1 ### 0.24.6 (2022-01-28)
5 ### 0.24.5 (2021-11-18)
7 - Fix bootstrapping in Firefox 96
8 - Warn in Browser Console when Fission (site isolation) is enabled
10 ### 0.24.4 (2020-11-24)
12 - Fix crashes on google Drive and about:logins
13 - Fix `ew` and `ep` commands
14 - Fix search on help screen
16 ### 0.24.3 (2020-11-17)
18 - Fix Extension Bootstrap for Firefox 84
19 - Support in-content dark mode on options.xhtml
20 - Don't crash on pages with out-of-process iframes with Fission enabled in
22 - Update Documentation
24 ### 0.24.2 (2020-08-06)
26 - Hotfix: Last update broke `F`
28 ### 0.24.1 (2020-08-05)
30 - Fix for Firefox 80: Make new tabs appear next to current
31 - Docs: update LegacyFox repository location and installation instruction
33 ### 0.24.0 (2020-06-12)
35 - Fix getting stuck in normal mode in docked DevTools after refocusing
36 - Fix switching browser tabs with `eb`
37 - Document known bugs and their workarounds
39 ### 0.23.3 (2020-03-19)
41 - Fix GitHub search box hint
42 - Fix `o` in Nightly 76 (Bug 1610479)
44 ### 0.23.2 (2020-01-05)
46 - Fix following links in Firefox 73
47 - More correct handling of XUL pages
48 - Make options section headings bold
49 - Some internal cleanups
51 ### 0.23.1 (2019-12-05)
53 - Fixed: following links in new tab (`F`) in Firefox 72
54 - Fixed: search box on about:preferences and about:config
55 - more correct handling of XUL pages
57 ### 0.23.0 (2019-12-01)
59 - Fixed: Hints on about:preferences and 'eb' mode in Firefox 72
60 - Removed: getAnonymousNodes() and getBindingParent() usage and support for XBL
63 - **Require Firefox 68** and Update Documentation
65 ### 0.22.2 (2019-10-19)
67 - Fix `eb` in Nightly 71
69 ### 0.22.1 (2019-09-28)
71 - Document config file e10s sandboxing issues (#939)
75 ### 0.22.0 (2019-09-22)
77 - Experimental ShadowDOM support
79 ### 0.21.3 (2019-09-22)
81 - Fixed: Visual mode for upcoming Firefox 70
83 ### 0.21.2 (2019-08-15)
85 - Fixed: VimFx' settings work on modern Firefox
86 - Fixed: blurring of URL bar in Nightly 70
87 - Fixed: statusbar in Waterfox 56
89 ### 0.21.1 (2019-08-03)
91 - Fixed: Hints mode and VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog now works in
92 Firefox 69b. The screen used to go white whenever you entered any mode that
94 - Fixed: The statusbar now works again.
95 - Fixed: VimFx should now work with Nightly 70, by removing usage of the
96 deprecated `Array.filter()` method and others.
98 Thanks to Tobias Girstmair (@girst)!
100 ### 0.21.0 (2019-05-15)
102 - Removed: The Developer Toolbar integration, such as the `:` shortcut. That
103 feature has been removed from Firefox and the integration was causing issues
104 on newer Firefox versions. Thanks to Tobias Girstmair (@girst)!
105 - Fixed: VimFx should now work on Waterfox again. Tested with Waterfox 56,
106 Firefox 56, Firefox 64 and Waterfox 68. Thanks to Tobias Girstmair (@girst)
109 ### 0.20.15 (2018-08-06)
111 - Fixed: Find mode now works properly again. Thanks to @matsuhav!
113 ### 0.20.14 (2018-05-15)
115 - Fixed: VimFx should now work properly in Firefox 61 (if you have enabled
116 legacy extensions) as well as older versions of Firefox. The latest few
117 versions have been a bit buggy, but things should work better now. Thanks to
118 Kevin Cox (@kevincox) and 依云 (@lilydjwg)!
120 ### 0.20.13 (2018-05-06)
122 - Fixed: VimFx should now work in Firefox 61 (if you have enabled legacy
123 extensions). Thanks to Kevin Cox (@kevincox), 依云 (@lilydjwg) and Jan
124 Kokemüller (@jiixyj)!
126 ### 0.20.12 (2018-01-23)
128 - Fixed: VimFx should now work in Firefox 59 (if you have enabled legacy
129 extensions). Thanks to Kevin Cox (@kevincox) and 依云 (@lilydjwg)!
130 - Updated locale: es. Thanks to @strel!
132 ### 0.20.11 (2017-11-19)
134 - Fixed: VimFx should now work in Firefox 58 (if you have enabled legacy
135 extensions). Thanks to 依云 (@lilydjwg)!
137 ### 0.20.10 (2017-03-25)
139 - Improved: Autofocus is now prevented when going back in history on pages that
140 use `history.pushState()` (in other words, on the 'popstate' event).
141 - Updated locale: ja. Thanks to Kaoru Esashika (@pluser)!
143 ### 0.20.9 (2017-02-21)
145 - Fixed: The `yy` command now works as expected in Reader Mode.
147 ### 0.20.8 (2017-01-14)
149 - Improved: The scrolling commands now scroll the closest scrollable parent of
150 the currently focused element (if it is not scrollable itself). This is
151 noticeable for Twitter’s modals, which are often scrollable. No longer any
152 need to use the `f` or `ef` commands to scroll those modals!
154 ### 0.20.7 (2017-01-07)
156 - Improved: The `[` and `]` commands now work in Google search results.
157 - Improved: You can now show the “emoji picker” of the “like” button on Facebook
158 by using the `ef` command.
159 - Updated locale: de. Thanks to @interleaved!
161 ### 0.20.6 (2016-12-16)
163 - Fixed: The `'`, `g[` and `g]` commands no longer crash. (Regression since
165 - Fixed: The `ef` command can now focus elements in deeply nested frames again.
166 (Regression since 0.19.0.)
167 - Fixed: `vimfx.addOptionOverrides` and `vimfx.addKeyOverrides` are now properly
168 undone when reloading a config file (`gC`).
169 - Improved: Hint markers for elements with multiline text no longer cover the
171 - Updated locale: de. Thanks to @interleaved!
173 ### 0.20.5 (2016-12-04)
175 - Fixed: Scrolling by holding `d`, `u`, `<space>` or `<s-space>` no longer goes
176 slower and slower (and finally grinding to a halt) on long pages with lots of
177 elements. (See also the [`scroll.repeat_timeout`] pref.)
178 - Improved: All config API functions now validate all their parameters properly.
179 This provides a better user experience, and, most importantly, prevents VimFx
180 from crashing on certain invalid input.
182 [`scroll.repeat_timeout`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/58deb3f7b7c470a4d705f1dabf7aa13e095e8d09/documentation/options.md#smooth-scrolling
184 ### 0.20.4 (2016-11-16)
186 - Fixed: The `n` and `N` commands now work in Firefox’s PDF viewer.
187 - Fixed: The `eb` command can now click the tab bar scroll buttons.
188 - Fixed: Elements marked by the `eb` command now correctly get hints based on
190 - Improved: The `eb` command now favors the browser tabs and their close
191 buttons, giving them better hints.
192 - Improved: The hints given to the browser tabs by the `eb` command are now
193 consistent no matter how many tabs you have open. This means that the first
194 tab always gets the same hint, the second tab always get the same hint, and so
196 - Improved: Hint markers are now placed next to the text of the element if
197 appropriate. For example, the hint marker for a button with centered text is
198 now placed just to the left of the text rather than at the left edge of
199 button. This is nice because it means that hint markers usually end up where
200 you were just reading.
201 - Improved: The positioning of hint markers has been fine-tuned by a pixel or so
203 - Improved: Custom styled checkboxes and radio buttons now get hint markers
204 faster (they are now found in the first pass rather than the second).
