1 ### 0.17.2 (2016-06-19)
3 - Improved: The `zF` command now works with more buttons and is able to open
4 dropdown menus of buttons.
5 - Fixed: The `f` commands now recognize more file upload buttons.
6 - Fixed: Rotating hint markers now works more as expected after having entered a
8 - Fixed: Scrolling now works in SVG documents.
9 - Fixed: Opening links in new tabs in Firefox 50.
10 - Updated locales: pt-BR and ru. Thanks to Átila Camurça Alves (@atilacamurca)
11 and Nicholas Guriev (@mymedia2)!
13 ### 0.17.1 (2016-06-12)
15 - Fixed: The `zF` command no longer accidentally double-clicks instead of
16 single-clicking. Thanks to Alan Wu (@XrXr)!
17 - Fixed: The `zF` command no longer crashes in Firefox 49+.
18 - Fixed: The “URL popup,” shown when hovering or focusing links, now appears
19 again when focusing links using `zf` (regression since 0.17.0).
20 - Updated locale: it. Thanks to Carlo Bertoldi (@cbertoldi)!
22 ### 0.17.0 (2016-06-08)
24 - Fixed: VimFx no longer scrolls smaller elements on a page instead of the
25 entire page on some sites.
26 - Improved: The `/`, `n` and `N` have been drastically sped up (when
27 [`find_from_top_of_viewport`][find_from_top_of_viewport-1] is on). Previously,
28 they appeared to freeze on some sites, but not anymore.
29 - Improved: You can no longer accidentally trigger VimFx between pressing `/`
30 and the find bar input being is focused.
31 - Improved: The `n` and `N` commands are now more robust.
32 - Improved: “Fullscreen” buttons and “Copy to clipboard” buttons can now be
33 activated the `f` command. Thanks to Alan Wu (@XrXr)!
34 - Changed: After having pressed `m` or `` ` `` VimFx no longer waits
35 indefinitely for you to press a mark key. Instead, the [timeout] option is
37 - Changed: After having pressed `m` or `` ` `` you can now press `<escape>` to
39 - Changed: Find mode is no longer shown in VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help
40 dialog, to reduce clutter. (This can be changed through custom
41 [styling][styling-1].)
42 - Changed: The `?` command as well as the toolbar button now _toggle_ VimFx’s
43 Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog (instead of always showing it, even if it was
45 - Changed: Counts are now ignored in Ignore mode. Previously, pressing number
46 keys would both send those key presses to the page _and_ contribute to the
47 count for commands (showing up in the bottom-right corner). This is no longer
49 - Updated locales: fr, zh-CN and zh-TW. Thanks to Mickaël RAYBAUD-ROIG (@m-r-r),
50 @av2000ii and Robert Wang (@cyberrob)!
52 [find_from_top_of_viewport-1]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/288bd3317cbed3a57e42a754099b96efe6c1e38d/documentation/options.md#find_from_top_of_viewport
53 [timeout]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/288bd3317cbed3a57e42a754099b96efe6c1e38d/documentation/options.md#timeout
54 [styling-1]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/288bd3317cbed3a57e42a754099b96efe6c1e38d/documentation/styling.md
56 ### 0.16.1 (2016-05-29)
58 - Fixed: The `zF` command no longer crashes (regression since 0.16.0).
60 ### 0.16.0 (2016-05-29)
62 - Fixed: The text input focus detection problems introduced in 0.15.1, which
63 sometimes caused VimFx commands to be triggered while typing in text inputs,
65 - Improved: If you press `n` or `N` when there are are no matches for your
66 search, the find bar is no longer opened. Only a notification is shown. The
67 reliability of those notifications has also been improved.
68 - Improved: Hints mode now finds more links.
69 - Improved: Pressing `<c-enter>` in Hints mode now includes more elements.
70 - Updated locales: es, zh-CN. Thanks to @strel and @av2000ii!
72 ### 0.15.1 (2016-05-22)
74 - Improved: Better hints on Twitter.
75 - Improved: Compatibility with the [Evernote Web Clipper] add-on (and
76 potentially other add-ons with similar UI).
77 - Updated locale: ja. Thanks to Kaoru Esashika (@pluser)!
79 [Evernote Web Clipper]: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/evernote-web-clipper/
81 ### 0.15.0 (2016-05-18)
83 - Improved: Hint markers now appear up to twice as fast on many pages. This is
84 done by creating the hint markers in two phases. Most are created in the
85 first, fast, phase. The rest take the same time as older VimFx versions to
87 - Fixed: VimFx no longer triggers commands while typing in fancy text inputs on
88 some sites, such as when composing a new tweet on Twitter. (See also the
89 [`blur_timeout`] pref.)
90 - Changed: The `<c-enter>` Hints mode command no longer _replaces_ all hint
91 markers on screen (with new ones for all elements on screen). Instead, it
92 _toggles_ your current hint markers with ones for all _other_ elements on
94 - Changed: There was a breaking change to the [`vimfx.setHintMatcher`] function
95 of the `frame.js` config file API. It no longer receives and returns an object
96 (of the shape `{type, semantic}`), but instead simply receives and returns the
97 `type` of the element.
98 - Improved: Some internal robustness refactoring.
