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1 ### 0.15.1 (2016-05-22)
2
3 - Improved: Better hints on Twitter.
4 - Improved: Compatibility with the [Evernote Web Clipper] add-on (and
5 potentially other add-ons with similar UI).
6 - Updated locale: ja. Thanks to Kaoru Esashika (@pluser)!
7
8 [Evernote Web Clipper]: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/evernote-web-clipper/
9
10 ### 0.15.0 (2016-05-18)
11
12 - Improved: Hint markers now appear up to twice as fast on many pages. This is
13 done by creating the hint markers in two phases. Most are created in the
14 first, fast, phase. The rest take the same time as older VimFx versions to
15 show up.
16 - Fixed: VimFx no longer triggers commands while typing in fancy text inputs on
17 some sites, such as when composing a new tweet on Twitter. (See also the
18 [`blur_timeout`] pref.)
19 - Changed: The `<c-enter>` Hints mode command no longer _replaces_ all hint
20 markers on screen (with new ones for all elements on screen). Instead, it
21 _toggles_ your current hint markers with ones for all _other_ elements on
22 screen.
23 - Changed: There was a breaking change to the [`vimfx.setHintMatcher`] function
24 of the `frame.js` config file API. It no longer receives and returns an object
25 (of the shape `{type, semantic}`), but instead simply receives and returns the
26 `type` of the element.
27 - Improved: Some internal robustness refactoring.
28 - Updated locales: de, id, nl and zh-CN. Thanks to @just-barcodes, Yoppy
29 Halilintar (@comepradz), @HJTP, @av2000ii and @mozillazg.
30
31 [`blur_timeout`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/4a1d2468ee558ad1fdf9a4ab60f942d81bbc0b57/documentation/options.md#blur_timeout
32 [`vimfx.setHintMatcher`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/4a1d2468ee558ad1fdf9a4ab60f942d81bbc0b57/documentation/api.md#vimfxsethintmatcherhintmatcher
33
34 ### 0.14.3 (2016-05-08)
35
36 - Fixed: Version 0.14.2 attempted to fix smooth scrolling speed in newer Firefox
37 versions. However, there was a tiny typo that caused the fix not to work. That
38 typo has been corrected.
39
40 ### 0.14.2 (2016-05-08)
41
42 - Fixed: Smooth scrolling speed is now correct again in newer Firefox versions.
43 - Fixed: The `yv` Caret mode command now only copies text that you can see on
44 screen (not any hidden text that might be on the page), making it truly work
45 like `zv` followed by `y`, as intended. This problem was very noticeable on
46 Slack. This also improves copying of 'contenteditable' elements using `yf`.
47 - Fixed: `<escape>` and arrow key handling as well as hint markers in the
48 devtools now work correctly again in newer Firefox versions.
49 - Fixed: VimFx no longer makes it impossible to open the Developer Toolbar.
50 - Improved: VimFx now ignores `<numlock>` and `<capslock>`. If your keyboard
51 sends `<numlock>` before some symbols, such as `<numlock>$` instead of just
52 `$`, shortcuts like `gx$` now work out of the box. This also means that you
53 can use `<capslock>` instead of `<shift>` when typing the `J` in `gJ`, for
54 example.
55 - Improved: Some minor cosmetic tweaks in VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help
56 dialog.
57
58 ### 0.14.1 (2016-04-30)
59
60 - Fixed: The Find commands (such as `/`, `n` and `N`) no longer crash on some
61 sites (regression since 0.14.0).
62
63 ### 0.14.0 (2016-04-29)
64
65 - Added: [Caret mode], which lets you copy text from web pages using the
66 keyboard.
67 - Improved: The Find commands (such as `/`, `n` and `N`) now search from the top
68 of the viewport, instead of from the top of the document, which is more
69 Vim-like and less disorienting. To read more about it (or to return to the
70 Firefox default behavior) please see the [`find_from_top_of_viewport`] pref.
71 - Improved: Compatibility with the [BackTrack Tab History] add-on.
72 - Added: The `<c-enter>` Hints mode command, which creates hint markers for
73 _all_ elements.
74 - Fixed: `__dirname` inside config files now works on Windows. Thanks to
75 Zhong Jianxin (@azuwis)!
76 - Fixed: Unnecessary full-page hint markers on some sites, such as Hackernews,
77 no longer appear.
78
79 [Caret mode]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/4ffda62560096f91244f3f7731171002ed174f05/documentation/commands.md#the-v-commands--caret-mode
80 [`find_from_top_of_viewport`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/4ffda62560096f91244f3f7731171002ed174f05/documentation/options.md#find_from_top_of_viewport
81 [BackTrack Tab History]: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/backtrack-tab-history/
82
83 ### 0.13.2 (2016-04-08)
84
85 - Improved: The “last position mark” `` ` `` now works more reliably.
86 - Improved: More video players are now recognized. Many video players lets you
87 press `<space>` while focused to toggle play/pause. VimFx tries to detect if
88 the currently focused element is a video player. If so, `<space>` is passed to
89 the video player instead of scrolling the page. (For those interested, see
90 also the [`adjustable_element_keys`] pref.)
91
92 [`adjustable_element_keys`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/645e35d7d82019b0551534c43926bc126e7105bd/documentation/options.md#adjustable_element_keys
93
94 ### 0.13.1 (2016-04-01)
95
96 - Fixed: Blacklisting of some XUL pages.