205 - Improved: Compatibility with the [Tab Center] add-on.
206 - Improved: Blurring the location bar is now more consistent. Previously, its
207 text wasn’t reset if the autocomplete popup was open when you pressed
208 `<escape>` to blur it.
209 - Fixed: An edge case where the wrong hint markers could be highlighted.
211 [Tab Center]: https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments/tab-center/
213 ### 0.20.3 (2016-10-22)
215 - Improved: Full page scrolling now recognizes the fixed footer on medium.com.
216 - Fixed: Scrollable element can now be focused with the `f` command again (not
217 just with the `ef` command). (Regression since 0.19.0.)
218 - Fixed: `<escape>` is no longer accidentally leaked to the page when used to
219 blur text inputs. This allows blurring text inputs in modals without closing
220 the modal (which `<escape>` commonly does otherwise).
222 ### 0.20.2 (2016-10-16)
224 - Fixed: Text inputs and links inside frames can now be focused using hint
225 commands again. (Regression since 0.19.0.)
226 - Improved: Previously focused text inputs inside frames no longer steal the
227 focus when entering Caret mode in that frame.
228 - Improved: When several hint markers have the same hint (because their links
229 go to the same place), the _largest_ of those links is now chosen when
230 activating that hint. This might be noticeable via focus styling.
231 - Updated locale: zh-CN. Thanks to @av2000ii!
233 ### 0.20.1 (2016-10-09)
235 - Improved: Caret mode is now a bit more robust. It can no longer make you end
236 up with [Firefox’s own Caret mode] accidentally enabled.
237 - Improved: If you try use for example `<ctrl>-j` as a keyboard shortcut, VimFx
238 will now tell you that you probably want `<c-j>` instead.
239 - Fixed: Using a keyboard shortcut to switch keyboard layout in GNOME while
240 inside a text input no longer causes the focus of that text input to be lost
241 when the Prevent autofocus option is enabled.
242 - Updated locale: zh-CN. Thanks to @av2000ii!
244 [Firefox’s own Caret mode]: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Accessibility_features_of_Firefox#Allow_text_to_be_selected_with_the_keyboard
246 ### 0.20.0 (2016-10-02)
248 - Added: The `g[` and `g]` commands, which let you scroll to previous and next
249 scroll positions of the current page. This is similar to Vim’s jump list.
250 - Added: The `/` mark. Pressing `'/` takes you to the scroll position before the
251 last `/`, `a/` or `g/`.
252 - Fixed: Pressing `''` multiple times in a row now flips back and forth
253 between two scroll positions as expected.
254 - Fixed: Version 0.19.0 claimed to include the following improvement: “The hint
255 marker for a smaller element can no longer cover the hint marker for a larger
256 element (unless you press `<c-space>` to rotate them).” However, a silly
257 mistake caused that improvement not to work. Now it does. For real.
258 - Fixed: All VimFx commands that copy text to the clipboard are now made sure to
259 also copy to the “selection clipboard” (if your system has such a thing). For
260 example, if you copy text using the `yv` command, the `p` command now uses
261 that copied text as expected.
263 ### 0.19.1 (2016-09-26)
265 - Fixed: The `'` command no longer crashes. (Regression since 0.19.0.)
267 ### 0.19.0 (2016-09-25)
269 #### Changes and improvements to Hints mode
271 **New feature:** Hint markers can now be filtered by element text, similar to
272 Vimium, Vimperator and Pentadactyl. This is useful for people who simply prefer
273 that workflow, and for clicking tiny pagination links (simply type its number!).
275 By default, filtering by element text is done by typing _uppercase_ characters
276 (hold down shift!). All characters other than the hint characters are now used
277 to filter hint markers by element text (rather than just being ignored). Do you
278 prefer filtering by element text, but dislike typing uppercase letters? Have a
279 look at how [hint characters] work to make things the other way around!
281 The markers with the best hint are now highlighted with a different color. You
282 may at any time press `<enter>` to activate those markers (or `<c-enter>` or
283 `<a-enter>` to change where and how to open links, just like you can hold ctrl
284 or alt for the last hint character).
286 Because of the above new features, the following default **Hints mode shortcuts
289 - `<space>` → `<c-space>` (`<s-space>` is left untouched)
290 - `<s->` → `<c-s->` (hold ctrl _and_ shift to peek through hint markers)
292 - `<c-enter>` → `<c-backspace>`
294 To make it easier to see the element text, hint markers are now nudged to the
295 left if they cover the text.
297 Other hint marker improvements:
299 - Hint markers are now 20% smaller by default. While trying to match text sizes
300 set by your operating system, they ended up a bit too large on most systems.
301 Check out the [Styling] documentation if you’d like to change the font size.
302 - Hint markers now have stronger contrast between the background color and the
303 text color, which should make them easier to read.
304 - The CSS for hint markers have been improved, making it easier to use custom
306 - When several elements have the same area, the best hint is now correctly given
307 to the _first_ of those elements. Previously, it happened to be the other way
309 - The hint marker for a smaller element can no longer cover the hint marker for
310 a larger element (unless you press `<c-space>` to rotate them).
311 - Hint markers are now better positioned when having zoomed the page in or out.
312 - Hints mode is now more robust in general. Several race conditions have been
315 [hint characters]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/8bafdf0454043c1630bac8b13d13f1fb4e5ee9e7/documentation/options.md#hint-characters
316 [Styling]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/8bafdf0454043c1630bac8b13d13f1fb4e5ee9e7/documentation/styling.md
320 - Added: The ability to **export, import and reset all** VimFx options. There
321 are three shiny new buttons for this in VimFx’s options page in the Add-ons
323 - Added: The `gB` command, which lets you **quickly blacklist** (and
325 - Added: The `ec` command, for opening the context menu of elements.
326 - Added: The `ep` command, for opening links in new private windows.
327 - Improved: `h`, `l`, `j` and `k` now feel more like scrolling with the arrow
328 keys when held down, by boosting the scrolling speed. See the
329 [`scroll.horizontal_boost` and `scroll.vertical_boost`][scroll-boost] options
330 for more information.
331 - Fixed: VimFx’s find bar integration is now much more robust. Most notably, if
332 you start typing directly after pressing `/` and Firefox is slow at opening
333 the find bar, your keypresses can no longer trigger VimFx commands or Firefox
335 - Improved: VimFx no longer leaks keypresses to the web page in some modes. (For
336 example, counts in Caret mode).
337 - Improved: The `eb` command now finds more clickable elements in the devtools.
338 - Changed: `vimfx.addKeyOverrides` no longer lets you easily break for example
339 Hints mode, by now only being applied to Normal mode. You might need to change
340 your matchers from `(location, mode) => ...` to simply `location => ...`.
341 (Breaking API change.)
342 - Changed: The object passed to custom commands (and custom modes) no longer
343 contains a `uiEvent` property. Instead, there’s an `event` property. This
344 property can be used the same way if you check `vim.isUIEvent(event)` first.
345 (Breaking API change.)
347 [scroll-boost]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/8bafdf0454043c1630bac8b13d13f1fb4e5ee9e7/documentation/options.md#scrollhorizontal_boost-and-scrollvertical_boost
349 ### 0.18.1 (2016-08-27)
351 - Fixed: `vimfx.addOptionOverrides` no longer crashes on startup.
352 - Fixed: `vimfx.addOptionOverrides` can now override the `prevent_autofocus`
355 ### 0.18.0 (2016-08-20)
357 #### Changed default shortcuts
359 Some default keyboard shortcuts have been changed.
361 - Hint commands. Many of the old ones were difficult to remember, and there was
362 no space for adding new ones.
364 - `gf` → `et` (t as in tab)
365 - `gF` → `ew` (w as in window)
366 - `zf` → `ef` (f as in focus)
367 - `zF` → `eb` (b as in browser)
368 - `zv` → `av` (you actually select _all_ of the element’s text)
370 (`f`, `yf`, `af`, `v` and `yv` stay unchanged.)