99 - Updated locales: de, id, nl and zh-CN. Thanks to @just-barcodes, Yoppy
100 Halilintar (@comepradz), @HJTP, @av2000ii and @mozillazg.
102 [`blur_timeout`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/4a1d2468ee558ad1fdf9a4ab60f942d81bbc0b57/documentation/options.md#blur_timeout
103 [`vimfx.setHintMatcher`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/4a1d2468ee558ad1fdf9a4ab60f942d81bbc0b57/documentation/api.md#vimfxsethintmatcherhintmatcher
105 ### 0.14.3 (2016-05-08)
107 - Fixed: Version 0.14.2 attempted to fix smooth scrolling speed in newer Firefox
108 versions. However, there was a tiny typo that caused the fix not to work. That
109 typo has been corrected.
111 ### 0.14.2 (2016-05-08)
113 - Fixed: Smooth scrolling speed is now correct again in newer Firefox versions.
114 - Fixed: The `yv` Caret mode command now only copies text that you can see on
115 screen (not any hidden text that might be on the page), making it truly work
116 like `zv` followed by `y`, as intended. This problem was very noticeable on
117 Slack. This also improves copying of 'contenteditable' elements using `yf`.
118 - Fixed: `<escape>` and arrow key handling as well as hint markers in the
119 devtools now work correctly again in newer Firefox versions.
120 - Fixed: VimFx no longer makes it impossible to open the Developer Toolbar.
121 - Improved: VimFx now ignores `<numlock>` and `<capslock>`. If your keyboard
122 sends `<numlock>` before some symbols, such as `<numlock>$` instead of just
123 `$`, shortcuts like `gx$` now work out of the box. This also means that you
124 can use `<capslock>` instead of `<shift>` when typing the `J` in `gJ`, for
126 - Improved: Some minor cosmetic tweaks in VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help
129 ### 0.14.1 (2016-04-30)
131 - Fixed: The Find commands (such as `/`, `n` and `N`) no longer crash on some
132 sites (regression since 0.14.0).
134 ### 0.14.0 (2016-04-29)
136 - Added: [Caret mode], which lets you copy text from web pages using the
138 - Improved: The Find commands (such as `/`, `n` and `N`) now search from the top
139 of the viewport, instead of from the top of the document, which is more
140 Vim-like and less disorienting. To read more about it (or to return to the
141 Firefox default behavior) please see the [`find_from_top_of_viewport`] pref.
142 - Improved: Compatibility with the [BackTrack Tab History] add-on.
143 - Added: The `<c-enter>` Hints mode command, which creates hint markers for
145 - Fixed: `__dirname` inside config files now works on Windows. Thanks to
146 Zhong Jianxin (@azuwis)!
147 - Fixed: Unnecessary full-page hint markers on some sites, such as Hackernews,
150 [Caret mode]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/4ffda62560096f91244f3f7731171002ed174f05/documentation/commands.md#the-v-commands--caret-mode
151 [`find_from_top_of_viewport`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/4ffda62560096f91244f3f7731171002ed174f05/documentation/options.md#find_from_top_of_viewport
152 [BackTrack Tab History]: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/backtrack-tab-history/
154 ### 0.13.2 (2016-04-08)
156 - Improved: The “last position mark” `` ` `` now works more reliably.
157 - Improved: More video players are now recognized. Many video players lets you
158 press `<space>` while focused to toggle play/pause. VimFx tries to detect if
159 the currently focused element is a video player. If so, `<space>` is passed to
160 the video player instead of scrolling the page. (For those interested, see
161 also the [`adjustable_element_keys`] pref.)
163 [`adjustable_element_keys`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/645e35d7d82019b0551534c43926bc126e7105bd/documentation/options.md#adjustable_element_keys
165 ### 0.13.1 (2016-04-01)
167 - Fixed: Blacklisting of some XUL pages.
168 - Fixed: The current mode is no longer lost when a page loads. For example, if
169 you press `zF` while a page is loading, the markers no longer disappear.
170 - Fixed: Elements that you have focused using an `f` command no longer get stuck
171 appearing as if you’d put the mouse pointer.
172 - Updated locale: zh-CN. Thanks to @mozillazg!
174 ### 0.13.0 (2016-03-19)
176 - Added: The `T` command, which opens a new tab after the current.
177 - Changed: The `gl` command now deals with _visited_ tabs only.
178 - Added: The [`gL`] command, which deals with <em>un</em>visited tabs only, in
179 oldest-first order. Use this to step through your unvisited background tabs in
180 the order you opened them (for example using the `F` command).
181 - Improved: The `gi` command no longer tries to focus the last focused text
182 input if it has been removed from the page. If so, it finds a new one instead.
183 - Fixed: You can now type in sidebar text inputs (such as in the history
184 sidebar) without having to switch to Ignore mode.
185 - Changed: If you enter Ignore mode you will now stay in Ignore mode in that tab
186 until you explicitly exit it (by pressing `<s-escape>`), even if you reload
187 the page or follow a link. If Ignore mode was entered automatically because of
188 the [blacklist][blacklist-2], though, you will be automatically returned to
190 the URL changes to a non-blacklisted page.
191 - Added: VimFx can now automatically enter and exit Ignore mode based on the
192 currently focused element. Currently, the [wasavi] extension as well as
193 [CodeMirror] in Vim mode are detected. Both of those provide Vim-style
194 editors. This allows sending `<escape>` to those editors in order to exit
195 their Insert mode, without blurring the editor.
196 - Improved: CodeMirror editors now get better hints, keeping the cursor where
198 - Improved: The [blacklist][blacklist-2] is now applied faster on some pages.
199 - Improved: Many audio and video elements are now recognized as “adjustable”,
200 allowing you to press for example `<space>` on them to toggle play/pause,
201 without scrolling the page.