97 - Fixed: The current mode is no longer lost when a page loads. For example, if
98 you press `zF` while a page is loading, the markers no longer disappear.
99 - Fixed: Elements that you have focused using an `f` command no longer get stuck
100 appearing as if you’d put the mouse pointer.
101 - Updated locale: zh-CN. Thanks to @mozillazg!
102
103 ### 0.13.0 (2016-03-19)
104
105 - Added: The `T` command, which opens a new tab after the current.
106 - Changed: The `gl` command now deals with _visited_ tabs only.
107 - Added: The [`gL`] command, which deals with <em>un</em>visited tabs only, in
108 oldest-first order. Use this to step through your unvisited background tabs in
109 the order you opened them (for example using the `F` command).
110 - Improved: The `gi` command no longer tries to focus the last focused text
111 input if it has been removed from the page. If so, it finds a new one instead.
112 - Fixed: You can now type in sidebar text inputs (such as in the history
113 sidebar) without having to switch to Ignore mode.
114 - Changed: If you enter Ignore mode you will now stay in Ignore mode in that tab
115 until you explicitly exit it (by pressing `<s-escape>`), even if you reload
116 the page or follow a link. If Ignore mode was entered automatically because of
117 the [blacklist][blacklist-2], though, you will be automatically returned to
118 Normal mode if
119 the URL changes to a non-blacklisted page.
120 - Added: VimFx can now automatically enter and exit Ignore mode based on the
121 currently focused element. Currently, the [wasavi] extension as well as
122 [CodeMirror] in Vim mode are detected. Both of those provide Vim-style
123 editors. This allows sending `<escape>` to those editors in order to exit
124 their Insert mode, without blurring the editor.
125 - Improved: CodeMirror editors now get better hints, keeping the cursor where
126 you left it.
127 - Improved: The [blacklist][blacklist-2] is now applied faster on some pages.
128 - Improved: Many audio and video elements are now recognized as “adjustable”,
129 allowing you to press for example `<space>` on them to toggle play/pause,
130 without scrolling the page.
131 - Improved: Scrolling by pages, such as using the `<space>` command, now takes
132 fixed heaears and footers into account, just like Firefox does.
133 - Fixed: Access keys now work correctly in context menus in the devtools and
134 `about:config`.
135 - Improved: The arrow keys now Just Work in the devtools, even if you have bound
136 them to VimFx commands.
137 - Changed: The public API has been removed, and turned into the Config file API.
138 If you were already using a config file, it will no longer work. You need to
139 set up a new one, but you should be able to simply copy and paste the contents
140 of the old one into the new one. Read the [config file] documentation for more
141 information.
142 - Changed: There are a few minor breaking changes to the API, though I doubt it
143 will affect anyone.
144 - If you use [`vimfx.on`], you probably need to adjust the arguments of the
145 your callbacks. They are now _always_ passed an object of data, instead of
146 sometimes passing the data directly.
147 - `match.focus` of [match object]s has been removed, and replaced by
148 `vim.focusType` of [vim object]s.
149 - Fixed: The toolbar button’s icon is now correctly sized when setting
150 `layout.css.devPixelsPerPx` to `2`. Thanks to Robert Ma (@Hexcles) and Dale
151 Whinham (@dwhinham)!
152 - Fixed: Find commands now work when the find bar was opened before the page had
153 finished loading.
154 - Improved: Lots of internal improvements. This should make VimFx faster, more
155 reliable and more responsive.
156 - All keyboard event handling (except `<late>` shortcuts) are now handled in
157 the UI process, instead of mostly in each tab’s web page content process.
158 This should make VimFx’s shortcuts more reliable and responsive.
159 - Removed all synchronous message passing (execpt for `<late>` keypresses).
160 Mozilla recommends using them only where absolutely necessary. Turns out
161 VimFx doesn’t need them anymore!
162 - The `f` commands are now more reliable. Before, they could crash on rare
163 occasions (on certain web pages), but that is less likely now.
164 - Less `MutationObserver`s are now used. This should improve performance.
165 - Less uncaught errors (especially on shutdown).
166 - Lots of minor improvements.
167 - Updated locale: ja. Thanks to Kaoru Esashika (@pluser)!
168
169 [`gL`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/44b3e1bc350ceb1560176ee5b4ae97d9671a04db/documentation/commands.md#gl-1
170 [blacklist-2]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/44b3e1bc350ceb1560176ee5b4ae97d9671a04db/documentation/options.md#blacklist
171 [wasavi]: http://appsweets.net/wasavi/
172 [CodeMirror]: https://codemirror.net/demo/vim.html
173 [config file]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/44b3e1bc350ceb1560176ee5b4ae97d9671a04db/documentation/config-file.md
174 [`vimfx.on`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/44b3e1bc350ceb1560176ee5b4ae97d9671a04db/documentation/api.md#vimfxoneventname-listener-and-vimfxoffeventname-listener
175 [match object]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/44b3e1bc350ceb1560176ee5b4ae97d9671a04db/documentation/api.md#match-object
176 [vim object]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/44b3e1bc350ceb1560176ee5b4ae97d9671a04db/documentation/api.md#vim-object
177
178 ### 0.12.0 (2016-02-03)
179
180 - Improved: More clickable elements are now recognized. Most notably, elements
181 with click event listeners added by JavaScript now get hints.
