philc / philc/vimium

Creating a way to use the F command to hover and not click.

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Description

Many website such as Amazon use menus that need to be hovered over instead of clicked to open up more items.

If we could add in some way of using the F command to "hover the mouse" instead of clicking.

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Research direction

The issue does not name any files, tests, or entry points. Begin by tracing how the F command currently dispatches clicks, then determine how hover should be represented and how menus should behave; done means a documented, tested way to trigger hover interactions with F.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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