372 There is a longer [explanation of these new defaults][hint-shortcuts] in the
375 - `zr` → `gC`. `zr` was the only shortcut starting with `z`. This frees that key
378 - `` ` `` → `'`. The `` ` `` shortcut (“scroll to mark”) as well as the `` ` ``
379 mark (“last position mark”) have both been changed to `'`. Both `` ` `` and
380 `'` are used in Vim. `'` is a better default, because it is easier to
381 type–both on an en-US QWERTY keyboard and, more importantly, on some
382 international layouts, such as the sv-SE QWERTY layout.
384 Note: If you miss Firefox’s default `'` shortcut to open the Quick Find bar
385 (which is now overridden), remember that VimFx provides `g/` which does the
386 same thing. (You can of course also change VimFx’s shortcuts.)
388 See also issue [#788].
390 [hint-shortcuts]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/e8d9df31dd5c8df999ac22e3b3b8d548a68c6fa7/documentation/commands.md#mnemonics-and-choice-of-default-hint-command-shortcuts
391 [#788]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/issues/788
395 - Added: It is now possible to create [custom hint commands].
396 - Fixed: The bottom-right corner of the page scrollbars can now be used with the
398 - Fixed: The toolbar button now correctly toggles VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts
400 - Updated locales: fr, ru. Thanks to Mickaël RAYBAUD-ROIG (@m-r-r) and Nicholas
403 [custom hint commands]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/e8d9df31dd5c8df999ac22e3b3b8d548a68c6fa7/documentation/api.md#custom-hint-commands
405 ### 0.17.4 (2016-07-11)
407 - Improved: The usage of modifier keys in Hints mode is now shown in VimFx’s
408 Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog. The functionality has been there for a long
409 time, but should now be easier to find. Thanks to our awesome translators,
410 the new help text is already available in most supported locales!
411 - Improved: If you submit a form while still being inside one of its text
412 inputs, that text input is now automatically blurred. This lets you use VimFx
413 commands while waiting for the form to submit without having to press
415 - Improved: The `gu` command now works better on some pages, by preserving a
416 trailing slash. Thanks to @sinkuu!
417 - Improved: VimFx now recognizes text areas in the TYPO3 CMS.
418 - Improved: The `<escape>` command and the toolbar button now let you escape
419 back to Normal mode if VimFx ever gets stuck thinking that you are typing in a
422 ### 0.17.3 (2016-06-27)
424 - Improved: The `zF` command can now open even more dropdown menus of buttons.
426 ### 0.17.2 (2016-06-19)
428 - Improved: The `zF` command now works with more buttons and is able to open
429 dropdown menus of buttons.
430 - Fixed: The `f` commands now recognize more file upload buttons.
431 - Fixed: Rotating hint markers now works more as expected after having entered a
433 - Fixed: Scrolling now works in SVG documents.
434 - Fixed: Opening links in new tabs in Firefox 50.
435 - Updated locales: pt-BR and ru. Thanks to Átila Camurça Alves (@atilacamurca)
436 and Nicholas Guriev (@mymedia2)!
438 ### 0.17.1 (2016-06-12)
440 - Fixed: The `zF` command no longer accidentally double-clicks instead of
441 single-clicking. Thanks to Alan Wu (@XrXr)!
442 - Fixed: The `zF` command no longer crashes in Firefox 49+.
443 - Fixed: The “URL popup,” shown when hovering or focusing links, now appears
444 again when focusing links using `zf` (regression since 0.17.0).
445 - Updated locale: it. Thanks to Carlo Bertoldi (@cbertoldi)!
447 ### 0.17.0 (2016-06-08)
449 - Fixed: VimFx no longer scrolls smaller elements on a page instead of the
450 entire page on some sites.
451 - Improved: The `/`, `n` and `N` have been drastically sped up (when
452 [`find_from_top_of_viewport`][find_from_top_of_viewport-1] is on). Previously,
453 they appeared to freeze on some sites, but not anymore.
454 - Improved: You can no longer accidentally trigger VimFx between pressing `/`
455 and the find bar input being is focused.
456 - Improved: The `n` and `N` commands are now more robust.
457 - Improved: “Fullscreen” buttons and “Copy to clipboard” buttons can now be
458 activated the `f` command. Thanks to Alan Wu (@XrXr)!
459 - Changed: After having pressed `m` or `` ` `` VimFx no longer waits
460 indefinitely for you to press a mark key. Instead, the [timeout] option is
462 - Changed: After having pressed `m` or `` ` `` you can now press `<escape>` to
463 abort those commands.
464 - Changed: Find mode is no longer shown in VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help
465 dialog, to reduce clutter. (This can be changed through custom
466 [styling][styling-1].)
467 - Changed: The `?` command as well as the toolbar button now _toggle_ VimFx’s
468 Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog (instead of always showing it, even if it was
470 - Changed: Counts are now ignored in Ignore mode. Previously, pressing number
471 keys would both send those key presses to the page _and_ contribute to the
472 count for commands (showing up in the bottom-right corner). This is no longer
474 - Updated locales: fr, zh-CN and zh-TW. Thanks to Mickaël RAYBAUD-ROIG (@m-r-r),
475 @av2000ii and Robert Wang (@cyberrob)!
477 [find_from_top_of_viewport-1]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/288bd3317cbed3a57e42a754099b96efe6c1e38d/documentation/options.md#find_from_top_of_viewport
478 [timeout]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/288bd3317cbed3a57e42a754099b96efe6c1e38d/documentation/options.md#timeout
479 [styling-1]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/288bd3317cbed3a57e42a754099b96efe6c1e38d/documentation/styling.md
481 ### 0.16.1 (2016-05-29)
483 - Fixed: The `zF` command no longer crashes (regression since 0.16.0).
485 ### 0.16.0 (2016-05-29)
487 - Fixed: The text input focus detection problems introduced in 0.15.1, which
488 sometimes caused VimFx commands to be triggered while typing in text inputs,
490 - Improved: If you press `n` or `N` when there are are no matches for your
491 search, the find bar is no longer opened. Only a notification is shown. The
492 reliability of those notifications has also been improved.
493 - Improved: Hints mode now finds more links.
494 - Improved: Pressing `<c-enter>` in Hints mode now includes more elements.
495 - Updated locales: es, zh-CN. Thanks to @strel and @av2000ii!
497 ### 0.15.1 (2016-05-22)
499 - Improved: Better hints on Twitter.
500 - Improved: Compatibility with the [Evernote Web Clipper] add-on (and
501 potentially other add-ons with similar UI).
502 - Updated locale: ja. Thanks to Kaoru Esashika (@pluser)!
504 [Evernote Web Clipper]: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/evernote-web-clipper/
506 ### 0.15.0 (2016-05-18)
508 - Improved: Hint markers now appear up to twice as fast on many pages. This is
509 done by creating the hint markers in two phases. Most are created in the
510 first, fast, phase. The rest take the same time as older VimFx versions to
512 - Fixed: VimFx no longer triggers commands while typing in fancy text inputs on
513 some sites, such as when composing a new tweet on Twitter. (See also the
514 [`blur_timeout`] pref.)
515 - Changed: The `<c-enter>` Hints mode command no longer _replaces_ all hint
516 markers on screen (with new ones for all elements on screen). Instead, it
517 _toggles_ your current hint markers with ones for all _other_ elements on
519 - Changed: There was a breaking change to the [`vimfx.setHintMatcher`] function
520 of the `frame.js` config file API. It no longer receives and returns an object
521 (of the shape `{type, semantic}`), but instead simply receives and returns the
522 `type` of the element.
523 - Improved: Some internal robustness refactoring.
