], using
111 the new [public API]. Customizing VimFx through a config file also gives extra
112 abilites, such as [site-specific options][option-overrides] and [disabling
113 certain commands on certain sites][key-overrides]. It also allows to add
114 [custom commands] \(and other extensions to extend VimFx). #158 #235 #255 #261
115 \#300 #408 #445 #490 #515
117 - It is now easier to customize VimFx through custom [styling]. An example is
118 changing the way hint markers look. #220 #233 #424 #432 #465
120 - VimFx now has [documentation] and a [wiki].
122 - A few new locales were added:
124 - fr. Thanks to Mickaël RAYBAUD-ROIG (@m-r-r)!
125 - pt-BR. Thanks to Átila Camurça Alves (@atilacamurca)!
126 - sv-SE. Thanks to Andreas Lindhé (@lindhe)!
130 - VimFx is now multi-process/Electrolysis/e10s compatible! This means that you
131 can run VimFx on a version of Firefox with multi-process enabled without
132 issues, and that we’re future proof for the day when Firefox becomes
133 multi-process by default. Best of all, it also made VimFx more reliable in
134 non-multi-process (“regular”) Firefox. #378
136 - The `[` and `]` commands are now smarter, recognizing more links to the
137 previous/next page correctly. You may read more about [previous/next page
140 - The `n` and `N` commands now notify you when they wrap around the page, or the
141 phrase you searched for could not be found. #398
143 - _All_ shortcuts in _all modes_ can now be customized. For example, this allows
144 you to disable VimFx’s Vim-style `<enter>` behavior in the find bar. #222 #390
147 - The `p` and `P` commands are now smarter regarding whether to treat the
148 clipboard contents as a URL or a search, by working exactly like pasting in
149 the address bar. They also now read the selection clipboard, if available.
152 - VimFx’s toolbar button is now properly implemented. #303 #349 #383
154 - Most locales were updated. Thanks to our awesome [translators]!
156 ##### Minor bug fixes
158 - VimFx now works correctly in tabs dragged to other windows. #57
159 - The `p` command is no longer broken. #494
160 - Non-ASCII shortcut keys now work properly. #433
161 - The Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog can no longer be covered by page elements.
163 - Hint markers can no longer be covered by page elements.
164 - VimFx no longer causes scripts on icloud.com to get stuck in an infinite loop.
167 [advanced options]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#advanced-options
168 [blacklist]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#blacklist
169 [ignore keyboard layout]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#ignore-keyboard-layout
170 [previous/next page patterns]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#previousnext-page-patterns
171 [scrolling prefs]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#scrolling-prefs
172 [counts]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#counts
173 [`gi`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#gi-1
174 [Ignore mode `<s-f1>`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#ignore-mode-s-f1
175 [scrolling commands]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#scrolling-commands-1
176 [the `f` commands]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#the-f-commands-1
177 [`<force>`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/shortcuts.md#force
178 [`<late>`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/shortcuts.md#late
179 [config file]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/config-file.md
180 [public api]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/api.md
181 [option-overrides]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/api.md#vimfxaddoptionoverridesrules
182 [key-overrides]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/api.md#vimfxaddkeyoverridesrules
183 [styling]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/styling.md
184 [toolbar button]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/styling.md
185 [translators]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/PEOPLE.md#translators
186 [documentation]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/
187 [wiki]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/wiki/
188 [custom commands]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/wiki/Custom-Commands
189 [commit 3552282]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/commit/355228217d7e7a61f5e1edbb9efbfb0f3e4ef81c
191 ### 0.5.17 (2015-01-23)
193 - Fixed: The hints generation no longer crashes on some pages (regression since
196 ### 0.5.16 (2015-01-22)
198 - Fixed: The toolbar button no longer throws errors. (This fix should have been
199 in 0.5.15 but was forgotten. Luckily an AMO reviewer found it.)
201 ### 0.5.15 (2015-01-21)
203 - Improved: This version is now forwards-compatible with the upcoming version
204 0.6.0. Downgrading from 0.6.0 to 0.5.14 or older might cause VimFx to crash,
205 but downgrading from 0.6.0 to 0.5.15 is safe.
206 - Fixed: Non-hintchars key presses in hints mode are now suppressed. They used
207 to be passed along to the browser, which could confusingly activate site
209 - Fixed: The 'f' command now always opens links in the same tab. Links used to
210 be able to force a new tab or window.