202 - Improved: Scrolling by pages, such as using the `<space>` command, now takes
203 fixed heaears and footers into account, just like Firefox does.
204 - Fixed: Access keys now work correctly in context menus in the devtools and
206 - Improved: The arrow keys now Just Work in the devtools, even if you have bound
207 them to VimFx commands.
208 - Changed: The public API has been removed, and turned into the Config file API.
209 If you were already using a config file, it will no longer work. You need to
210 set up a new one, but you should be able to simply copy and paste the contents
211 of the old one into the new one. Read the [config file] documentation for more
213 - Changed: There are a few minor breaking changes to the API, though I doubt it
215 - If you use [`vimfx.on`], you probably need to adjust the arguments of the
216 your callbacks. They are now _always_ passed an object of data, instead of
217 sometimes passing the data directly.
218 - `match.focus` of [match object]s has been removed, and replaced by
219 `vim.focusType` of [vim object]s.
220 - Fixed: The toolbar button’s icon is now correctly sized when setting
221 `layout.css.devPixelsPerPx` to `2`. Thanks to Robert Ma (@Hexcles) and Dale
223 - Fixed: Find commands now work when the find bar was opened before the page had
225 - Improved: Lots of internal improvements. This should make VimFx faster, more
226 reliable and more responsive.
227 - All keyboard event handling (except `<late>` shortcuts) are now handled in
228 the UI process, instead of mostly in each tab’s web page content process.
229 This should make VimFx’s shortcuts more reliable and responsive.
230 - Removed all synchronous message passing (execpt for `<late>` keypresses).
231 Mozilla recommends using them only where absolutely necessary. Turns out
232 VimFx doesn’t need them anymore!
233 - The `f` commands are now more reliable. Before, they could crash on rare
234 occasions (on certain web pages), but that is less likely now.
235 - Less `MutationObserver`s are now used. This should improve performance.
236 - Less uncaught errors (especially on shutdown).
237 - Lots of minor improvements.
238 - Updated locale: ja. Thanks to Kaoru Esashika (@pluser)!
240 [`gL`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/44b3e1bc350ceb1560176ee5b4ae97d9671a04db/documentation/commands.md#gl-1
241 [blacklist-2]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/44b3e1bc350ceb1560176ee5b4ae97d9671a04db/documentation/options.md#blacklist
242 [wasavi]: http://appsweets.net/wasavi/
243 [CodeMirror]: https://codemirror.net/demo/vim.html
244 [config file]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/44b3e1bc350ceb1560176ee5b4ae97d9671a04db/documentation/config-file.md
245 [`vimfx.on`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/44b3e1bc350ceb1560176ee5b4ae97d9671a04db/documentation/api.md#vimfxoneventname-listener-and-vimfxoffeventname-listener
246 [match object]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/44b3e1bc350ceb1560176ee5b4ae97d9671a04db/documentation/api.md#match-object
247 [vim object]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/44b3e1bc350ceb1560176ee5b4ae97d9671a04db/documentation/api.md#vim-object
249 ### 0.12.0 (2016-02-03)
251 - Improved: More clickable elements are now recognized. Most notably, elements
252 with click event listeners added by JavaScript now get hints.
253 - Improved: Autofocus prevention after using the `[` and `]` commands.
254 - Added: In VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog (which can be opened by
255 pressing `?`) you can now click on any command to open VimFx’s settings page
256 in the Add-ons Manager and automatically select the text input for that
257 command, letting you edit its shortcuts. Tip: Use the `zF` command to click
258 without using the mouse.
259 - Changed: Autofocus is no longer prevented in Firefox internal pages, such as
260 `about:preferences`, `about:addons` and `about:config` (as well as other XUL
262 - Fixed: VimFx and the Beyond Australis extension do not conflict with each
264 - Fixed: The `gH` command no longer nags you about “No back/forward history”
265 even though there is.
266 - Added: The `gl` command now takes a [count][gl-count].
267 - Improved: Optimized CPU usage in Hints mode. (See also the [`hints_sleep`]
269 - Improved: The `H` and `L` commands should now be more reliable in Firefox 43
271 - Changed: There was a tiny breaking change to the Public API, though I doubt it
272 will affect anyone. (See [commit 0ca807605e] if you’re especially interested.)
273 - Improved: _Several_ minor things, and some really nice internal refactoring.
274 - Updated locale: de. Thanks to @just-barcodes!
276 [`hints_sleep`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/92b483c4a4f6da0b2c998267e0f01d3d999f93b6/documentation/options.md#hints_sleep
277 [gl-count]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/92b483c4a4f6da0b2c998267e0f01d3d999f93b6/documentation/commands.md#gl
278 [commit 0ca807605e]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/commit/0ca807605e8d69fdc01ef9ce5d539cf66ce7d96f
280 ### 0.11.0 (2016-01-15)
282 - Fixed: The `` ` `` command is no longer broken.
283 - Fixed: Memory leak.
284 - Added: The `gl` command, which takes you to the most recent tab.
285 - Improved: The Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog is now scrollable using VimFx’s
286 scrolling commands. To allow for this, the search field is no longer
287 autofocused. Instead, press `/` to open it.
288 - Improved: Using the `f` commands, such as `f` and `zf`, now works like
289 actually moving your mouse onto the link, making hover menus and such-like
291 - Improved: VimFx should now work better with Google Drive Documents, Etherpad
292 and a few other fancy text editors.
293 - Improved: The `]` command now works on google.com.