524 - Updated locales: de, id, nl and zh-CN. Thanks to @just-barcodes, Yoppy
525 Halilintar (@comepradz), @HJTP, @av2000ii and @mozillazg.
527 [`blur_timeout`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/4a1d2468ee558ad1fdf9a4ab60f942d81bbc0b57/documentation/options.md#blur_timeout
528 [`vimfx.setHintMatcher`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/4a1d2468ee558ad1fdf9a4ab60f942d81bbc0b57/documentation/api.md#vimfxsethintmatcherhintmatcher
530 ### 0.14.3 (2016-05-08)
532 - Fixed: Version 0.14.2 attempted to fix smooth scrolling speed in newer Firefox
533 versions. However, there was a tiny typo that caused the fix not to work. That
534 typo has been corrected.
536 ### 0.14.2 (2016-05-08)
538 - Fixed: Smooth scrolling speed is now correct again in newer Firefox versions.
539 - Fixed: The `yv` Caret mode command now only copies text that you can see on
540 screen (not any hidden text that might be on the page), making it truly work
541 like `zv` followed by `y`, as intended. This problem was very noticeable on
542 Slack. This also improves copying of 'contenteditable' elements using `yf`.
543 - Fixed: `<escape>` and arrow key handling as well as hint markers in the
544 devtools now work correctly again in newer Firefox versions.
545 - Fixed: VimFx no longer makes it impossible to open the Developer Toolbar.
546 - Improved: VimFx now ignores `<numlock>` and `<capslock>`. If your keyboard
547 sends `<numlock>` before some symbols, such as `<numlock>$` instead of just
548 `$`, shortcuts like `gx$` now work out of the box. This also means that you
549 can use `<capslock>` instead of `<shift>` when typing the `J` in `gJ`, for
551 - Improved: Some minor cosmetic tweaks in VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help
554 ### 0.14.1 (2016-04-30)
556 - Fixed: The Find commands (such as `/`, `n` and `N`) no longer crash on some
557 sites (regression since 0.14.0).
559 ### 0.14.0 (2016-04-29)
561 - Added: [Caret mode], which lets you copy text from web pages using the
563 - Improved: The Find commands (such as `/`, `n` and `N`) now search from the top
564 of the viewport, instead of from the top of the document, which is more
565 Vim-like and less disorienting. To read more about it (or to return to the
566 Firefox default behavior) please see the [`find_from_top_of_viewport`] pref.
567 - Improved: Compatibility with the [BackTrack Tab History] add-on.
568 - Added: The `<c-enter>` Hints mode command, which creates hint markers for
570 - Fixed: `__dirname` inside config files now works on Windows. Thanks to
571 Zhong Jianxin (@azuwis)!
572 - Fixed: Unnecessary full-page hint markers on some sites, such as Hackernews,
575 [Caret mode]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/4ffda62560096f91244f3f7731171002ed174f05/documentation/commands.md#the-v-commands--caret-mode
576 [`find_from_top_of_viewport`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/4ffda62560096f91244f3f7731171002ed174f05/documentation/options.md#find_from_top_of_viewport
577 [BackTrack Tab History]: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/backtrack-tab-history/
579 ### 0.13.2 (2016-04-08)
581 - Improved: The “last position mark” `` ` `` now works more reliably.
582 - Improved: More video players are now recognized. Many video players lets you
583 press `<space>` while focused to toggle play/pause. VimFx tries to detect if
584 the currently focused element is a video player. If so, `<space>` is passed to
585 the video player instead of scrolling the page. (For those interested, see
586 also the [`adjustable_element_keys`] pref.)
588 [`adjustable_element_keys`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/645e35d7d82019b0551534c43926bc126e7105bd/documentation/options.md#adjustable_element_keys
590 ### 0.13.1 (2016-04-01)
592 - Fixed: Blacklisting of some XUL pages.
593 - Fixed: The current mode is no longer lost when a page loads. For example, if
594 you press `zF` while a page is loading, the markers no longer disappear.
595 - Fixed: Elements that you have focused using an `f` command no longer get stuck
596 appearing as if you’d put the mouse pointer.
597 - Updated locale: zh-CN. Thanks to @mozillazg!
599 ### 0.13.0 (2016-03-19)
601 - Added: The `T` command, which opens a new tab after the current.
602 - Changed: The `gl` command now deals with _visited_ tabs only.
603 - Added: The [`gL`] command, which deals with <em>un</em>visited tabs only, in
604 oldest-first order. Use this to step through your unvisited background tabs in
605 the order you opened them (for example using the `F` command).
606 - Improved: The `gi` command no longer tries to focus the last focused text
607 input if it has been removed from the page. If so, it finds a new one instead.
608 - Fixed: You can now type in sidebar text inputs (such as in the history
609 sidebar) without having to switch to Ignore mode.
610 - Changed: If you enter Ignore mode you will now stay in Ignore mode in that tab
611 until you explicitly exit it (by pressing `<s-escape>`), even if you reload
612 the page or follow a link. If Ignore mode was entered automatically because of
613 the [blacklist][blacklist-2], though, you will be automatically returned to
615 the URL changes to a non-blacklisted page.
616 - Added: VimFx can now automatically enter and exit Ignore mode based on the
617 currently focused element. Currently, the [wasavi] extension as well as
618 [CodeMirror] in Vim mode are detected. Both of those provide Vim-style
619 editors. This allows sending `<escape>` to those editors in order to exit
620 their Insert mode, without blurring the editor.
621 - Improved: CodeMirror editors now get better hints, keeping the cursor where
623 - Improved: The [blacklist][blacklist-2] is now applied faster on some pages.
624 - Improved: Many audio and video elements are now recognized as “adjustable”,
625 allowing you to press for example `<space>` on them to toggle play/pause,
626 without scrolling the page.
627 - Improved: Scrolling by pages, such as using the `<space>` command, now takes
628 fixed heaears and footers into account, just like Firefox does.
629 - Fixed: Access keys now work correctly in context menus in the devtools and
631 - Improved: The arrow keys now Just Work in the devtools, even if you have bound
632 them to VimFx commands.
633 - Changed: The public API has been removed, and turned into the Config file API.
634 If you were already using a config file, it will no longer work. You need to
635 set up a new one, but you should be able to simply copy and paste the contents
636 of the old one into the new one. Read the [config file] documentation for more
638 - Changed: There are a few minor breaking changes to the API, though I doubt it
640 - If you use [`vimfx.on`], you probably need to adjust the arguments of the
641 your callbacks. They are now _always_ passed an object of data, instead of
642 sometimes passing the data directly.
643 - `match.focus` of [match object]s has been removed, and replaced by
644 `vim.focusType` of [vim object]s.
645 - Fixed: The toolbar button’s icon is now correctly sized when setting
646 `layout.css.devPixelsPerPx` to `2`. Thanks to Robert Ma (@Hexcles) and Dale
648 - Fixed: Find commands now work when the find bar was opened before the page had
650 - Improved: Lots of internal improvements. This should make VimFx faster, more
651 reliable and more responsive.
652 - All keyboard event handling (except `<late>` shortcuts) are now handled in
653 the UI process, instead of mostly in each tab’s web page content process.
654 This should make VimFx’s shortcuts more reliable and responsive.
655 - Removed all synchronous message passing (execpt for `<late>` keypresses).
656 Mozilla recommends using them only where absolutely necessary. Turns out
657 VimFx doesn’t need them anymore!
658 - The `f` commands are now more reliable. Before, they could crash on rare
659 occasions (on certain web pages), but that is less likely now.
660 - Less `MutationObserver`s are now used. This should improve performance.
661 - Less uncaught errors (especially on shutdown).
662 - Lots of minor improvements.
663 - Updated locale: ja. Thanks to Kaoru Esashika (@pluser)!
