philc / philc/vimium

Feature Request: Search (/) starts from current window?

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Description

Currently search in viminum starts from beginning or last stopped position. This is a little annoy because there is no cursor which is always in current visible Window like Vim. Make search (both / and ?) beginning from current visible windows will be very helpful for context based search.

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Research direction

Start by locating the handlers for Vimium's / and ? search commands and determine how the current visible window is represented. Compare the existing search start behavior with the requested context-based behavior, then add coverage showing that both commands begin from the visible window.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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