philc / philc/vimium

Feature Request: Click and Drag

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Description

I'd love to see an option to click and drag objects with Vimium. For instance, here's a site I frequently use where I have to click and drag with the mouse to reorder the items in the list:

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It would help in part if LinkHints.activateMode had a "click and hold" option. Unfortunately, even if the list items are clickable, there's no built-in keyboard functionality to move the items up and down, so Vimium would also have to have some way to emulate a mouse movement.

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Research direction

Begin with the LinkHints.activateMode entry point mentioned in the issue; no file or test is identified, so trace how it handles activation and how mouse movement is represented. Done means Vimium can initiate a click-and-hold action and emulate the movement needed to reorder items on sites that require dragging.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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