211 - Fixed: Pressing 'Esc' in the location bar now restores the URL, as is the
212 default behaviour of Firefox. You may now also close Firefox dialogs using
214 - Improved: Updated the de locale. Thanks to Alexander Haeussler!
215 - Improved: Updated the pl locale. Thanks to morethanoneanimal!
217 ### 0.5.14 (2014-08-16)
219 - Fixed: Locales should now work properly.
220 - Improved: Updated the zh-CN locale (@mozillazg).
221 - Improved: Updated the de locale (@Kambfhase).
222 - Added: Japanese locale (@pluser).
223 - Fixed: If you switched to another tab or window while an `<input>` element
224 was focused and then switched back, the `<input>` element got blurred, while
225 it should have stayed focused. This caused the auto-type feature of KeePassX
228 ### 0.5.13 (2014-08-02)
230 - Fixed: The vote button on StackExchange sites are now markable again.
231 - Improved: Detection of previous/next links. Should work better on gmail now.
232 - Fixed: It is now possible to use Enter/Return in keyboard shortcuts.
233 - Improved: The n/N commands (etc.) now work even if you didn’t open the finbar
234 using the VimFx command (such as the default key binding ctrl+f, or by
235 clicking a menu item).
236 - Improved: It is now possible to blur text inputs without sending Esc to the
237 page, which could cause dialogs etc. to annoyingly close.
238 - Improved: Updated the el-GR locale (@sirodoht).
239 - Fixed: Autofocus prevention sometimes made text inputs impossible to focus
240 until you reloaded the page.
241 - Improved: Autofocus prevention now works on more sites than before.
242 - Improved: Autofocus prevention now prevents _all_ automatic focusing (not
243 just when the page loads). This makes devdocs.io much easier to use.
244 - Added: When viewing images directly and the image has been resized to fit the
245 screen the image is now markable, allowing you to toggle zoom on it using the
247 - Fixed: It is no longer possible to add conflicting shortcuts (such as adding
248 'a' when 'af' and 'as' are already present).
250 ### 0.5.12 (2014-06-01)
252 - Fixed: Autofocus preventiton got stuck sometimes, making it impossible to
255 ### 0.5.11 (2014-06-01)
257 - Fixed: The focus search bar command was broken.
258 - Fixed: Autofocus prevention was broken.
259 - Fixed: The top bar on YouTube could not be accessed by VimFx.
260 - Fixed: You can no longer add blank hotkeys.
261 - Improved: Tab Groups are supported.
262 - Improved: Matching of previous/next links should be more reliable.
263 - Improved: A few minor things.
265 ### 0.5.10 (2014-05-07)
267 - Fixed yet another bug related to the default pereferences
269 ### 0.5.9 (2014-05-04)
271 - Fixed a bug with default preferences not being set
272 - Fixed gg and G to be faster
274 ### 0.5.8 (2014-04-18)
276 - AMO Preliminary Review bug fix (sorry for such long delay)
278 ### 0.5.7 (2014-03-03)
282 ### 0.5.6 (2014-02-26)
284 - Updated some translations
285 - Updated pagination patterns and logic
287 ### 0.5.5 (2014-01-03)
289 - Hotfix release to address a bug that has been introduced in 0.5.4
291 ### 0.5.4 (2014-01-03)
293 - Fix for popup passthrough mode stucking
294 - Make toolbar button click depend on current mode
295 - Higher weight markers should not be overlapped
296 - Refactor find mode to use Firefox native search bar
297 - Bump minimum requred Firefox version to 25
298 - Added commands to go in the URL path
299 - Added commands to navigate previous and next links with customizable link
301 - Use Firefox 24+ native console API
302 - Update zh-CN localization
304 ### 0.5.3 (2013-10-16)
306 - Lots of refactoring
307 - Insert mode (`i` command)
308 - Follow multiple links with `af` command
309 - Hint marker rotation with `space` while in hints mode
311 ### 0.5.1 (2013-08-21)
313 - Fixed regression with stylesheets
318 - Added command to focus search bar: `O`
319 - Added commands to stop loading current page and all pages: `s` and `as`
320 - Invisible elements will not get hint markers
321 - Compatibility with Firefox 25
322 - Simple shortcut customization with UI in Help dialog
323 - Use huffman coding algorithm for hint markers generation which results in
325 - Implemented Bloom filters to achieve shorter hints for those shortcuts that
327 - Reimplemented scrolling - now works with pages wihere window is not scrollable
328 - Find disabled on non HTML documents
329 - Find string is now global for all windows.