182 - Improved: Autofocus prevention after using the `[` and `]` commands.
183 - Added: In VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog (which can be opened by
184 pressing `?`) you can now click on any command to open VimFx’s settings page
185 in the Add-ons Manager and automatically select the text input for that
186 command, letting you edit its shortcuts. Tip: Use the `zF` command to click
187 without using the mouse.
188 - Changed: Autofocus is no longer prevented in Firefox internal pages, such as
189 `about:preferences`, `about:addons` and `about:config` (as well as other XUL
190 pages).
191 - Fixed: VimFx and the Beyond Australis extension do not conflict with each
192 other anymore.
193 - Fixed: The `gH` command no longer nags you about “No back/forward history”
194 even though there is.
195 - Added: The `gl` command now takes a [count][gl-count].
196 - Improved: Optimized CPU usage in Hints mode. (See also the [`hints_sleep`]
197 pref.)
198 - Improved: The `H` and `L` commands should now be more reliable in Firefox 43
199 and later.
200 - Changed: There was a tiny breaking change to the Public API, though I doubt it
201 will affect anyone. (See [commit 0ca807605e] if you’re especially interested.)
202 - Improved: _Several_ minor things, and some really nice internal refactoring.
203 - Updated locale: de. Thanks to @just-barcodes!
204
205 [`hints_sleep`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/92b483c4a4f6da0b2c998267e0f01d3d999f93b6/documentation/options.md#hints_sleep
206 [gl-count]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/92b483c4a4f6da0b2c998267e0f01d3d999f93b6/documentation/commands.md#gl
207 [commit 0ca807605e]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/commit/0ca807605e8d69fdc01ef9ce5d539cf66ce7d96f
208
209 ### 0.11.0 (2016-01-15)
210
211 - Fixed: The `` ` `` command is no longer broken.
212 - Fixed: Memory leak.
213 - Added: The `gl` command, which takes you to the most recent tab.
214 - Improved: The Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog is now scrollable using VimFx’s
215 scrolling commands. To allow for this, the search field is no longer
216 autofocused. Instead, press `/` to open it.
217 - Improved: Using the `f` commands, such as `f` and `zf`, now works like
218 actually moving your mouse onto the link, making hover menus and such-like
219 appear.
220 - Improved: VimFx should now work better with Google Drive Documents, Etherpad
221 and a few other fancy text editors.
222 - Improved: The `]` command now works on google.com.
223 - Improved: Checkboxes and menu items on gmail.com are now given hints by the
224 `f` command.
225 - Improved: The `gi` command now also recognizes 'contenteditable' elements.
226 - Improved: Hint markers now move along together with their elements.
227 - Fixed: Hint markers should now be correctly positioned when zooming.
228 - Fixed: The toolbar button icon should now look correctly on Retina screens.
229 - Added: You may now disable counts by using toggling the [`counts_enabled`]
230 pref.
231 - Updated locale: de. Thanks to @just-barcodes!
232 - Improved: Several minor things.
233
234 [`counts_enabled`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/8dae7aec9008595da31b939d5ae2d239849cf6dc/documentation/options.md#counts_enabled
235
236 ### 0.10.0 (2015-12-09)
237
238 - Added: The `zF` command, which lets you click browser elements.
239 - Improved: The scrolling commands can now scroll browser elements (in other
240 words, not only web page content), by first selecting the scollable element
241 using `zF`.
242 - Added: The `gr` command, which toggles [Reader View].
243 - Added: The `gX` command, which opens the Recently Closed Tabs menu at the
244 middle of the screen.
245 - Added: The keys you’ve typed so far of a command, as well the count, are now
246 shown in a [notification]. (You may disable this using the
247 [`notify_entered_keys`] pref.)
248 - Improved: When commands don’t do anything, they show a [notification] instead,
249 letting you know that you actually pressed the right keys. For example, if you
250 press `f` but there are no markable elements visible, a notification is shown
251 telling you so, instead of silently doing nothing.
252 - Improved: `<space>` now scrolls _about a line less_ than a full page, just
253 like Firefox does by default. `d` scroll about _half_ a line less (by
254 default), so that pressing `d` twice works like pressing `<space>` once. (See
255 the [`scroll.full_page_adjustment` and `scroll.half_page_adjustment`] prefs
256 for more information.)
257 - Improved: `gi` now only selects all text in its text input if you haven’t
258 focused a text input yet (allowing you to easily replace pre-filled text),
259 instead of _always_ doing so. Otherwise, it now puts the cursor where you left
260 off typing the last time.
261 - Fixed: The `f` commands now put the cursor where you left off typing the last
262 time when focusing a text input. Previously, they accidentally selected all
263 text in the text input (use `zf` for that behavior).
264 - Fixed: Yet a scrolling fix. VimFx’s scrolling commands should now “just work”
265 on even more sites.
266 - Fixed: AltGr should now work out of the box on Windows. (See the
267 [`ignore_ctrl_alt`] pref for more information.)
268 - Removed: The el-GR, hu and pl locales were sadly too out of date to be useful,
269 and nobody has shown interest in updating them, so they were removed.
270 - Updated locales: id, de and zh-CN. Thanks to Yoppy Halilintar, @just-barcodes
271 and @mozillazg!
272 - Fixed: Several tiny bugs.
