[Suggestion] Link hinting should open new tab on shift is pressed, even if the hinting character is not an alphabetical
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Description
First of all, thank you for this awesome extension. I've been using Vimium for years and I can't browse the web without it anymore.
Suggestion: I use link hinting all the time, and I love having the option to open some links in another tab by pressing shift+hintCharacter. But this doesn't work with numbers and other characters, like [, . etc. Since I much prefer single character hinting, it would be awesome if I could use shift with non-alphabetical characters to open links in a new tab, just like I the other ones.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing Vimium's link-hinting behavior and how shift plus a hint character is handled. Test alphabetical and non-alphabetical hint characters, including numbers, [, and ., and consider the work done when all supported hint characters open the selected link in a new tab with shift.
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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
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100