documentation/notifications.md

   1 # Notifications
   2
   3 Some commands may show notifications, such as the `n` and `N` commands which
   4 tell when they wrap around the page, or the phrase you searched for could not be
   5 found. Actually, any command that sometimes cannot do anything (such as the `f`
   6 command if there are no clickable elements in sight) instead show a notification
   7 in those cases, so that _something_ happens instead of leaving you unsure if you
   8 pressed the correct keys or not.
   9
  10 Notifications also show you which keys you’ve typed so far of a multi-key
  11 shortcut or to filter hint markers by element text in Hints mode.
  12
  13 VimFx’s notifications are similar to the “URL popup,” shown when hovering or
  14 focusing links, but is placed on the opposite side.
  15
  16 Notifications are shown until you click something, press a key or switch tab.
  17
  18 (See also the [`notifications_enabled`] and [`notify_entered_keys`] options.)
  19
  20 [`notifications_enabled`]: options.md#notifications_enabled
  21 [`notify_entered_keys`]: options.md#notify_entered_keys