philc / philc/vimium

Is it possible to disable search wrapping (looping) on Vimium for Chrome?

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Description

Search wraps, while I would prefer it to stop at the last instance and require me to use shift-n to go back up. Wrapping is disorienting - I don't know where I am in the page and I don't know if I am going through the same results.

It wouldn't be as disorienting if there was that scroll bar that appears with coloured lines to show matches, like when using Chrome's native ctrl-f search.

Is there any way to disable search wrapping on Vimiun/Chrome?

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The issue names no file, test, or entry point. Start by locating Vimium’s Chrome search implementation and determine how search wrapping is controlled; done means searches stop at the last match and Shift-N moves backward without looping.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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