feature request for the deprecated chrome search engine shortcut feature
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Description
Chrome stopped supporting omnibar url shortcut behavior
https://www.reddit.com/r/chrome/comments/1j4a4x5/chrome_site_search_with_no_s_in_url_are_suddenly/
I am wondering can vimium support this? (Or maybe it already support today?)
The feature we want is something like this:
- press O so that the address bar shows up in vimium
- type a pre-defined shortcut url, e.g. "fvz" for "http://finviz.com/"
- type Enter
- A new tab goes to "http://finviz.com/"
The total keystroke is "O" "fvz" "Enter"
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating Vimium's omnibar handling and any existing keyword or shortcut configuration. Check how the O flow parses input and navigates, then define done as allowing a predefined shortcut such as "fvz" to open its configured URL in a new tab after Enter.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- web-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100