273
274 [Reader View]: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/firefox-reader-view-clutter-free-web-pages
275 [notification]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/ba9d4675e19ce315e6855b64400aae092e727975/documentation/notifications.md
276 [`notify_entered_keys`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/ba9d4675e19ce315e6855b64400aae092e727975/documentation/options.md#notify_entered_keys
277 [`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
278 [`ignore_ctrl_alt`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/ba9d4675e19ce315e6855b64400aae092e727975/documentation/options.md#ignore_ctrl_alt
279
280 ### 0.9.0 (2015-12-02)
281
282 - Fixed: Links with the `onclick` attribute can now be opened in new tabs again.
283 (Regression since 0.8.0.)
284 - Fixed: The text size in VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog is now
285 correctly resized.
286 - Added: The `gH` command. It opens the back/forward button context menu in the
287 middle of the window, allowing you to choose a history entry with the arrow
288 keys and `<enter>`.
289
290 ### 0.8.0 (2015-12-01)
291
292 - Fixed: VimFx now works properly in tabs moved to other windows.
293 - Fixed: An unreliable check for multi-process mode has been eliminated, fixing
294 various problems for some users.
295 - Fixed: VimFx’s toolbar button now changes color correctly when switching
296 between blacklisted and non-blacklisted tabs.
297 - Fixed: Dead keys now work out of the box on Windows.
298 - Improved: Links with the `onclick` attribute (abused as buttons) can no longer
299 get the same hint as another link.
300 - Added: The Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog (shown by pressing `?`) is now
301 searchable.
302 - Added: The `g/` command. It’s like `/` but searches links only.
303
304 - Added: [Marks].
305
306 - Use `ma` to mark the current scroll position and `` `a `` to return to it.
307 (You may substitute `a` with any key press.)
308 - Use ``` `` ``` to return to the position before the last `gg`, `G`, `0`,
309 `$`, `/`, `n`, `N` or `` ` ``. (You can change this mark using the
310 [`last_scroll_position_mark`] pref.)
311
312 - Added: Window commands.
313
314 - `w`: Open new window.
315 - `W`: Open new private window.
316 - `gw`: Move tab to new window.
317 - `gF`: Follow link in new window.
318
319 [Marks]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/47fc699ce8217ee90af4d12e81f102f2bea09d61/documentation/commands.md#marks-m-and-
320 [`last_scroll_position_mark`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/47fc699ce8217ee90af4d12e81f102f2bea09d61/documentation/options.md#last_scroll_position_mark
321
322 ### 0.7.3 (2015-11-22)
323
324 - Fixed: Scrolling now works correctly in pages in quirks mode (lacking a
325 doctype), such as Hackernews.
326 - Improved: The largest scrollable element is now detected better in frames.
327 - Fixed: Hints mode now exits correctly when focusing a text input using `af`,
328 or `f` with a count.
329
330 ### 0.7.2 (2015-11-21)
331
332 - Fixed: The blinking text caret now always appears correctly when focusing text
333 inputs.
334
335 ### 0.7.1 (2015-11-21)
336
337 - Fixed: The scrolling commands should now “just work” when using non-default
338 zoom or DPI settings, most notably on Google Groups.
339
340 ### 0.7.0 (2015-11-19)
341
342 - Changed: Instead of using system notifications, which turned out to be a bit
343 too intrusive, [notifications] are now similar to the “URL popup” (shown when
344 hovering or focusing links) but are placed on the opposite side,.
345 - Changed: The “Focus next element” and “Focus previous element” commands have
346 been removed. The reason they existed was to let `<tab>` and `<s-tab>` only
347 cycle between text inputs (as opposed to _all_ focusable elements) after
348 you’ve pressed `gi`. Now, `<tab>` and `<s-tab>` are handled specially instead,
349 and _only_ after pressing `gi`. The reason for this change is that the now
350 removed commands were too intrusive, breaking user habits. One of VimFx’s main
351 goal is _not_ to do that. (You can turn the special handling of `<tab>` and
352 `<s-tab>` off using the the new [`focus_previous_key` and `focus_next_key`]
353 prefs.)
354 - Fixed: The scrolling commands should now “just work” in a lot more situations,
355 most notably on Gmail and Google Groups. More scrollable elements are also
356 recognized by the `f` and `zf` commands.
357 - Improved: The right border of hint markers for scrollable elements is now
358 styled to remind of a scroll bar, making them easier to recognize among hints
359 for links.
360 - Improved/Changed: `J` and `gJ` now allow a count on the first tab.
361 Consequently, `K` and `gK` now allow a count on the _last_ tab.
362 - Changed: `gJ` and `gK` can no longer be used to pin or unpin tabs. They now
363 only wrap around tabs of the same pinned state. Use `gp` to toggle between
364 pinned and non-pinned.
365 - Fixed: Many elements that got a hint before VimFx 0.6.0 now do again.
366 - Improved: Comment fields on Facebook can now be focused using `f` and blurred
367 using `<escape>`.
368 - Improved: VimFx’s toolbar button is no greyed out when you focus a text input.
369 This is to show that your key presses will be passed into the text input
370 rather than activating VimFx commands.
371 - Added: [`g0`, `g^` and `g$` now accept counts][tab-index-counts], allowing you
372 to go to tab number _count._
373 - Improved: `gi` now finds text inputs inside frames.