330 - Fixed logic of locale discovery. Now we rely on general.useragent.locale
331 Firefox preference for current locale
333 ### 0.4.8 (2013-06-12)
335 - `embed` and `object` tags will now have their own hints
336 - Bug fixes related to custom hint chars (@LordJZ)
337 - Fixed `t` - now it will be nice to other extensions
338 - Updated Chineese translations (@mozillazg)
339 - Reenter Normal mode on page reloads to avoid getting stuck in Hints mode
341 - Search will focus element that contains matching text
342 - Fixed hint markers for iframes
343 - Marker bug fixes (@LordJZ)
345 ### 0.4.6 (2013-03-27)
347 - Reimplemented find mode: CJK support, performace boost
348 - `a/` or `a.` to highlight all matches of the search string on the page
349 - Hint markers will now reach into iframes
350 - Key handling is disabled when a popupmenu or panel are shown
351 - `yf` will now also focus links and copy values from text/textarea element
352 - `vf` will show hit markers to focus the underlying element
354 ### 0.4.5 (2013-03-12)
356 - `:` to open Firefox Developer Toolbar, `Esc` to close it.
357 - Add Hungarian locale (@thenonameguy).
358 - Add Polish locale (@grn).
359 - Don't close pinned tabs when pressing x (@grn).
360 - Switched to Makefile for building the extension release (@carno).
361 - Mrakers CSS tweaks (@helmuthdu)
363 ### 0.4.4 (2013-01-30)
365 - Thanks to @mozillazg and @mcomella for translation contributions.
366 - Added `gh` command that will navigate to the home page.
367 - Added `o` command to focus address bar.
368 - `p` and `P` will parse the contents of the clipboard. If the string in the
369 clipboard appears to be a url then it will navigate to this url. Otherwise it
370 will search for the string in the clipboard using currently selected search
372 - Now hint markers for links will stay on top of all the markers for different
374 - Esc will now also close the focused default search bar.
375 - Fixed bugs related to keyboard events handling, XUL documents, and some other
377 - Bug fixed where not all the commands could be disabled via the Help dialog.
379 ### 0.4.3 (2012-12-27)
381 - Toolbar button bugfix
382 - Added an option to disable individual commands via the help dialog
384 ### 0.4.1, 0.4.2 (2012-12-12)
386 - Small tweaks of the find feature.
387 - Bugfix for keyboard handling on non-english keyboard layouts
391 - Implemented find with `/` and `n/N`
392 - Added `ar` and `aR` commands to reload pages in all open tabs.
393 - Added a preference that enables bluring from any element that has input focus
394 in the browser on Esc keydown (on by default)
395 - Fixed bug where markers and help dialog would blow up some of the pages.
396 - Marker hints are now sorted with respect to the underlying element area.
397 Elements with larger area get shorter hints
398 - Added *mail.google.com* to the default black list
399 - Various bug fixed and improvements.
401 ### 0.3.2, 0.3.2, 0.3.3 (2012-11-20)
403 - Hotfixes for the build script to include localization related files and folders
407 - Fixed [Desktop](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/desktop/)
408 extension compatibility problem
409 - Removed c-b/c-f for now. c-f is a standard search hotkey. Will put c-f back
410 when proper Vim-like search with / is implemented
411 - Scrolling with G will now reach the bottom of the page
412 - Implemented localization, currently there is only Russian localization.
413 Community is welcome [to contribute your localizations](https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/tree/master/extension/locale)!
414 - Implemented simple smooth scolling
418 - document.designMode='on' is now honored. Will also provide hint markers for
420 - Bug fixed where it would completely reset the toolbar while installing the
422 - Bug fixed where it's not possible to change the text in the blaclisting
424 - Changed u/d to scroll half a page, added c-f/c-b to scroll full page
425 - Added tab movement commands: c-J and c-K.
426 - Invisible markers bug fixed.
427 - Global hotkey to disable the commands (equal to the toolbar button click):
429 - ^u and ^d are removed from the command list. ^u is commonly used to show the
431 - Opening new tab with now focuses the Address Bar
432 - Other small bugs nailed down.
434 ### 0.1.1 (2012-10-27)
436 - Just to deal with AMO - no changes