294 - Improved: Checkboxes and menu items on gmail.com are now given hints by the
296 - Improved: The `gi` command now also recognizes 'contenteditable' elements.
297 - Improved: Hint markers now move along together with their elements.
298 - Fixed: Hint markers should now be correctly positioned when zooming.
299 - Fixed: The toolbar button icon should now look correctly on Retina screens.
300 - Added: You may now disable counts by using toggling the [`counts_enabled`]
302 - Updated locale: de. Thanks to @just-barcodes!
303 - Improved: Several minor things.
305 [`counts_enabled`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/8dae7aec9008595da31b939d5ae2d239849cf6dc/documentation/options.md#counts_enabled
307 ### 0.10.0 (2015-12-09)
309 - Added: The `zF` command, which lets you click browser elements.
310 - Improved: The scrolling commands can now scroll browser elements (in other
311 words, not only web page content), by first selecting the scollable element
313 - Added: The `gr` command, which toggles [Reader View].
314 - Added: The `gX` command, which opens the Recently Closed Tabs menu at the
315 middle of the screen.
316 - Added: The keys you’ve typed so far of a command, as well the count, are now
317 shown in a [notification]. (You may disable this using the
318 [`notify_entered_keys`] pref.)
319 - Improved: When commands don’t do anything, they show a [notification] instead,
320 letting you know that you actually pressed the right keys. For example, if you
321 press `f` but there are no markable elements visible, a notification is shown
322 telling you so, instead of silently doing nothing.
323 - Improved: `<space>` now scrolls _about a line less_ than a full page, just
324 like Firefox does by default. `d` scroll about _half_ a line less (by
325 default), so that pressing `d` twice works like pressing `<space>` once. (See
326 the [`scroll.full_page_adjustment` and `scroll.half_page_adjustment`] prefs
327 for more information.)
328 - Improved: `gi` now only selects all text in its text input if you haven’t
329 focused a text input yet (allowing you to easily replace pre-filled text),
330 instead of _always_ doing so. Otherwise, it now puts the cursor where you left
331 off typing the last time.
332 - Fixed: The `f` commands now put the cursor where you left off typing the last
333 time when focusing a text input. Previously, they accidentally selected all
334 text in the text input (use `zf` for that behavior).
335 - Fixed: Yet a scrolling fix. VimFx’s scrolling commands should now “just work”
337 - Fixed: AltGr should now work out of the box on Windows. (See the
338 [`ignore_ctrl_alt`] pref for more information.)
339 - Removed: The el-GR, hu and pl locales were sadly too out of date to be useful,
340 and nobody has shown interest in updating them, so they were removed.
341 - Updated locales: id, de and zh-CN. Thanks to Yoppy Halilintar, @just-barcodes
343 - Fixed: Several tiny bugs.
345 [Reader View]: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/firefox-reader-view-clutter-free-web-pages
346 [notification]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/ba9d4675e19ce315e6855b64400aae092e727975/documentation/notifications.md
347 [`notify_entered_keys`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/ba9d4675e19ce315e6855b64400aae092e727975/documentation/options.md#notify_entered_keys
348 [`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
349 [`ignore_ctrl_alt`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/ba9d4675e19ce315e6855b64400aae092e727975/documentation/options.md#ignore_ctrl_alt
351 ### 0.9.0 (2015-12-02)
353 - Fixed: Links with the `onclick` attribute can now be opened in new tabs again.
354 (Regression since 0.8.0.)
355 - Fixed: The text size in VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog is now
357 - Added: The `gH` command. It opens the back/forward button context menu in the
358 middle of the window, allowing you to choose a history entry with the arrow
361 ### 0.8.0 (2015-12-01)
363 - Fixed: VimFx now works properly in tabs moved to other windows.
364 - Fixed: An unreliable check for multi-process mode has been eliminated, fixing
365 various problems for some users.
366 - Fixed: VimFx’s toolbar button now changes color correctly when switching
367 between blacklisted and non-blacklisted tabs.
368 - Fixed: Dead keys now work out of the box on Windows.
369 - Improved: Links with the `onclick` attribute (abused as buttons) can no longer
370 get the same hint as another link.
371 - Added: The Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog (shown by pressing `?`) is now
373 - Added: The `g/` command. It’s like `/` but searches links only.
377 - Use `ma` to mark the current scroll position and `` `a `` to return to it.
378 (You may substitute `a` with any key press.)
379 - Use ``` `` ``` to return to the position before the last `gg`, `G`, `0`,
380 `$`, `/`, `n`, `N` or `` ` ``. (You can change this mark using the
381 [`last_scroll_position_mark`] pref.)
383 - Added: Window commands.
385 - `w`: Open new window.
386 - `W`: Open new private window.
387 - `gw`: Move tab to new window.
388 - `gF`: Follow link in new window.
390 [Marks]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/47fc699ce8217ee90af4d12e81f102f2bea09d61/documentation/commands.md#marks-m-and-
391 [`last_scroll_position_mark`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/47fc699ce8217ee90af4d12e81f102f2bea09d61/documentation/options.md#last_scroll_position_mark
393 ### 0.7.3 (2015-11-22)
395 - Fixed: Scrolling now works correctly in pages in quirks mode (lacking a
396 doctype), such as Hackernews.
397 - Improved: The largest scrollable element is now detected better in frames.
398 - Fixed: Hints mode now exits correctly when focusing a text input using `af`,
401 ### 0.7.2 (2015-11-21)
403 - Fixed: The blinking text caret now always appears correctly when focusing text
406 ### 0.7.1 (2015-11-21)
408 - Fixed: The scrolling commands should now “just work” when using non-default
409 zoom or DPI settings, most notably on Google Groups.
