Questions tagged [vimperator]
Vimperator is a plugin for Mozilla Firefox that gives the browser a Vim-like user interface.
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Firefox Addon to follow links by keyboard?
I like the "Hit-a-hint like navigation of links (start with f to follow a link)" feature of vimperator, but using that addon breaks some sites for me. And though I use Vim as an editor, I don't really ...
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caret navigation (getting a text cursor) in Google Chrome?
I use Google Chrome on OSX. Is there a way, within the browser, to get a text cursor that will allow me to navigate through text, selecting and copying text using only the keyboard?
I've looked at ...
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Bookmark without pop-up prompt in Mozilla Firefox
I usually bookmark pages pressing Ctrl-D but it pops up a prompt asking for confirmation or additional editing including assigning tags.
I used to to bookmark with A key of vimperator, but Vimperator ...
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Vimperator: How to press on buttons which aren't really links
I know that I can open links by pressing f/F and then the number of the link.
But my problem is, that I am on a webpage with buttons, which do some stuff but they are no links. But I need to press ...
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How to leave frame-focus mode in Vimperator
I accidentally pressed ;f on GitHub and it shows only the frame created by the Octotree extension.
However, if I open the browser in private mode, it shows the full page. I know I could just kill the ...
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Vimperator tabopen not a vimperator command
For some reason Firefox's vimperator :tabopen command suddenly doesn't work. :open still works. Does anyone know how to fix this?
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Firefox Vimperator - dark theme makes the command line hard to see. Change using CSS?
I'm currently using Vimperator with the FT Deep Dark theme on Firefox 53.0 (32-bit), and the setup is excellent save for one nagging issue - the command line for Vimperator is black text on dark grey ...
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Escape insert-mode at a particular URL in Vimperator
Whenever I search for a word in vocabulary.com Vimperator finds the word & put me in the search box & as a result I can't use any vimperator command as I am in insert-mode. I figured out 2 way ...
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Pin tab by default?
Is there a way to make firefox open tab as a pin tab by default?
I often work with multiple tabs. My "home page" alone is 7 tabs already. I pin them all, still it'll be better for me to open all tabs ...
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DuckDuckGo Keyboard Shortcuts
I've recently installed Vimperator and it is a great thing leading me to remove the mouse and experience mouse-less browsing.
I've also replaced Google by DuckDuckGo on Firefox so now I rely on its ...
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Vimperator Keybinding, Requires Additional Keypress
I'm really new to Vim/Vimscript, and I'm trying to configure my .vimperatorrc to execute the same as when I run :open google search-term.
From reading, it looks like I need nnoremap g :open google<...
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how to quickly switch to an already opened tab (buffer) in Vimperator
I tend to open a lot of tabs during my everyday browsing and I've newly switched to Vimperator. I found that you can use :buffer {number/keyword} to navigate to an already opened tab.
But I think it ...
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In vimperator, how to pass through certain keys on certain sites?
I'd like to set certain keys to be passed-through on certain sites. So, e.g., j/k would be passed through on *duckduckgo.com* but work elsewhere.
Is there a straightforward way to do this?
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How to open the previous url from the history in a new tab in Vimperator
In normal Firefox, I can open the previous history item in a new tab by middle clicking the back button in the location bar.
Does Vimperator have a keyboard shortcut to do this?
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Show number of find matches
When searching for text on a webpage with Firefox, without Vimperator, each match is shown on the status bar as '1 of 9', '2 of 9', as each is highlighted.
When using Vimperator, no such detail is ...
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Accessing tooltips with Vimperator
I use Navigation popups on Wikipedia which is very handy to not to jump over multiple articles opening them in new tabs.
It requires a mouseover action to display the short preview of the article.
I ...
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vimperator focus firefox built in search
Is there a keyboard shortcut to focus the built in search bar in the top right corner of Firefox?
I saw a similar question which suggested 'gi' but that's for focusing a textbox within a webpage.
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Adding "comma" in ignorekeys list in Vimperator
How can we add the comma character (,) in the except list of ignorekeys setting in vimperator?
I tried escaping it with backslash (\) but it didn't work:
:ignorekeys -except=:,/,\,,j,k
Is their ...
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How to select items in tab menu of Vimperator
After clicking t Vimperator shows up a tab window with Smart Completitions, and for example when typing addon it shows the URLs with the keyword on it.
What I want is to select the URL I want from ...
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Firefox previous tab
Is it possible to go to the previously active open tab natively in Firefox or using Vimperator?
It is especially useful when pressing Ctrl+T to open a new tab and Firefox open it as the last tab, ...
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vimperator: write foo.html without foo_files/*
When saving a webpage with :w foo.html, vimperator also creates a directory foo_files, whose contents I find to be bloaty and uninteresting. How can I tell vimperator to behave like Firefox's file / ...
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Mapping Keys to Commands in Vimperator
I want to close the current tab on clicking ww that is two minuscule w's sequentially
So I imagine I need to put in vimperatorrc a line similar to the following
map <ww> :tabclose<CR>
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escape from pdf files using vimperator
About a year ago I switched to gvim as my main text editor. In order get the same benefits when browsing, I installed vimperator. It is not perfect, but does a good job at replicating vim ...
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Show current URL in Vimperator status line
I used to be able to show the current page's URL in the Vimperator status line while in :open mode by hitting the up arrow (i.e., without yanking it to the clipboard), but that is no longer working (...
