philc / philc/vimium

Feature Request: Normal and Visual mode in vomnibar

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Description

Hey, first of all, thank's for this plugin ! It's really pleasant to have a vim-like experience in the browser :)
I was thinking if it can be consider to add other mode in the vomnibar, normal mode like at least and visual mode like can be a cool addition.

The most obvious use-case is when editing the current URL, if we can replace some part of the URL quickly it cool be great.

As I saw it, vomnibar will open in Insert mode by default, then hiting Esc will switch to normal mode. A second Esc hit will quit vomnibar. As this behavior will not match all usage, I think it should also be an option that we can enable/disable in the vimium options/

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Research direction

Start with the vomnibar behavior described in the issue and review how Vimium options configure it. Define how normal and visual modes should work while editing the current URL, including the two-step Esc behavior and its enable/disable option; done means the requested modes and configuration are specified and working.

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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
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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