philc / philc/vimium

[Feature Request] ^ should allow cycling through tabs in "most recently used" order

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Description

Currently ^ lets us jump to the "previously-visited tab". This can be extended to cycle through all the tabs in the "most recently used" order. Firefox supports this by default with it's Ctrl + Tab shortcut. But this is not possible in Chrome natively.

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Research direction

Start by locating the implementation of the ^ shortcut and the existing previously-visited-tab behavior. Trace how tab history is maintained, then verify that repeated use cycles through all tabs in most-recently-used order and that the behavior matches the requested Firefox-style shortcut.

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Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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