philc / philc/vimium

Feature request: align hint links to center or right

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Description

When you are selecting links using the f command, the link hints sometimes hides a bit much of beginning of the link text. This is especially problematic if you have activated the option Use the link's name and characters for link-hint filtering.

It would be great if it would be possible to configure the hint to be centered or right aligned relative to the link, rather than left-aligned. This would make more of the beginning of the link visible. As an example, https://github.com/brookhong/Surfingkeys has this setting, hintAlign.

Personally, I would even prefer the default to be centered.

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Research direction

Start by tracing the f command's link-hint rendering and the option for using link names and characters during filtering. Compare the requested centered or right-aligned behavior with Surfingkeys' hintAlign; done means the alignment is configurable and more of the link text remains visible, including when the option is enabled.

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Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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