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   7 # Questions & Answers
   8
   9 ## How do I disable VimFx?
  10
  11 If you press `i` you will enter Ignore mode. VimFx’s toolbar [button] turns red
  12 to reflect this.
  13
  14 As you can see in VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog (which you can open by
  15 pressing `?`), Ignore mode only has two shortcuts. That means that almost all
  16 key presses will be ignored by VimFx, and will be handled as if VimFx wasn’t
  17 installed.
  18
  19 By adding `*currentdomain.com*` to the [blacklist] option you can make VimFx
  20 start out in Ignore mode on currentdomain.com. (Set the option to `*` to make
  21 VimFx start out in Ignore mode _everywhere._) The quickest way to edit the
  22 blacklist is to use the `gB` command.
  23
  24 Finally, there’s nothing stopping you from hitting the “Disable” button in the
  25 Add-ons Manager if you want to disable VimFx completely (just like you can with
  26 any add-on).
  27
  28 [button]: button.md
  29 [blacklist]: options.md#blacklist
  30
  31 ## How do I get out of Ignore mode?
  32
  33 Either press `<s-escape>` or click VimFx’s toolbar [button].
  34
  35 [button]: button.md
  36
  37 ## What does `<s-escape>` mean?
  38
  39 It means that you should press Escape while holding shift. In some other
  40 programs it might be written as `Shift+Escape`, but not in VimFx’s [key
  41 notation].
  42
  43 (`<s-escape>` is the default shortcut to exit Ignore mode.)
  44
  45 [key notation]: shortcuts.md#key-notation
  46
  47 ## VimFx’s shortcuts work in my English layout but not in my other layout!
  48
  49 If you use more than one keyboard layout, such as Russian plus English, enable
  50 the [Ignore keyboard layout] option.
  51
  52 [Ignore keyboard layout]: options.md#ignore-keyboard-layout
  53
  54 ## How do I change the font size of hint markers?
  55
  56 Head over to the [Styling] documentation to learn how to do that.
  57
  58 [Styling]: styling.md
  59
  60 ## Going back/forward doesn’t work!
  61
  62 Pressing `H` is like hitting the back button. Use `L` for the forward button.
  63
  64 `[` clicks the link labeled “Previous” on the page, and `]` the link labeled
  65 “Next.” (See also the [“Previous”/“Next” link patterns] option.)
  66
  67 [“Previous”/“Next” link patterns]: options.md#previousnext-link-patterns
  68
  69 ## How do I re-map `<escape>` to blur text inputs?
  70
  71 The default shortcut is actually `<force><escape>`! Don’t forget [`<force>`] at
  72 the beginning, and your new shortcut should work fine.
  73
  74 [`<force>`]: shortcuts.md#force
  75
  76 ## Can I search in the Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog?
  77
  78 Yes! Pressing `/` while the help dialog is open makes a little search box appear
  79 in the bottom-right corner of the window (instead of opening the find bar),
  80 which is specialized at searching your keyboard shortcuts.
  81
  82 ## Can I edit shortcuts in the Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog?
  83
  84 No, but clicking on any command in it opens VimFx’s options page in the Add-ons
  85 Manager and automatically selects the text input for that command. Tip: Use the
  86 `eb` command to click without using the mouse.
  87
  88 ## Can I make Hints mode work with element text?
  89
  90 … like the modes Vimium, Vimperator and Pentadactyl provide?
  91
  92 Yes! Have a look at [Filtering hints by element text] for more information.
  93
  94 [Filtering hints by element text]: options.md#filtering-hints-by-element-text
  95
  96 ## Will VimFx provide advanced Find features?
  97
  98 One of VimFx’s key features is to embrace standard Firefox features. As long as
  99 Firefox’s Find Bar doesn’t support for example reverse search (vim’s `?`
 100 command) or regex search, VimFx won’t either.
 101
 102 ## Switching between tabs works oddly when [NoScript] is installed!
 103
 104 This is a [known bug][noscript-bug] in NoScript. To work around it, either
 105 switch to multi-process Firefox or set `noscript.clearClick.rapidFireCheck` to
 106 `false` in [about:config].
 107
 108 You’re not really missing out security-wise by disabling
 109 `noscript.clearClick.rapidFireCheck`. All it does is preventing one specific,
 110 less common type of “clickjacking” attack, that isn’t even mentioned in
 111 NoScript’s [ClearClick] documentation. It is, however, quickly mentionend in a
 112 [blog post][hackademix-clickjacking] by NoScript’s author (which links to
 113 another site explaining the attack in more detail).
 114
 115 See also [issue 588].
 116
 117 [NoScript]: https://noscript.net/
 118 [noscript-bug]: https://forums.informaction.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=21597
 119 [about:config]: http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config
 120 [ClearClick]: https://noscript.net/faq/#clearclick
 121 [hackademix-clickjacking]: https://hackademix.net/2011/07/11/fancy-clickjacking-tougher-noscript/
 122 [issue 588]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/issues/588
 123
 124 ## My question isn’t listed here!
 125
 126 Tell us, and we’ll add it. Let’s make this a great resource for new users.