665 [`gL`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/44b3e1bc350ceb1560176ee5b4ae97d9671a04db/documentation/commands.md#gl-1
666 [blacklist-2]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/44b3e1bc350ceb1560176ee5b4ae97d9671a04db/documentation/options.md#blacklist
667 [wasavi]: http://appsweets.net/wasavi/
668 [CodeMirror]: https://codemirror.net/demo/vim.html
669 [config file]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/44b3e1bc350ceb1560176ee5b4ae97d9671a04db/documentation/config-file.md
670 [`vimfx.on`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/44b3e1bc350ceb1560176ee5b4ae97d9671a04db/documentation/api.md#vimfxoneventname-listener-and-vimfxoffeventname-listener
671 [match object]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/44b3e1bc350ceb1560176ee5b4ae97d9671a04db/documentation/api.md#match-object
672 [vim object]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/44b3e1bc350ceb1560176ee5b4ae97d9671a04db/documentation/api.md#vim-object
674 ### 0.12.0 (2016-02-03)
676 - Improved: More clickable elements are now recognized. Most notably, elements
677 with click event listeners added by JavaScript now get hints.
678 - Improved: Autofocus prevention after using the `[` and `]` commands.
679 - Added: In VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog (which can be opened by
680 pressing `?`) you can now click on any command to open VimFx’s settings page
681 in the Add-ons Manager and automatically select the text input for that
682 command, letting you edit its shortcuts. Tip: Use the `zF` command to click
683 without using the mouse.
684 - Changed: Autofocus is no longer prevented in Firefox internal pages, such as
685 `about:preferences`, `about:addons` and `about:config` (as well as other XUL
687 - Fixed: VimFx and the Beyond Australis extension do not conflict with each
689 - Fixed: The `gH` command no longer nags you about “No back/forward history”
690 even though there is.
691 - Added: The `gl` command now takes a [count][gl-count].
692 - Improved: Optimized CPU usage in Hints mode. (See also the [`hints_sleep`]
694 - Improved: The `H` and `L` commands should now be more reliable in Firefox 43
696 - Changed: There was a tiny breaking change to the Public API, though I doubt it
697 will affect anyone. (See [commit 0ca807605e] if you’re especially interested.)
698 - Improved: _Several_ minor things, and some really nice internal refactoring.
699 - Updated locale: de. Thanks to @just-barcodes!
701 [`hints_sleep`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/92b483c4a4f6da0b2c998267e0f01d3d999f93b6/documentation/options.md#hints_sleep
702 [gl-count]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/92b483c4a4f6da0b2c998267e0f01d3d999f93b6/documentation/commands.md#gl
703 [commit 0ca807605e]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/commit/0ca807605e8d69fdc01ef9ce5d539cf66ce7d96f
705 ### 0.11.0 (2016-01-15)
707 - Fixed: The `` ` `` command is no longer broken.
708 - Fixed: Memory leak.
709 - Added: The `gl` command, which takes you to the most recent tab.
710 - Improved: The Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog is now scrollable using VimFx’s
711 scrolling commands. To allow for this, the search field is no longer
712 autofocused. Instead, press `/` to open it.
713 - Improved: Using the `f` commands, such as `f` and `zf`, now works like
714 actually moving your mouse onto the link, making hover menus and such-like
716 - Improved: VimFx should now work better with Google Drive Documents, Etherpad
717 and a few other fancy text editors.
718 - Improved: The `]` command now works on google.com.
719 - Improved: Checkboxes and menu items on gmail.com are now given hints by the
721 - Improved: The `gi` command now also recognizes 'contenteditable' elements.
722 - Improved: Hint markers now move along together with their elements.
723 - Fixed: Hint markers should now be correctly positioned when zooming.
724 - Fixed: The toolbar button icon should now look correctly on Retina screens.
725 - Added: You may now disable counts by using toggling the [`counts_enabled`]
727 - Updated locale: de. Thanks to @just-barcodes!
728 - Improved: Several minor things.
730 [`counts_enabled`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/8dae7aec9008595da31b939d5ae2d239849cf6dc/documentation/options.md#counts_enabled
732 ### 0.10.0 (2015-12-09)
734 - Added: The `zF` command, which lets you click browser elements.
735 - Improved: The scrolling commands can now scroll browser elements (in other
736 words, not only web page content), by first selecting the scollable element
738 - Added: The `gr` command, which toggles [Reader View].
739 - Added: The `gX` command, which opens the Recently Closed Tabs menu at the
740 middle of the screen.
741 - Added: The keys you’ve typed so far of a command, as well the count, are now
742 shown in a [notification]. (You may disable this using the
743 [`notify_entered_keys`] pref.)
744 - Improved: When commands don’t do anything, they show a [notification] instead,
745 letting you know that you actually pressed the right keys. For example, if you
746 press `f` but there are no markable elements visible, a notification is shown
747 telling you so, instead of silently doing nothing.
748 - Improved: `<space>` now scrolls _about a line less_ than a full page, just
749 like Firefox does by default. `d` scroll about _half_ a line less (by
750 default), so that pressing `d` twice works like pressing `<space>` once. (See
751 the [`scroll.full_page_adjustment` and `scroll.half_page_adjustment`] prefs
752 for more information.)
753 - Improved: `gi` now only selects all text in its text input if you haven’t
754 focused a text input yet (allowing you to easily replace pre-filled text),
755 instead of _always_ doing so. Otherwise, it now puts the cursor where you left
756 off typing the last time.
757 - Fixed: The `f` commands now put the cursor where you left off typing the last
758 time when focusing a text input. Previously, they accidentally selected all
759 text in the text input (use `zf` for that behavior).
760 - Fixed: Yet a scrolling fix. VimFx’s scrolling commands should now “just work”
762 - Fixed: AltGr should now work out of the box on Windows. (See the
763 [`ignore_ctrl_alt`] pref for more information.)
764 - Removed: The el-GR, hu and pl locales were sadly too out of date to be useful,
765 and nobody has shown interest in updating them, so they were removed.
766 - Updated locales: id, de and zh-CN. Thanks to Yoppy Halilintar, @just-barcodes
768 - Fixed: Several tiny bugs.
770 [Reader View]: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/firefox-reader-view-clutter-free-web-pages
771 [notification]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/ba9d4675e19ce315e6855b64400aae092e727975/documentation/notifications.md
772 [`notify_entered_keys`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/ba9d4675e19ce315e6855b64400aae092e727975/documentation/options.md#notify_entered_keys
773 [`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
774 [`ignore_ctrl_alt`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/ba9d4675e19ce315e6855b64400aae092e727975/documentation/options.md#ignore_ctrl_alt
776 ### 0.9.0 (2015-12-02)
778 - Fixed: Links with the `onclick` attribute can now be opened in new tabs again.
779 (Regression since 0.8.0.)
780 - Fixed: The text size in VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog is now
782 - Added: The `gH` command. It opens the back/forward button context menu in the
783 middle of the window, allowing you to choose a history entry with the arrow
786 ### 0.8.0 (2015-12-01)
788 - Fixed: VimFx now works properly in tabs moved to other windows.
789 - Fixed: An unreliable check for multi-process mode has been eliminated, fixing
790 various problems for some users.
791 - Fixed: VimFx’s toolbar button now changes color correctly when switching
792 between blacklisted and non-blacklisted tabs.
793 - Fixed: Dead keys now work out of the box on Windows.
794 - Improved: Links with the `onclick` attribute (abused as buttons) can no longer
795 get the same hint as another link.
796 - Added: The Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog (shown by pressing `?`) is now
798 - Added: The `g/` command. It’s like `/` but searches links only.
802 - Use `ma` to mark the current scroll position and `` `a `` to return to it.
803 (You may substitute `a` with any key press.)
804 - Use ``` `` ``` to return to the position before the last `gg`, `G`, `0`,
805 `$`, `/`, `n`, `N` or `` ` ``. (You can change this mark using the
806 [`last_scroll_position_mark`] pref.)
808 - Added: Window commands.