411 ### 0.7.0 (2015-11-19)
413 - Changed: Instead of using system notifications, which turned out to be a bit
414 too intrusive, [notifications] are now similar to the “URL popup” (shown when
415 hovering or focusing links) but are placed on the opposite side,.
416 - Changed: The “Focus next element” and “Focus previous element” commands have
417 been removed. The reason they existed was to let `<tab>` and `<s-tab>` only
418 cycle between text inputs (as opposed to _all_ focusable elements) after
419 you’ve pressed `gi`. Now, `<tab>` and `<s-tab>` are handled specially instead,
420 and _only_ after pressing `gi`. The reason for this change is that the now
421 removed commands were too intrusive, breaking user habits. One of VimFx’s main
422 goal is _not_ to do that. (You can turn the special handling of `<tab>` and
423 `<s-tab>` off using the the new [`focus_previous_key` and `focus_next_key`]
425 - Fixed: The scrolling commands should now “just work” in a lot more situations,
426 most notably on Gmail and Google Groups. More scrollable elements are also
427 recognized by the `f` and `zf` commands.
428 - Improved: The right border of hint markers for scrollable elements is now
429 styled to remind of a scroll bar, making them easier to recognize among hints
431 - Improved/Changed: `J` and `gJ` now allow a count on the first tab.
432 Consequently, `K` and `gK` now allow a count on the _last_ tab.
433 - Changed: `gJ` and `gK` can no longer be used to pin or unpin tabs. They now
434 only wrap around tabs of the same pinned state. Use `gp` to toggle between
435 pinned and non-pinned.
436 - Fixed: Many elements that got a hint before VimFx 0.6.0 now do again.
437 - Improved: Comment fields on Facebook can now be focused using `f` and blurred
439 - Improved: VimFx’s toolbar button is no greyed out when you focus a text input.
440 This is to show that your key presses will be passed into the text input
441 rather than activating VimFx commands.
442 - Added: [`g0`, `g^` and `g$` now accept counts][tab-index-counts], allowing you
443 to go to tab number _count._
444 - Improved: `gi` now finds text inputs inside frames.
445 - Fixed: “gi mode” is now exited properly when blurring a text input.
446 - Fixed: `<select>` elements are no longer considered to be text inputs when
447 using `<tab>` and `<s-tab>` in “gi mode.”
448 - Fixed: Using `<force>` or `<late>` in a shortcut no longer applies to _every_
449 shortcut for the command, but only that shortcut.
450 - Fixed: The order of the Previous/Next page patterns is now respected. This
451 caused the wrong link to be picked by the `[` and `]` commands on some pages.
453 [`focus_previous_key` and `focus_next_key`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/d70b5bb14be89d9ce52138b0e9abdef1b31ad337/documentation/options.md#focus_previous_key-and-focus_next_key
454 [notifications]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/d70b5bb14be89d9ce52138b0e9abdef1b31ad337/documentation/notifications.md
455 [tab-index-counts]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/d70b5bb14be89d9ce52138b0e9abdef1b31ad337/documentation/commands.md#g0-g-g
457 ### 0.6.2 (2015-11-11)
459 - Improved: If the entire page isn’t scrollable, the largest scrollable element
461 - Fixed: VimFx’s keyboard shortcuts now works on slowly loading pages.
462 - Fixed: Numbers may now be used as shortcut keys (overriding counts).
463 - Fixed: The toolbar button’s icon is now correctly sized in high DPI.
464 - Fixed: Hint markers are now correctly positioned when zooming using the “Zoom
466 - Fixed: The `P` command now works with the InstantFox add-on.
468 ### 0.6.1 (2015-11-10)
470 - Fixed: If you customized the “esc” command before VimFx 0.6.0 it should now
472 - Fixed: `<tab>` now works as expected in the location bar and in the dev tools.
473 - Fixed: Light-weight themes can no longer make VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help
474 dialog and hint markers unreadable.
475 - Added: The [notifications\_enabled] option.
477 [notifications\_enabled]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/56c4b7c514ea8b58d2cdcecf3d2654648c48ca31/documentation/options.md#notifications_enabled
479 ### 0.6.0 (2015-11-09)
481 ##### Most important (breaking) changes
483 - VimFx now works properly with **any keyboard layout.** Users of **multiple
484 layouts** should enable the **[ignore keyboard layout] option.** #249 #259
486 - Features related to disabling VimFx, and to the [toolbar button]:
488 - **Insert Mode** has been renamed to **_Ignore_ mode.**
489 - **[Blacklisted][blacklist] sites** now **enter Ignore mode automatically,**
490 instead of being specially handled.
491 - The feature to click the toolbar button (or press `<a-V>`) to **disable
492 VimFx** has been **removed.** Use **Ignore mode** (`i`) and the
493 **[blacklist] instead.**
494 - The **toolbar button** is now **red in Ignore mode** (which also means that
495 it is red on blacklisted sites) and green otherwise (never grey anymore).
496 - The toolbar button no longer offers to (un-)blacklist the current domain.
497 (Head into VimFx’s settings page in the Add-ons Manager and add
498 `*currentdomain.com*` to the [blacklist] option yourself instead.)
500 (See [commit 3552282] for more information.)
