Add an option to trigger click event on any element that has a bound listener
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- JavaScript
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Description
While "Open link in current tab" (shortcut - "f") works wonderfully for the most part, there are a lot of sites out there that create their menus by using div or li elements and attaching a click handler to them. Sadly, this makes such sites nigh on impossible to navigate.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing the existing “Open link in current tab” behavior for the “f” shortcut and how Vimium identifies clickable targets. Investigate how click listeners on elements such as div and li could be detected or triggered. Done means an added option allows those listener-bound elements to be activated while preserving current link behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend, web-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100