374 - Fixed: “gi mode” is now exited properly when blurring a text input.
375 - Fixed: `<select>` elements are no longer considered to be text inputs when
376 using `<tab>` and `<s-tab>` in “gi mode.”
377 - Fixed: Using `<force>` or `<late>` in a shortcut no longer applies to _every_
378 shortcut for the command, but only that shortcut.
379 - Fixed: The order of the Previous/Next page patterns is now respected. This
380 caused the wrong link to be picked by the `[` and `]` commands on some pages.
381
382 [`focus_previous_key` and `focus_next_key`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/d70b5bb14be89d9ce52138b0e9abdef1b31ad337/documentation/options.md#focus_previous_key-and-focus_next_key
383 [notifications]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/d70b5bb14be89d9ce52138b0e9abdef1b31ad337/documentation/notifications.md
384 [tab-index-counts]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/d70b5bb14be89d9ce52138b0e9abdef1b31ad337/documentation/commands.md#g0-g-g
385
386 ### 0.6.2 (2015-11-11)
387
388 - Improved: If the entire page isn’t scrollable, the largest scrollable element
389 is scrolled instead.
390 - Fixed: VimFx’s keyboard shortcuts now works on slowly loading pages.
391 - Fixed: Numbers may now be used as shortcut keys (overriding counts).
392 - Fixed: The toolbar button’s icon is now correctly sized in high DPI.
393 - Fixed: Hint markers are now correctly positioned when zooming using the “Zoom
394 text only” option.
395 - Fixed: The `P` command now works with the InstantFox add-on.
396
397 ### 0.6.1 (2015-11-10)
398
399 - Fixed: If you customized the “esc” command before VimFx 0.6.0 it should now
400 work as expected.
401 - Fixed: `<tab>` now works as expected in the location bar and in the dev tools.
402 - Fixed: Light-weight themes can no longer make VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help
403 dialog and hint markers unreadable.
404 - Added: The [notifications\_enabled] option.
405
406 [notifications\_enabled]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/56c4b7c514ea8b58d2cdcecf3d2654648c48ca31/documentation/options.md#notifications_enabled
407
408 ### 0.6.0 (2015-11-09)
409
410 ##### Most important (breaking) changes
411
412 - VimFx now works properly with **any keyboard layout.** Users of **multiple
413 layouts** should enable the **[ignore keyboard layout] option.** #249 #259
414
415 - Features related to disabling VimFx, and to the [toolbar button]:
416
417 - **Insert Mode** has been renamed to **_Ignore_ mode.**
418 - **[Blacklisted][blacklist] sites** now **enter Ignore mode automatically,**
419 instead of being specially handled.
420 - The feature to click the toolbar button (or press `<a-V>`) to **disable
421 VimFx** has been **removed.** Use **Ignore mode** (`i`) and the
422 **[blacklist] instead.**
423 - The **toolbar button** is now **red in Ignore mode** (which also means that
424 it is red on blacklisted sites) and green otherwise (never grey anymore).
425 - The toolbar button no longer offers to (un-)blacklist the current domain.
426 (Head into VimFx’s settings page in the Add-ons Manager and add
427 `*currentdomain.com*` to the [blacklist] option yourself instead.)
428
429 (See [commit 3552282] for more information.)
430
431 - **Some default shortcuts have changed,** mostly because they conflicted with
432 standard Firefox shortcuts: #308
433
434 - `<c-J>` → `gJ`
435
436 - `<c-K>` → `gK`
437
438 - `g^` and `gH` → `g0`
439
440 `g^` now selects the first _non pinned_ tab instead, while `g0`
441 selects the first tab regardless of whether it is pinned or not. #317
442
443 - `<c-e>` (alias for `j`) and `<c-y>` (alias for `k`) have been removed.
444
445 - `<c-f>` → `<space>` and `<c-b>` → `<s-space>`
446
447 - `vf` → `zf`
448
449 This frees up `v` for future shortcuts (instead making `z` a
450 “namespace” key, just like in Vim).
451
452 - To **exit Ignore mode:** `<escape>` → `<s-escape>`. This is because Ignore
453 mode has replaced the disable feature, as well as the special blacklist
454 state (see above). Sites are likely to use `<escape>` but not `<s-escape>`.
455 (In a way, this new role of Ignore mode also means that the old (many times
456 broken) shortcut to disable VimFx (`<a-V>`) has been replaced by `i`.) #64
457 \#375 #432
458
459 - VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog is now help only, and more accessible.
460 To **customize keyboard shortcuts,** go to VimFx’s settings page **in the
461 Add-ons Manager,** just like you would to customize other settings. Also,
462 **commas** between every key are **no longer needed:** Type `gJ` instead of
463 `g,J`.
464
465 - For performance reasons, **Hint markers** are now placed vertically **centered
466 instead of at the top** of the element. Don’t be surprised if you see the same
467 hint repeated several times**—links that go to the same place now get the same
468 hint.** The “Smart hints” option has been removed—hints are _always_ smart
469 now, and a lot smarter than before. Finally, hints now also work in the new
470 tab page, the Add-ons Manager and the preferences page. If you want to, you
471 can read more about [the `f` commands]. \#51 #60 #176 #320 #325 #468 #471 #475
472
473 - The **`F`** command now _always_ opens tabs in new **background** tabs, while
474 **`gf`** has been added to open tabs in new **foreground** tabs. #227 #464
475
476 - **Autofocus prevention** is now **off by default.** One of VimFx’s core
477 philosophies is to be nice to your browser habits. Some find autofocus
478 prevention too big a change. Turn it on again if you like it! By the way,
479 autofocus prevention now works much more reliably and should not cause issues
480 with other extensions. #497 #541
481
482 - The **“Scroll step”** option has been **removed**. The scrolling commands that
483 used it now **work like the arrow keys instead,** and are customized just like
484 them. See [scrolling prefs] for more information.