502 - **Some default shortcuts have changed,** mostly because they conflicted with
503 standard Firefox shortcuts: #308
509 - `g^` and `gH` → `g0`
511 `g^` now selects the first _non pinned_ tab instead, while `g0`
512 selects the first tab regardless of whether it is pinned or not. #317
514 - `<c-e>` (alias for `j`) and `<c-y>` (alias for `k`) have been removed.
516 - `<c-f>` → `<space>` and `<c-b>` → `<s-space>`
520 This frees up `v` for future shortcuts (instead making `z` a
521 “namespace” key, just like in Vim).
523 - To **exit Ignore mode:** `<escape>` → `<s-escape>`. This is because Ignore
524 mode has replaced the disable feature, as well as the special blacklist
525 state (see above). Sites are likely to use `<escape>` but not `<s-escape>`.
526 (In a way, this new role of Ignore mode also means that the old (many times
527 broken) shortcut to disable VimFx (`<a-V>`) has been replaced by `i`.) #64
530 - VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog is now help only, and more accessible.
531 To **customize keyboard shortcuts,** go to VimFx’s settings page **in the
532 Add-ons Manager,** just like you would to customize other settings. Also,
533 **commas** between every key are **no longer needed:** Type `gJ` instead of
536 - For performance reasons, **Hint markers** are now placed vertically **centered
537 instead of at the top** of the element. Don’t be surprised if you see the same
538 hint repeated several times**—links that go to the same place now get the same
539 hint.** The “Smart hints” option has been removed—hints are _always_ smart
540 now, and a lot smarter than before. Finally, hints now also work in the new
541 tab page, the Add-ons Manager and the preferences page. If you want to, you
542 can read more about [the `f` commands]. \#51 #60 #176 #320 #325 #468 #471 #475
544 - The **`F`** command now _always_ opens tabs in new **background** tabs, while
545 **`gf`** has been added to open tabs in new **foreground** tabs. #227 #464
547 - **Autofocus prevention** is now **off by default.** One of VimFx’s core
548 philosophies is to be nice to your browser habits. Some find autofocus
549 prevention too big a change. Turn it on again if you like it! By the way,
550 autofocus prevention now works much more reliably and should not cause issues
551 with other extensions. #497 #541
553 - The **“Scroll step”** option has been **removed**. The scrolling commands that
554 used it now **work like the arrow keys instead,** and are customized just like
555 them. See [scrolling prefs] for more information.
557 - Speaking of scrolling, **which elements scrolls** when you use VimFx’s
558 scrolling commands **has changed.** See [scrolling commands] for more
565 - `gp` pins or unpins the current tab. (Also see `g^` and `g0` mentioned
567 - `yt` duplicates the current tab. #121
568 - `0` and `^` scroll to the far left, and `$` scrolls to the far right.
569 - [`gi`] has finally been implemented. #47
570 - [Ignore mode `<s-f1>`] let you run a Normal mode command without exiting
573 - In Hints mode you can now hold ctrl and alt to change behavior of the matched
574 marker. Hold shift to temporarily make the hints see-through. See [the `f`
575 commands] for more information. #220 #421 #484
577 - Some commands now accept [counts]. #374
579 - It is now possible to create shortcuts that work inside text inputs. See the
580 [`<force>`] key for more information. #258
582 - It is now possible to create shortcuts that the page can override. See the
583 [`<late>`] key for more information.
585 - A number of [advanced options] have been added. Rather than listing everything
586 regarding them here, follow that link if you’re interested. #452 #489
588 - You may now, if you want to, configure VimFx through a [config file], using
589 the new [public API]. Customizing VimFx through a config file also gives extra
590 abilities, such as [site-specific options][option-overrides] and [disabling
591 certain commands on certain sites][key-overrides]. It also allows to add
592 [custom commands] \(and other extensions to extend VimFx). #158 #235 #255 #261
593 \#300 #408 #445 #490 #515
595 - It is now easier to customize VimFx through custom [styling]. An example is
596 changing the way hint markers look. #220 #233 #424 #432 #465
598 - VimFx now has [documentation] and a [wiki].
600 - A few new locales were added:
602 - fr. Thanks to Mickaël RAYBAUD-ROIG (@m-r-r)!
603 - pt-BR. Thanks to Átila Camurça Alves (@atilacamurca)!
604 - sv-SE. Thanks to Andreas Lindhé (@lindhe)!
608 - VimFx is now multi-process/Electrolysis/e10s compatible! This means that you
609 can run VimFx on a version of Firefox with multi-process enabled without
610 issues, and that we’re future proof for the day when Firefox becomes
611 multi-process by default. Best of all, it also made VimFx more reliable in
612 non-multi-process (“regular”) Firefox. #378
614 - The `[` and `]` commands are now smarter, recognizing more links to the
615 previous/next page correctly. You may read more about [previous/next page
618 - The `n` and `N` commands now notify you when they wrap around the page, or the
619 phrase you searched for could not be found. #398
621 - _All_ shortcuts in _all modes_ can now be customized. For example, this allows
622 you to disable VimFx’s Vim-style `<enter>` behavior in the find bar. #222 #390
625 - The `p` and `P` commands are now smarter regarding whether to treat the
626 clipboard contents as a URL or a search, by working exactly like pasting in
627 the location bar. They also now read the selection clipboard, if available.
630 - VimFx’s toolbar button is now properly implemented. #303 #349 #383
632 - Most locales were updated. Thanks to our awesome [translators]!
634 ##### Minor bug fixes
636 - VimFx now works correctly in tabs dragged to other windows. #57
637 - The `p` command is no longer broken. #494
638 - Non-ASCII shortcut keys now work properly. #433
639 - The Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog can no longer be covered by page elements.