810 - `w`: Open new window.
811 - `W`: Open new private window.
812 - `gw`: Move tab to new window.
813 - `gF`: Follow link in new window.
815 [Marks]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/47fc699ce8217ee90af4d12e81f102f2bea09d61/documentation/commands.md#marks-m-and-
816 [`last_scroll_position_mark`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/47fc699ce8217ee90af4d12e81f102f2bea09d61/documentation/options.md#last_scroll_position_mark
818 ### 0.7.3 (2015-11-22)
820 - Fixed: Scrolling now works correctly in pages in quirks mode (lacking a
821 doctype), such as Hackernews.
822 - Improved: The largest scrollable element is now detected better in frames.
823 - Fixed: Hints mode now exits correctly when focusing a text input using `af`,
826 ### 0.7.2 (2015-11-21)
828 - Fixed: The blinking text caret now always appears correctly when focusing text
831 ### 0.7.1 (2015-11-21)
833 - Fixed: The scrolling commands should now “just work” when using non-default
834 zoom or DPI settings, most notably on Google Groups.
836 ### 0.7.0 (2015-11-19)
838 - Changed: Instead of using system notifications, which turned out to be a bit
839 too intrusive, [notifications] are now similar to the “URL popup” (shown when
840 hovering or focusing links) but are placed on the opposite side,.
841 - Changed: The “Focus next element” and “Focus previous element” commands have
842 been removed. The reason they existed was to let `<tab>` and `<s-tab>` only
843 cycle between text inputs (as opposed to _all_ focusable elements) after
844 you’ve pressed `gi`. Now, `<tab>` and `<s-tab>` are handled specially instead,
845 and _only_ after pressing `gi`. The reason for this change is that the now
846 removed commands were too intrusive, breaking user habits. One of VimFx’s main
847 goal is _not_ to do that. (You can turn the special handling of `<tab>` and
848 `<s-tab>` off using the the new [`focus_previous_key` and `focus_next_key`]
850 - Fixed: The scrolling commands should now “just work” in a lot more situations,
851 most notably on Gmail and Google Groups. More scrollable elements are also
852 recognized by the `f` and `zf` commands.
853 - Improved: The right border of hint markers for scrollable elements is now
854 styled to remind of a scroll bar, making them easier to recognize among hints
856 - Improved/Changed: `J` and `gJ` now allow a count on the first tab.
857 Consequently, `K` and `gK` now allow a count on the _last_ tab.
858 - Changed: `gJ` and `gK` can no longer be used to pin or unpin tabs. They now
859 only wrap around tabs of the same pinned state. Use `gp` to toggle between
860 pinned and non-pinned.
861 - Fixed: Many elements that got a hint before VimFx 0.6.0 now do again.
862 - Improved: Comment fields on Facebook can now be focused using `f` and blurred
864 - Improved: VimFx’s toolbar button is no greyed out when you focus a text input.
865 This is to show that your key presses will be passed into the text input
866 rather than activating VimFx commands.
867 - Added: [`g0`, `g^` and `g$` now accept counts][tab-index-counts], allowing you
868 to go to tab number _count._
869 - Improved: `gi` now finds text inputs inside frames.
870 - Fixed: “gi mode” is now exited properly when blurring a text input.
871 - Fixed: `<select>` elements are no longer considered to be text inputs when
872 using `<tab>` and `<s-tab>` in “gi mode.”
873 - Fixed: Using `<force>` or `<late>` in a shortcut no longer applies to _every_
874 shortcut for the command, but only that shortcut.
875 - Fixed: The order of the Previous/Next page patterns is now respected. This
876 caused the wrong link to be picked by the `[` and `]` commands on some pages.
878 [`focus_previous_key` and `focus_next_key`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/d70b5bb14be89d9ce52138b0e9abdef1b31ad337/documentation/options.md#focus_previous_key-and-focus_next_key
879 [notifications]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/d70b5bb14be89d9ce52138b0e9abdef1b31ad337/documentation/notifications.md
880 [tab-index-counts]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/d70b5bb14be89d9ce52138b0e9abdef1b31ad337/documentation/commands.md#g0-g-g
882 ### 0.6.2 (2015-11-11)
884 - Improved: If the entire page isn’t scrollable, the largest scrollable element
886 - Fixed: VimFx’s keyboard shortcuts now works on slowly loading pages.
887 - Fixed: Numbers may now be used as shortcut keys (overriding counts).
888 - Fixed: The toolbar button’s icon is now correctly sized in high DPI.
889 - Fixed: Hint markers are now correctly positioned when zooming using the “Zoom
891 - Fixed: The `P` command now works with the InstantFox add-on.
893 ### 0.6.1 (2015-11-10)
895 - Fixed: If you customized the “esc” command before VimFx 0.6.0 it should now
897 - Fixed: `<tab>` now works as expected in the location bar and in the dev tools.
898 - Fixed: Light-weight themes can no longer make VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help
899 dialog and hint markers unreadable.
900 - Added: The [notifications\_enabled] option.
902 [notifications\_enabled]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/56c4b7c514ea8b58d2cdcecf3d2654648c48ca31/documentation/options.md#notifications_enabled
904 ### 0.6.0 (2015-11-09)
906 ##### Most important (breaking) changes
908 - VimFx now works properly with **any keyboard layout.** Users of **multiple
909 layouts** should enable the **[ignore keyboard layout] option.** #249 #259
911 - Features related to disabling VimFx, and to the [toolbar button]:
913 - **Insert Mode** has been renamed to **_Ignore_ mode.**
914 - **[Blacklisted][blacklist] sites** now **enter Ignore mode automatically,**
915 instead of being specially handled.
916 - The feature to click the toolbar button (or press `<a-V>`) to **disable
917 VimFx** has been **removed.** Use **Ignore mode** (`i`) and the
918 **[blacklist] instead.**
919 - The **toolbar button** is now **red in Ignore mode** (which also means that
920 it is red on blacklisted sites) and green otherwise (never grey anymore).
921 - The toolbar button no longer offers to (un-)blacklist the current domain.
922 (Head into VimFx’s settings page in the Add-ons Manager and add
923 `*currentdomain.com*` to the [blacklist] option yourself instead.)
925 (See [commit 3552282] for more information.)
927 - **Some default shortcuts have changed,** mostly because they conflicted with
928 standard Firefox shortcuts: #308
934 - `g^` and `gH` → `g0`
936 `g^` now selects the first _non pinned_ tab instead, while `g0`
937 selects the first tab regardless of whether it is pinned or not. #317
939 - `<c-e>` (alias for `j`) and `<c-y>` (alias for `k`) have been removed.
941 - `<c-f>` → `<space>` and `<c-b>` → `<s-space>`
945 This frees up `v` for future shortcuts (instead making `z` a
946 “namespace” key, just like in Vim).
948 - To **exit Ignore mode:** `<escape>` → `<s-escape>`. This is because Ignore
949 mode has replaced the disable feature, as well as the special blacklist
950 state (see above). Sites are likely to use `<escape>` but not `<s-escape>`.
951 (In a way, this new role of Ignore mode also means that the old (many times
952 broken) shortcut to disable VimFx (`<a-V>`) has been replaced by `i`.) #64
955 - VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog is now help only, and more accessible.