485
486 - Speaking of scrolling, **which elements scrolls** when you use VimFx’s
487 scrolling commands **has changed.** See [scrolling commands] for more
488 information.
489
490 ##### New features
491
492 - New commands:
493
494 - `gp` pins or unpins the current tab. (Also see `g^` and `g0` mentioned
495 above.) #121
496 - `yt` duplicates the current tab. #121
497 - `0` and `^` scroll to the far left, and `$` scrolls to the far right.
498 - [`gi`] has finally been implemented. #47
499 - [Ignore mode `<s-f1>`] let you run a Normal mode command without exiting
500 Ignore mode.
501
502 - In Hints mode you can now hold ctrl and alt to change behavior of the matched
503 marker. Hold shift to temporarily make the hints see-through. See [the `f`
504 commands] for more information. #220 #421 #484
505
506 - Some commands now accept [counts]. #374
507
508 - It is now possible to create shortcuts that work inside text inputs. See the
509 [`<force>`] key for more information. #258
510
511 - It is now possible to create shortcuts that the page can override. See the
512 [`<late>`] key for more information.
513
514 - A number of [advanced options] have been added. Rather than listing everything
515 regarding them here, follow that link if you’re interested. #452 #489
516
517 - You may now, if you want to, configure VimFx through a [config file], using
518 the new [public API]. Customizing VimFx through a config file also gives extra
519 abilities, such as [site-specific options][option-overrides] and [disabling
520 certain commands on certain sites][key-overrides]. It also allows to add
521 [custom commands] \(and other extensions to extend VimFx). #158 #235 #255 #261
522 \#300 #408 #445 #490 #515
523
524 - It is now easier to customize VimFx through custom [styling]. An example is
525 changing the way hint markers look. #220 #233 #424 #432 #465
526
527 - VimFx now has [documentation] and a [wiki].
528
529 - A few new locales were added:
530
531 - fr. Thanks to Mickaël RAYBAUD-ROIG (@m-r-r)!
532 - pt-BR. Thanks to Átila Camurça Alves (@atilacamurca)!
533 - sv-SE. Thanks to Andreas Lindhé (@lindhe)!
534
535 ##### Improvements
536
537 - VimFx is now multi-process/Electrolysis/e10s compatible! This means that you
538 can run VimFx on a version of Firefox with multi-process enabled without
539 issues, and that we’re future proof for the day when Firefox becomes
540 multi-process by default. Best of all, it also made VimFx more reliable in
541 non-multi-process (“regular”) Firefox. #378
542
543 - The `[` and `]` commands are now smarter, recognizing more links to the
544 previous/next page correctly. You may read more about [previous/next page
545 patterns]. #396
546
547 - The `n` and `N` commands now notify you when they wrap around the page, or the
548 phrase you searched for could not be found. #398
549
550 - _All_ shortcuts in _all modes_ can now be customized. For example, this allows
551 you to disable VimFx’s Vim-style `<enter>` behavior in the find bar. #222 #390
552 \#421
553
554 - The `p` and `P` commands are now smarter regarding whether to treat the
555 clipboard contents as a URL or a search, by working exactly like pasting in
556 the location bar. They also now read the selection clipboard, if available.
557 \#353 #382
558
559 - VimFx’s toolbar button is now properly implemented. #303 #349 #383
560
561 - Most locales were updated. Thanks to our awesome [translators]!
562
563 ##### Minor bug fixes
564
565 - VimFx now works correctly in tabs dragged to other windows. #57
566 - The `p` command is no longer broken. #494
567 - Non-ASCII shortcut keys now work properly. #433
568 - The Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog can no longer be covered by page elements.
569 \#477
570 - Hint markers can no longer be covered by page elements.
571 - VimFx no longer causes scripts on icloud.com to get stuck in an infinite loop.
572 \#389
573
574 [advanced options]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#advanced-options
575 [blacklist]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#blacklist
576 [ignore keyboard layout]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#ignore-keyboard-layout
577 [previous/next page patterns]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#previousnext-page-patterns
578 [scrolling prefs]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#scrolling-prefs
579 [counts]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#counts
580 [`gi`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#gi-1
581 [Ignore mode `<s-f1>`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#ignore-mode-s-f1
582 [scrolling commands]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#scrolling-commands-1
583 [the `f` commands]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#the-f-commands-1
584 [`<force>`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/shortcuts.md#force
585 [`<late>`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/shortcuts.md#late
586 [config file]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/config-file.md
587 [public api]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/api.md
588 [option-overrides]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/api.md#vimfxaddoptionoverridesrules
589 [key-overrides]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/api.md#vimfxaddkeyoverridesrules
590 [styling]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/styling.md
591 [toolbar button]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/styling.md
592 [translators]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/PEOPLE.md#translators
593 [documentation]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/
594 [wiki]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/wiki/
595 [custom commands]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/wiki/Custom-Commands
596 [commit 3552282]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/commit/355228217d7e7a61f5e1edbb9efbfb0f3e4ef81c
597
598 ### 0.5.17 (2015-01-23)
599
600 - Fixed: The hints generation no longer crashes on some pages (regression since
601 version 0.5.15).
