philc / philc/vimium

Feature Request: a tab history similar to <C-i> and <C-o> in vim

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Description

currently the ^ key will switch between the previously visited tab and the one you are currently on but it would be very useful to have a way to traverse tabs I was on in a linear history of when I was on them last. I suspect this should be possible as the X command will reopen tabs that were last closed in the order they were closed which suggests there is some mechanism for retaining this sort of history natively in the browser.

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Research direction

Start by examining the existing implementations of the ^ tab switch and X tab-reopen commands mentioned in the issue. Define how linear tab history should behave, including traversal and interaction with current tab switching, then verify that the feature can move through previously visited tabs in visit order.

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Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
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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