philc / philc/vimium

Feature request: Custom Exclusion of Link Hints

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Description

it could be great to add the ability to exclude some links from being suggested by the link-hints shortkeys

Example Scenarios:

  1. Duplicate Links:
    Github's comments have links to the user's profile both in the avatar picture and in the username. In this case, one may wish to exclude "img.avatar" links all over "github.com"

  2. Rarely-Used Links:
    Gerrit includes a link "add this review to your favorites" per each record in the search results
    Those links double the amount of link-hints in the page although not being used so often

Advantages:

  1. the page looks less messy with the minimal amount of link-hints
  2. less links-hints means less letters used by the hints. so the length of the remained hints may become shorter

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating the link-hints shortkey implementation and the configuration path, then determine how exclusions should be scoped to selectors and domains. Done means users can configure exclusions for cases such as GitHub avatar links and Gerrit favorites without hiding other intended links.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend, web-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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