602
603 ### 0.5.16 (2015-01-22)
604
605 - Fixed: The toolbar button no longer throws errors. (This fix should have been
606 in 0.5.15 but was forgotten. Luckily an AMO reviewer found it.)
607
608 ### 0.5.15 (2015-01-21)
609
610 - Improved: This version is now forwards-compatible with the upcoming version
611 0.6.0. Downgrading from 0.6.0 to 0.5.14 or older might cause VimFx to crash,
612 but downgrading from 0.6.0 to 0.5.15 is safe.
613 - Fixed: Non-hintchars key presses in hints mode are now suppressed. They used
614 to be passed along to the browser, which could confusingly activate site
615 commands.
616 - Fixed: The 'f' command now always opens links in the same tab. Links used to
617 be able to force a new tab or window.
618 - Fixed: Pressing 'Esc' in the location bar now restores the URL, as is the
619 default behaviour of Firefox. You may now also close Firefox dialogs using
620 'Esc'.
621 - Improved: Updated the de locale. Thanks to Alexander Haeussler!
622 - Improved: Updated the pl locale. Thanks to morethanoneanimal!
623
624 ### 0.5.14 (2014-08-16)
625
626 - Fixed: Locales should now work properly.
627 - Improved: Updated the zh-CN locale (@mozillazg).
628 - Improved: Updated the de locale (@Kambfhase).
629 - Added: Japanese locale (@pluser).
630 - Fixed: If you switched to another tab or window while an `<input>` element
631 was focused and then switched back, the `<input>` element got blurred, while
632 it should have stayed focused. This caused the auto-type feature of KeePassX
633 to break.
634
635 ### 0.5.13 (2014-08-02)
636
637 - Fixed: The vote button on StackExchange sites are now markable again.
638 - Improved: Detection of previous/next links. Should work better on gmail now.
639 - Fixed: It is now possible to use Enter/Return in keyboard shortcuts.
640 - Improved: The n/N commands (etc.) now work even if you didn’t open the finbar
641 using the VimFx command (such as the default key binding ctrl+f, or by
642 clicking a menu item).
643 - Improved: It is now possible to blur text inputs without sending Esc to the
644 page, which could cause dialogs etc. to annoyingly close.
645 - Improved: Updated the el-GR locale (@sirodoht).
646 - Fixed: Autofocus prevention sometimes made text inputs impossible to focus
647 until you reloaded the page.
648 - Improved: Autofocus prevention now works on more sites than before.
649 - Improved: Autofocus prevention now prevents _all_ automatic focusing (not
650 just when the page loads). This makes devdocs.io much easier to use.
651 - Added: When viewing images directly and the image has been resized to fit the
652 screen the image is now markable, allowing you to toggle zoom on it using the
653 keyboard.
654 - Fixed: It is no longer possible to add conflicting shortcuts (such as adding
655 'a' when 'af' and 'as' are already present).
656
657 ### 0.5.12 (2014-06-01)
658
659 - Fixed: Autofocus prevention got stuck sometimes, making it impossible to
660 focus inputs.
661
662 ### 0.5.11 (2014-06-01)
663
664 - Fixed: The focus search bar command was broken.
665 - Fixed: Autofocus prevention was broken.
666 - Fixed: The top bar on YouTube could not be accessed by VimFx.
667 - Fixed: You can no longer add blank hotkeys.
668 - Improved: Tab Groups are supported.
669 - Improved: Matching of previous/next links should be more reliable.
670 - Improved: A few minor things.
671
672 ### 0.5.10 (2014-05-07)
673
674 - Fixed yet another bug related to the default preferences
675
676 ### 0.5.9 (2014-05-04)
677
678 - Fixed a bug with default preferences not being set
679 - Fixed gg and G to be faster
680
681 ### 0.5.8 (2014-04-18)
682
683 - AMO Preliminary Review bug fix (sorry for such long delay)
684
685 ### 0.5.7 (2014-03-03)
686
687 - Bug fix
688
689 ### 0.5.6 (2014-02-26)
690
691 - Updated some translations
692 - Updated pagination patterns and logic
693
694 ### 0.5.5 (2014-01-03)
695
696 - Hotfix release to address a bug that has been introduced in 0.5.4
697
698 ### 0.5.4 (2014-01-03)
699
700 - Fix for popup passthrough mode stucking
701 - Make toolbar button click depend on current mode
702 - Higher weight markers should not be overlapped
703 - Refactor find mode to use Firefox native search bar
704 - Bump minimum required Firefox version to 25
705 - Added commands to go in the URL path
706 - Added commands to navigate previous and next links with customizable link
707 patterns
708 - Use Firefox 24+ native console API
709 - Update zh-CN localization
710
711 ### 0.5.3 (2013-10-16)
712
713 - Lots of refactoring
714 - Insert mode (`i` command)
715 - Follow multiple links with `af` command
716 - Hint marker rotation with `space` while in hints mode
717
718 ### 0.5.1 (2013-08-21)
719
720 - Fixed regression with stylesheets
721 - Updated icon
722
723 ### 0.5 (2013-08-19)
724
725 - Added command to focus search bar: `O`
726 - Added commands to stop loading current page and all pages: `s` and `as`
727 - Invisible elements will not get hint markers
728 - Compatibility with Firefox 25
729 - Simple shortcut customization with UI in Help dialog
730 - Use Huffman coding algorithm for hint markers generation which results in
731 shorter links
732 - Implemented Bloom filters to achieve shorter hints for those shortcuts that
733 are used often
734 - Reimplemented scrolling - now works with pages where window is not scrollable
735 - Find disabled on non HTML documents
736 - Find string is now global for all windows.