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How to get back to the previous tab I was working on, after closing the latest
My tabs:
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
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If you're a Firefox user you know that
if you have 10 tabs open and say you're in the tab #5. If you open a new tab which will ...
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What's the difference between Vimperator and Pentadactyl?
I've been using vimperator for a few months and loving it (although it makes it hard for me to go back to primitive mousery on others' computers). I've seen that there's a fork called Pentadactyl, but ...
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How do I remove the black statusbar on Vimperator for Firefox?
I recently installed Vimperator and found it awesome, however not really fitting for my everyday tasks. So instead of disabling and enabling it each time, I decided to keep it enabled and show the ...
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How to disable Pentadactyl per site?
Is there a more definitive way to disable Pentadactyl on a url basis that is not -- PASS THROUGH -- ?
When I try to use codepen.io I cannot edit any text fields, with or without pass-through enabled. ...
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How to close tab range by tab/buffer number
In vimperator I often have 20+ tabs open. To get a list of my tabs I press "B" which shows the buffer/tab numbers.
So I want to do something like :3,5bd to delete tabs 3 to 5. Is that possible?
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Vimperator: what's the comand to copy the target of a specific link on a page?
I'd appreciate any help.
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help on vimperator tabcompletion
I am a vim user. I installed the vimperator add on for firefox recently. I love it. But I am stuck up with the autocomplete of urls. How do i walk through (or choose) from the list of autocomplete ...
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Shortcut key to skip cursor from left/right of every typed word
I want to know if it is even possible to jump my cursor from left/right of every typed word using Vimperator, a Firefox addon that behaves like Vim, including its shortcut keys.
So a good example ...
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Using Private Browsing keyboard shortcut with Firefox and Vimperator
I am using Firefox 15.0 on OS X Mountain Lion alongside with vimperator. Note that I am using a Windows keyboard.
CtrlP is for moving focus to left tab in vimperator. However, the latest Firefox has ...
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Commandline vimperator-like browser?
When browsing normally I use Firefox with Vimperator installed, which gives you vim-like key bindings so you can browse without the mouse.
However, every now and again I have to browse from the ...
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In between multiple tabs, how to use Vimperator to open a tab right after the current one
My tabs:
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
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I am working on the 5th tab on Firefox and looking for a way to open a tab between 5th and 6th and not after 9th which would be done by t or o
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Show link destination with Vimperator
Because I'm not too fond of surprises on the web, I'd like Vimperator to show me where a particular link on a website leads to. A URL would be nice.
Thanks.
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Hide status line / bottom bar in vimperator?
Is there a way to hide or maybe just autohide the status bar in vimperator?
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vimperator: Using external editor (e.g., vim) to edit Stack Overflow text
Utilities like vimperator allow editing content of HTML form fields in an external editor.
With vimperator there is shortcut Ctrl+I which, when in an edit box, opens the text in an external editor.
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How to insert <gi> cursor at the end of line in the Firefox extension Vimperator
How would I use Vimperator's insert shortcut <gi> to immediate end of line?
By default it is inserted at the beginning on line which is annoying, because I don't ever find myself needing to go ...
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Vimperator: How to list the history in current tab and select one to go back to?
Vimperator has the key "H" to page back, but how can I view a list of history for the current tab and go back to a selected one?
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How can I get vimperator to scroll more than one line using the j and k keys?
I've tried using the following:
:map j 3j
When I do this and reload the .vimperatorrc file, it actually starts zooming in the page I'm on. The funny thing is, if I type 3j on a page without any ...
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How do I copy the title of a webpage in Vimperator?
Is there a shortcut/command to copy the title of a webpage in Vimperator?
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Vimperator -- Custom ExtendedHit to launch script/program on matching regex
I want to define a custom extendedhint in vimperator that:
Matches a regex pattern
Feeds that match to a script as such: ~/bin/script regex-match-as-arg
Where should I start solving this problem? ...
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Vimperator and Firefox JavaScript Debugger dont allow javascript code to be interpreted
While using vimperator and having JavaScript Debugger on, if split view is toggled javascript code is not interpreted on enter, it add a new line.
Actually I have no idea on how it is possible to ...
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Pentadactyl/Vimperator: howto copy image to clipboard
My question is about the Firefox add-on Pentadactyl (the question is also relevant to it's parent project Vimperator). In Pentadactyl, there is a way to save an image:
;s
At this point, you select ...
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Where is _vimperatorrc in windows?
I've been using vimperator and I want to change how copy and paste works, but I don't know where _vimperatorrc is - any help?
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Change Activation (Tab Focus) Behavior for Vimperator Mappings
I want to create a new vimperator key mapping that duplicates the functionality of undo, but opens the tab in an unfocused/background tab.
I know that tabopen uses the flag ! to toggle activation ...
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Firefox with Vimperator: how to remap the shortcut to the vimperator search bar?
I'm trying to remap the default Vimperator find on page key "/" to "\f" but without luck.
I've tried this command:
:nmap \f /
but it doesn't work. And a Google search didn't bring any good result. ...
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How can I show and hide the developer tools with vimperator in firefox?
Well, I didn't find anything on this topic. Is there a way to interact with the developer tools in firefox via vimperator?
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Use a key sequence to escape from command-line mode in vimperator
Is it possible to use a key sequence (I like to use ,.) to escape from command-line mode in vimperator? I have remaped ,. to like this:
" leader key
map , <Leader>
map <leader>. <Esc&...
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