641 - Hint markers can no longer be covered by page elements.
642 - VimFx no longer causes scripts on icloud.com to get stuck in an infinite loop.
645 [advanced options]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#advanced-options
646 [blacklist]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#blacklist
647 [ignore keyboard layout]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#ignore-keyboard-layout
648 [previous/next page patterns]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#previousnext-page-patterns
649 [scrolling prefs]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#scrolling-prefs
650 [counts]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#counts
651 [`gi`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#gi-1
652 [Ignore mode `<s-f1>`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#ignore-mode-s-f1
653 [scrolling commands]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#scrolling-commands-1
654 [the `f` commands]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#the-f-commands-1
655 [`<force>`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/shortcuts.md#force
656 [`<late>`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/shortcuts.md#late
657 [config file]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/config-file.md
658 [public api]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/api.md
659 [option-overrides]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/api.md#vimfxaddoptionoverridesrules
660 [key-overrides]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/api.md#vimfxaddkeyoverridesrules
661 [styling]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/styling.md
662 [toolbar button]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/styling.md
663 [translators]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/PEOPLE.md#translators
664 [documentation]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/
665 [wiki]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/wiki/
666 [custom commands]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/wiki/Custom-Commands
667 [commit 3552282]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/commit/355228217d7e7a61f5e1edbb9efbfb0f3e4ef81c
669 ### 0.5.17 (2015-01-23)
671 - Fixed: The hints generation no longer crashes on some pages (regression since
674 ### 0.5.16 (2015-01-22)
676 - Fixed: The toolbar button no longer throws errors. (This fix should have been
677 in 0.5.15 but was forgotten. Luckily an AMO reviewer found it.)
679 ### 0.5.15 (2015-01-21)
681 - Improved: This version is now forwards-compatible with the upcoming version
682 0.6.0. Downgrading from 0.6.0 to 0.5.14 or older might cause VimFx to crash,
683 but downgrading from 0.6.0 to 0.5.15 is safe.
684 - Fixed: Non-hintchars key presses in hints mode are now suppressed. They used
685 to be passed along to the browser, which could confusingly activate site
687 - Fixed: The 'f' command now always opens links in the same tab. Links used to
688 be able to force a new tab or window.
689 - Fixed: Pressing 'Esc' in the location bar now restores the URL, as is the
690 default behaviour of Firefox. You may now also close Firefox dialogs using
692 - Improved: Updated the de locale. Thanks to Alexander Haeussler!
693 - Improved: Updated the pl locale. Thanks to morethanoneanimal!
695 ### 0.5.14 (2014-08-16)
697 - Fixed: Locales should now work properly.
698 - Improved: Updated the zh-CN locale (@mozillazg).
699 - Improved: Updated the de locale (@Kambfhase).
700 - Added: Japanese locale (@pluser).
701 - Fixed: If you switched to another tab or window while an `<input>` element
702 was focused and then switched back, the `<input>` element got blurred, while
703 it should have stayed focused. This caused the auto-type feature of KeePassX
706 ### 0.5.13 (2014-08-02)
708 - Fixed: The vote button on StackExchange sites are now markable again.
709 - Improved: Detection of previous/next links. Should work better on gmail now.
710 - Fixed: It is now possible to use Enter/Return in keyboard shortcuts.
711 - Improved: The n/N commands (etc.) now work even if you didn’t open the finbar
712 using the VimFx command (such as the default key binding ctrl+f, or by
713 clicking a menu item).
714 - Improved: It is now possible to blur text inputs without sending Esc to the
715 page, which could cause dialogs etc. to annoyingly close.
716 - Improved: Updated the el-GR locale (@sirodoht).
717 - Fixed: Autofocus prevention sometimes made text inputs impossible to focus
718 until you reloaded the page.
719 - Improved: Autofocus prevention now works on more sites than before.
720 - Improved: Autofocus prevention now prevents _all_ automatic focusing (not
721 just when the page loads). This makes devdocs.io much easier to use.
722 - Added: When viewing images directly and the image has been resized to fit the
723 screen the image is now markable, allowing you to toggle zoom on it using the
725 - Fixed: It is no longer possible to add conflicting shortcuts (such as adding
726 'a' when 'af' and 'as' are already present).
728 ### 0.5.12 (2014-06-01)
730 - Fixed: Autofocus prevention got stuck sometimes, making it impossible to
733 ### 0.5.11 (2014-06-01)
735 - Fixed: The focus search bar command was broken.
736 - Fixed: Autofocus prevention was broken.
737 - Fixed: The top bar on YouTube could not be accessed by VimFx.
738 - Fixed: You can no longer add blank hotkeys.
739 - Improved: Tab Groups are supported.
740 - Improved: Matching of previous/next links should be more reliable.
741 - Improved: A few minor things.