737 - Fixed logic of locale discovery. Now we rely on general.useragent.locale
738 Firefox preference for current locale
739
740 ### 0.4.8 (2013-06-12)
741
742 - `embed` and `object` tags will now have their own hints
743 - Bug fixes related to custom hint chars (@LordJZ)
744 - Fixed `t` - now it will be nice to other extensions
745 - Updated Chinese translations (@mozillazg)
746 - Reenter Normal mode on page reloads to avoid getting stuck in Hints mode
747 without any hints
748 - Search will focus element that contains matching text
749 - Fixed hint markers for iframes
750 - Marker bug fixes (@LordJZ)
751
752 ### 0.4.6 (2013-03-27)
753
754 - Reimplemented find mode: CJK support, performance boost
755 - `a/` or `a.` to highlight all matches of the search string on the page
756 - Hint markers will now reach into iframes
757 - Key handling is disabled when a popupmenu or panel are shown
758 - `yf` will now also focus links and copy values from text/textarea element
759 - `vf` will show hit markers to focus the underlying element
760
761 ### 0.4.5 (2013-03-12)
762
763 - `:` to open Firefox Developer Toolbar, `Esc` to close it.
764 - Add Hungarian locale (@thenonameguy).
765 - Add Polish locale (@grn).
766 - Don't close pinned tabs when pressing x (@grn).
767 - Switched to Makefile for building the extension release (@carno).
768 - Mrakers CSS tweaks (@helmuthdu)
769
770 ### 0.4.4 (2013-01-30)
771
772 - Thanks to @mozillazg and @mcomella for translation contributions.
773 - Added `gh` command that will navigate to the home page.
774 - Added `o` command to focus location bar.
775 - `p` and `P` will parse the contents of the clipboard. If the string in the
776 clipboard appears to be a URL then it will navigate to this URL. Otherwise it
777 will search for the string in the clipboard using currently selected search
778 provider.
779 - Now hint markers for links will stay on top of all the markers for different
780 kinds of elements.
781 - Esc will now also close the focused default search bar.
782 - Fixed bugs related to keyboard events handling, XUL documents, and some other
783 issues.
784 - Bug fixed where not all the commands could be disabled via the Help dialog.
785
786 ### 0.4.3 (2012-12-27)
787
788 - Toolbar button bugfix
789 - Added an option to disable individual commands via the help dialog
790
791 ### 0.4.1, 0.4.2 (2012-12-12)
792
793 - Small tweaks of the find feature.
794 - Bugfix for keyboard handling on non-english keyboard layouts
795
796 ### 0.4 (2012-12-09)
797
798 - Implemented find with `/` and `n/N`
799 - Added `ar` and `aR` commands to reload pages in all open tabs.
800 - Added a preference that enables blurring from any element that has input focus
801 in the browser on Esc keydown (on by default)
802 - Fixed bug where markers and help dialog would blow up some of the pages.
803 - Marker hints are now sorted with respect to the underlying element area.
804 Elements with larger area get shorter hints
805 - Added *mail.google.com* to the default black list
806 - Various bug fixed and improvements.
807
808 ### 0.3.2, 0.3.2, 0.3.3 (2012-11-20)
809
810 - Hotfixes for the build script to include localization related files and folders
811
812 ### 0.3 (2012-11-19)
813
814 - Fixed [Desktop](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/desktop/)
815 extension compatibility problem
816 - Removed c-b/c-f for now. c-f is a standard search hotkey. Will put c-f back
817 when proper Vim-like search with / is implemented
818 - Scrolling with G will now reach the bottom of the page
819 - Implemented localization, currently there is only Russian localization.
820 Community is welcome [to contribute your localizations](https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/tree/master/extension/locale)!
821 - Implemented simple smooth scrolling
822
823 ### 0.2 (2012-11-05)
824
825 - document.designMode='on' is now honored. Will also provide hint markers for
826 iframes on the page.
827 - Bug fixed where it would completely reset the toolbar while installing the
828 toolbar button.
829 - Bug fixed where it's not possible to change the text in the blacklisting
830 textbox
831 - Changed u/d to scroll half a page, added c-f/c-b to scroll full page
832 - Added tab movement commands: c-J and c-K.
833 - Invisible markers bug fixed.
834 - Global hotkey to disable the commands (equal to the toolbar button click):
835 Alt-Shift V
836 - ^u and ^d are removed from the command list. ^u is commonly used to show the
837 page source code
838 - Opening new tab with now focuses the location bar
839 - Other small bugs nailed down.
840
841 ### 0.1.1 (2012-10-27)
842
843 - Just to deal with AMO - no changes
844
845 ### 0.1 (2012-10-26)
846
847 - Initial Release
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