956 To **customize keyboard shortcuts,** go to VimFx’s settings page **in the
957 Add-ons Manager,** just like you would to customize other settings. Also,
958 **commas** between every key are **no longer needed:** Type `gJ` instead of
961 - For performance reasons, **Hint markers** are now placed vertically **centered
962 instead of at the top** of the element. Don’t be surprised if you see the same
963 hint repeated several times**—links that go to the same place now get the same
964 hint.** The “Smart hints” option has been removed—hints are _always_ smart
965 now, and a lot smarter than before. Finally, hints now also work in the new
966 tab page, the Add-ons Manager and the preferences page. If you want to, you
967 can read more about [the `f` commands]. \#51 #60 #176 #320 #325 #468 #471 #475
969 - The **`F`** command now _always_ opens tabs in new **background** tabs, while
970 **`gf`** has been added to open tabs in new **foreground** tabs. #227 #464
972 - **Autofocus prevention** is now **off by default.** One of VimFx’s core
973 philosophies is to be nice to your browser habits. Some find autofocus
974 prevention too big a change. Turn it on again if you like it! By the way,
975 autofocus prevention now works much more reliably and should not cause issues
976 with other extensions. #497 #541
978 - The **“Scroll step”** option has been **removed**. The scrolling commands that
979 used it now **work like the arrow keys instead,** and are customized just like
980 them. See [scrolling prefs] for more information.
982 - Speaking of scrolling, **which elements scrolls** when you use VimFx’s
983 scrolling commands **has changed.** See [scrolling commands] for more
990 - `gp` pins or unpins the current tab. (Also see `g^` and `g0` mentioned
992 - `yt` duplicates the current tab. #121
993 - `0` and `^` scroll to the far left, and `$` scrolls to the far right.
994 - [`gi`] has finally been implemented. #47
995 - [Ignore mode `<s-f1>`] let you run a Normal mode command without exiting
998 - In Hints mode you can now hold ctrl and alt to change behavior of the matched
999 marker. Hold shift to temporarily make the hints see-through. See [the `f`
1000 commands] for more information. #220 #421 #484
1002 - Some commands now accept [counts]. #374
1004 - It is now possible to create shortcuts that work inside text inputs. See the
1005 [`<force>`] key for more information. #258
1007 - It is now possible to create shortcuts that the page can override. See the
1008 [`<late>`] key for more information.
1010 - A number of [advanced options] have been added. Rather than listing everything
1011 regarding them here, follow that link if you’re interested. #452 #489
1013 - You may now, if you want to, configure VimFx through a [config file], using
1014 the new [public API]. Customizing VimFx through a config file also gives extra
1015 abilities, such as [site-specific options][option-overrides] and [disabling
1016 certain commands on certain sites][key-overrides]. It also allows to add
1017 [custom commands] \(and other extensions to extend VimFx). #158 #235 #255 #261
1018 \#300 #408 #445 #490 #515
1020 - It is now easier to customize VimFx through custom [styling]. An example is
1021 changing the way hint markers look. #220 #233 #424 #432 #465
1023 - VimFx now has [documentation] and a [wiki].
1025 - A few new locales were added:
1027 - fr. Thanks to Mickaël RAYBAUD-ROIG (@m-r-r)!
1028 - pt-BR. Thanks to Átila Camurça Alves (@atilacamurca)!
1029 - sv-SE. Thanks to Andreas Lindhé (@lindhe)!
1033 - VimFx is now multi-process/Electrolysis/e10s compatible! This means that you
1034 can run VimFx on a version of Firefox with multi-process enabled without
1035 issues, and that we’re future proof for the day when Firefox becomes
1036 multi-process by default. Best of all, it also made VimFx more reliable in
1037 non-multi-process (“regular”) Firefox. #378
1039 - The `[` and `]` commands are now smarter, recognizing more links to the
1040 previous/next page correctly. You may read more about [previous/next page
1043 - The `n` and `N` commands now notify you when they wrap around the page, or the
1044 phrase you searched for could not be found. #398
1046 - _All_ shortcuts in _all modes_ can now be customized. For example, this allows
1047 you to disable VimFx’s Vim-style `<enter>` behavior in the find bar. #222 #390
1050 - The `p` and `P` commands are now smarter regarding whether to treat the
1051 clipboard contents as a URL or a search, by working exactly like pasting in
1052 the location bar. They also now read the selection clipboard, if available.
1055 - VimFx’s toolbar button is now properly implemented. #303 #349 #383
1057 - Most locales were updated. Thanks to our awesome [translators]!
1059 ##### Minor bug fixes
1061 - VimFx now works correctly in tabs dragged to other windows. #57
1062 - The `p` command is no longer broken. #494
1063 - Non-ASCII shortcut keys now work properly. #433
1064 - The Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog can no longer be covered by page elements.
1066 - Hint markers can no longer be covered by page elements.
1067 - VimFx no longer causes scripts on icloud.com to get stuck in an infinite loop.
1070 [advanced options]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#advanced-options
1071 [blacklist]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#blacklist
1072 [ignore keyboard layout]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#ignore-keyboard-layout
1073 [previous/next page patterns]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#previousnext-page-patterns
1074 [scrolling prefs]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#scrolling-prefs
1075 [counts]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#counts
1076 [`gi`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#gi-1
1077 [Ignore mode `<s-f1>`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#ignore-mode-s-f1
1078 [scrolling commands]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#scrolling-commands-1
1079 [the `f` commands]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#the-f-commands-1
1080 [`<force>`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/shortcuts.md#force
1081 [`<late>`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/shortcuts.md#late
1082 [config file]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/config-file.md
1083 [public api]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/api.md
1084 [option-overrides]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/api.md#vimfxaddoptionoverridesrules
1085 [key-overrides]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/api.md#vimfxaddkeyoverridesrules
1086 [styling]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/styling.md
1087 [toolbar button]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/styling.md
1088 [translators]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/PEOPLE.md#translators
1089 [documentation]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/
1090 [wiki]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/wiki/
1091 [custom commands]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/wiki/Custom-Commands
1092 [commit 3552282]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/commit/355228217d7e7a61f5e1edbb9efbfb0f3e4ef81c
1094 ### 0.5.17 (2015-01-23)
1096 - Fixed: The hints generation no longer crashes on some pages (regression since
1099 ### 0.5.16 (2015-01-22)
1101 - Fixed: The toolbar button no longer throws errors. (This fix should have been
1102 in 0.5.15 but was forgotten. Luckily an AMO reviewer found it.)
1104 ### 0.5.15 (2015-01-21)
1106 - Improved: This version is now forwards-compatible with the upcoming version
1107 0.6.0. Downgrading from 0.6.0 to 0.5.14 or older might cause VimFx to crash,
1108 but downgrading from 0.6.0 to 0.5.15 is safe.
1109 - Fixed: Non-hintchars key presses in hints mode are now suppressed. They used
1110 to be passed along to the browser, which could confusingly activate site
1112 - Fixed: The 'f' command now always opens links in the same tab. Links used to
1113 be able to force a new tab or window.
1114 - Fixed: Pressing 'Esc' in the location bar now restores the URL, as is the
1115 default behaviour of Firefox. You may now also close Firefox dialogs using
1117 - Improved: Updated the de locale. Thanks to Alexander Haeussler!
1118 - Improved: Updated the pl locale. Thanks to morethanoneanimal!
1120 ### 0.5.14 (2014-08-16)
1122 - Fixed: Locales should now work properly.
1123 - Improved: Updated the zh-CN locale (@mozillazg).
1124 - Improved: Updated the de locale (@Kambfhase).
1125 - Added: Japanese locale (@pluser).
1126 - Fixed: If you switched to another tab or window while an `<input>` element
1127 was focused and then switched back, the `<input>` element got blurred, while
1128 it should have stayed focused. This caused the auto-type feature of KeePassX
1131 ### 0.5.13 (2014-08-02)
1133 - Fixed: The vote button on StackExchange sites are now markable again.
1134 - Improved: Detection of previous/next links. Should work better on gmail now.
1135 - Fixed: It is now possible to use Enter/Return in keyboard shortcuts.
1136 - Improved: The n/N commands (etc.) now work even if you didn’t open the finbar
1137 using the VimFx command (such as the default key binding ctrl+f, or by
1138 clicking a menu item).
1139 - Improved: It is now possible to blur text inputs without sending Esc to the
1140 page, which could cause dialogs etc. to annoyingly close.