743 ### 0.5.10 (2014-05-07)
745 - Fixed yet another bug related to the default preferences
747 ### 0.5.9 (2014-05-04)
749 - Fixed a bug with default preferences not being set
750 - Fixed gg and G to be faster
752 ### 0.5.8 (2014-04-18)
754 - AMO Preliminary Review bug fix (sorry for such long delay)
756 ### 0.5.7 (2014-03-03)
760 ### 0.5.6 (2014-02-26)
762 - Updated some translations
763 - Updated pagination patterns and logic
765 ### 0.5.5 (2014-01-03)
767 - Hotfix release to address a bug that has been introduced in 0.5.4
769 ### 0.5.4 (2014-01-03)
771 - Fix for popup passthrough mode stucking
772 - Make toolbar button click depend on current mode
773 - Higher weight markers should not be overlapped
774 - Refactor find mode to use Firefox native search bar
775 - Bump minimum required Firefox version to 25
776 - Added commands to go in the URL path
777 - Added commands to navigate previous and next links with customizable link
779 - Use Firefox 24+ native console API
780 - Update zh-CN localization
782 ### 0.5.3 (2013-10-16)
784 - Lots of refactoring
785 - Insert mode (`i` command)
786 - Follow multiple links with `af` command
787 - Hint marker rotation with `space` while in hints mode
789 ### 0.5.1 (2013-08-21)
791 - Fixed regression with stylesheets
796 - Added command to focus search bar: `O`
797 - Added commands to stop loading current page and all pages: `s` and `as`
798 - Invisible elements will not get hint markers
799 - Compatibility with Firefox 25
800 - Simple shortcut customization with UI in Help dialog
801 - Use Huffman coding algorithm for hint markers generation which results in
803 - Implemented Bloom filters to achieve shorter hints for those shortcuts that
805 - Reimplemented scrolling - now works with pages where window is not scrollable
806 - Find disabled on non HTML documents
807 - Find string is now global for all windows.
808 - Fixed logic of locale discovery. Now we rely on general.useragent.locale
809 Firefox preference for current locale
811 ### 0.4.8 (2013-06-12)
813 - `embed` and `object` tags will now have their own hints
814 - Bug fixes related to custom hint chars (@LordJZ)
815 - Fixed `t` - now it will be nice to other extensions
816 - Updated Chinese translations (@mozillazg)
817 - Reenter Normal mode on page reloads to avoid getting stuck in Hints mode
819 - Search will focus element that contains matching text
820 - Fixed hint markers for iframes
821 - Marker bug fixes (@LordJZ)
823 ### 0.4.6 (2013-03-27)
825 - Reimplemented find mode: CJK support, performance boost
826 - `a/` or `a.` to highlight all matches of the search string on the page
827 - Hint markers will now reach into iframes
828 - Key handling is disabled when a popupmenu or panel are shown
829 - `yf` will now also focus links and copy values from text/textarea element
830 - `vf` will show hit markers to focus the underlying element
832 ### 0.4.5 (2013-03-12)
834 - `:` to open Firefox Developer Toolbar, `Esc` to close it.
835 - Add Hungarian locale (@thenonameguy).
836 - Add Polish locale (@grn).
837 - Don't close pinned tabs when pressing x (@grn).
838 - Switched to Makefile for building the extension release (@carno).
839 - Mrakers CSS tweaks (@helmuthdu)
841 ### 0.4.4 (2013-01-30)
843 - Thanks to @mozillazg and @mcomella for translation contributions.
844 - Added `gh` command that will navigate to the home page.
845 - Added `o` command to focus location bar.
846 - `p` and `P` will parse the contents of the clipboard. If the string in the
847 clipboard appears to be a URL then it will navigate to this URL. Otherwise it
848 will search for the string in the clipboard using currently selected search
850 - Now hint markers for links will stay on top of all the markers for different
852 - Esc will now also close the focused default search bar.
853 - Fixed bugs related to keyboard events handling, XUL documents, and some other
855 - Bug fixed where not all the commands could be disabled via the Help dialog.
857 ### 0.4.3 (2012-12-27)
859 - Toolbar button bugfix
860 - Added an option to disable individual commands via the help dialog
862 ### 0.4.1, 0.4.2 (2012-12-12)
864 - Small tweaks of the find feature.
865 - Bugfix for keyboard handling on non-english keyboard layouts
869 - Implemented find with `/` and `n/N`
870 - Added `ar` and `aR` commands to reload pages in all open tabs.
871 - Added a preference that enables blurring from any element that has input focus
872 in the browser on Esc keydown (on by default)
873 - Fixed bug where markers and help dialog would blow up some of the pages.
874 - Marker hints are now sorted with respect to the underlying element area.
875 Elements with larger area get shorter hints
876 - Added *mail.google.com* to the default black list
877 - Various bug fixed and improvements.
879 ### 0.3.2, 0.3.2, 0.3.3 (2012-11-20)
881 - Hotfixes for the build script to include localization related files and folders
885 - Fixed [Desktop](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/desktop/)
886 extension compatibility problem
887 - Removed c-b/c-f for now. c-f is a standard search hotkey. Will put c-f back
888 when proper Vim-like search with / is implemented
889 - Scrolling with G will now reach the bottom of the page
890 - Implemented localization, currently there is only Russian localization.
891 Community is welcome [to contribute your localizations](https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/tree/master/extension/locale)!
892 - Implemented simple smooth scrolling
896 - document.designMode='on' is now honored. Will also provide hint markers for
898 - Bug fixed where it would completely reset the toolbar while installing the
900 - Bug fixed where it's not possible to change the text in the blacklisting
902 - Changed u/d to scroll half a page, added c-f/c-b to scroll full page
903 - Added tab movement commands: c-J and c-K.
904 - Invisible markers bug fixed.
905 - Global hotkey to disable the commands (equal to the toolbar button click):
907 - ^u and ^d are removed from the command list. ^u is commonly used to show the
909 - Opening new tab with now focuses the location bar
910 - Other small bugs nailed down.
912 ### 0.1.1 (2012-10-27)
914 - Just to deal with AMO - no changes