1141 - Improved: Updated the el-GR locale (@sirodoht).
1142 - Fixed: Autofocus prevention sometimes made text inputs impossible to focus
1143 until you reloaded the page.
1144 - Improved: Autofocus prevention now works on more sites than before.
1145 - Improved: Autofocus prevention now prevents _all_ automatic focusing (not
1146 just when the page loads). This makes devdocs.io much easier to use.
1147 - Added: When viewing images directly and the image has been resized to fit the
1148 screen the image is now markable, allowing you to toggle zoom on it using the
1150 - Fixed: It is no longer possible to add conflicting shortcuts (such as adding
1151 'a' when 'af' and 'as' are already present).
1153 ### 0.5.12 (2014-06-01)
1155 - Fixed: Autofocus prevention got stuck sometimes, making it impossible to
1158 ### 0.5.11 (2014-06-01)
1160 - Fixed: The focus search bar command was broken.
1161 - Fixed: Autofocus prevention was broken.
1162 - Fixed: The top bar on YouTube could not be accessed by VimFx.
1163 - Fixed: You can no longer add blank hotkeys.
1164 - Improved: Tab Groups are supported.
1165 - Improved: Matching of previous/next links should be more reliable.
1166 - Improved: A few minor things.
1168 ### 0.5.10 (2014-05-07)
1170 - Fixed yet another bug related to the default preferences
1172 ### 0.5.9 (2014-05-04)
1174 - Fixed a bug with default preferences not being set
1175 - Fixed gg and G to be faster
1177 ### 0.5.8 (2014-04-18)
1179 - AMO Preliminary Review bug fix (sorry for such long delay)
1181 ### 0.5.7 (2014-03-03)
1185 ### 0.5.6 (2014-02-26)
1187 - Updated some translations
1188 - Updated pagination patterns and logic
1190 ### 0.5.5 (2014-01-03)
1192 - Hotfix release to address a bug that has been introduced in 0.5.4
1194 ### 0.5.4 (2014-01-03)
1196 - Fix for popup passthrough mode stucking
1197 - Make toolbar button click depend on current mode
1198 - Higher weight markers should not be overlapped
1199 - Refactor find mode to use Firefox native search bar
1200 - Bump minimum required Firefox version to 25
1201 - Added commands to go in the URL path
1202 - Added commands to navigate previous and next links with customizable link
1204 - Use Firefox 24+ native console API
1205 - Update zh-CN localization
1207 ### 0.5.3 (2013-10-16)
1209 - Lots of refactoring
1210 - Insert mode (`i` command)
1211 - Follow multiple links with `af` command
1212 - Hint marker rotation with `space` while in hints mode
1214 ### 0.5.1 (2013-08-21)
1216 - Fixed regression with stylesheets
1219 ### 0.5 (2013-08-19)
1221 - Added command to focus search bar: `O`
1222 - Added commands to stop loading current page and all pages: `s` and `as`
1223 - Invisible elements will not get hint markers
1224 - Compatibility with Firefox 25
1225 - Simple shortcut customization with UI in Help dialog
1226 - Use Huffman coding algorithm for hint markers generation which results in
1228 - Implemented Bloom filters to achieve shorter hints for those shortcuts that
1230 - Reimplemented scrolling - now works with pages where window is not scrollable
1231 - Find disabled on non HTML documents
1232 - Find string is now global for all windows.
1233 - Fixed logic of locale discovery. Now we rely on general.useragent.locale
1234 Firefox preference for current locale
1236 ### 0.4.8 (2013-06-12)
1238 - `embed` and `object` tags will now have their own hints
1239 - Bug fixes related to custom hint chars (@LordJZ)
1240 - Fixed `t` - now it will be nice to other extensions
1241 - Updated Chinese translations (@mozillazg)
1242 - Reenter Normal mode on page reloads to avoid getting stuck in Hints mode
1244 - Search will focus element that contains matching text
1245 - Fixed hint markers for iframes
1246 - Marker bug fixes (@LordJZ)
1248 ### 0.4.6 (2013-03-27)
1250 - Reimplemented find mode: CJK support, performance boost
1251 - `a/` or `a.` to highlight all matches of the search string on the page
1252 - Hint markers will now reach into iframes
1253 - Key handling is disabled when a popupmenu or panel are shown
1254 - `yf` will now also focus links and copy values from text/textarea element
1255 - `vf` will show hit markers to focus the underlying element
1257 ### 0.4.5 (2013-03-12)
1259 - `:` to open Firefox Developer Toolbar, `Esc` to close it.
1260 - Add Hungarian locale (@thenonameguy).
1261 - Add Polish locale (@grn).
1262 - Don't close pinned tabs when pressing x (@grn).
1263 - Switched to Makefile for building the extension release (@carno).
1264 - Mrakers CSS tweaks (@helmuthdu)
1266 ### 0.4.4 (2013-01-30)
1268 - Thanks to @mozillazg and @mcomella for translation contributions.
1269 - Added `gh` command that will navigate to the home page.
1270 - Added `o` command to focus location bar.
1271 - `p` and `P` will parse the contents of the clipboard. If the string in the
1272 clipboard appears to be a URL then it will navigate to this URL. Otherwise it
1273 will search for the string in the clipboard using currently selected search
1275 - Now hint markers for links will stay on top of all the markers for different
1277 - Esc will now also close the focused default search bar.
1278 - Fixed bugs related to keyboard events handling, XUL documents, and some other
1280 - Bug fixed where not all the commands could be disabled via the Help dialog.
1282 ### 0.4.3 (2012-12-27)
1284 - Toolbar button bugfix
1285 - Added an option to disable individual commands via the help dialog
1287 ### 0.4.1, 0.4.2 (2012-12-12)
1289 - Small tweaks of the find feature.
1290 - Bugfix for keyboard handling on non-english keyboard layouts
1292 ### 0.4 (2012-12-09)
1294 - Implemented find with `/` and `n/N`
1295 - Added `ar` and `aR` commands to reload pages in all open tabs.
1296 - Added a preference that enables blurring from any element that has input focus
1297 in the browser on Esc keydown (on by default)
1298 - Fixed bug where markers and help dialog would blow up some of the pages.
1299 - Marker hints are now sorted with respect to the underlying element area.
1300 Elements with larger area get shorter hints
1301 - Added *mail.google.com* to the default black list
1302 - Various bug fixed and improvements.
1304 ### 0.3.2, 0.3.2, 0.3.3 (2012-11-20)
1306 - Hotfixes for the build script to include localization related files and folders
1308 ### 0.3 (2012-11-19)
1310 - Fixed [Desktop](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/desktop/)
1311 extension compatibility problem
1312 - Removed c-b/c-f for now. c-f is a standard search hotkey. Will put c-f back
1313 when proper Vim-like search with / is implemented
1314 - Scrolling with G will now reach the bottom of the page
1315 - Implemented localization, currently there is only Russian localization.
1316 Community is welcome [to contribute your localizations](https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/tree/master/extension/locale)!
1317 - Implemented simple smooth scrolling
1319 ### 0.2 (2012-11-05)
1321 - document.designMode='on' is now honored. Will also provide hint markers for
1322 iframes on the page.
1323 - Bug fixed where it would completely reset the toolbar while installing the
1325 - Bug fixed where it's not possible to change the text in the blacklisting
1327 - Changed u/d to scroll half a page, added c-f/c-b to scroll full page
1328 - Added tab movement commands: c-J and c-K.
1329 - Invisible markers bug fixed.
1330 - Global hotkey to disable the commands (equal to the toolbar button click):
1332 - ^u and ^d are removed from the command list. ^u is commonly used to show the
1334 - Opening new tab with now focuses the location bar
1335 - Other small bugs nailed down.
1337 ### 0.1.1 (2012-10-27)
1339 - Just to deal with AMO - no changes
1341 ### 0.1 (2012-10-26)