0.1.54a

[RobertCraigie]

Page navigation keys (h, j, k, l, <C-u>, <C-d>, gg, and G) are now translated into equivalent standard keys:

• hjkl to arrow keys
• <C-u> to <PageUp>
• <C-d> to <PageDown>
• gg to <D-Up> on macOS, and <C-Home> on Linux
• G to <D-Down> on macOS, and <C-End> on Linux

For example, when you press j, Glide will now send an <ArrowDown> event to the web page.

This change was made for a couple reasons:

1. We get to leverage Firefox's smooth scrolling implementation.
2. The aforementioned keys are now more likely to just work as you'd expect.
   Scrolling in PDFs now works; websites with their own scrolling behaviour will now work, as long as they support standard navigation keys.

Website key events

There is a notable behaviour change here now that navigation keys send key events to the web page; websites can now intercept those key events and function differently. This may or may not be desirable depending on the website you are using.

If this behaviour is worse for you, please open a discussion, and if needed you can revert to the previous implementation with:

glide.o.scroll_implementation = "legacy";

Tip

This behaviour can be worse when custom elements are focused, e.g. YouTube videos as j will turn the volume down when you really want to scroll the page.

In these cases you can try pressing <C-,> first to move focus off of that element.

Smooth scrolling

Smooth scrolling is now supported, and enabled by default.

If you want to keep instant scrolling you can use this config:

glide.prefs.set("general.smoothScroll", false);

Note that this also changes the scroll behaviour when using arrow keys directly.

Changes

• Bumped Firefox from 145.0b6 to 146.0b3
• Added I motion support
• Added <C-,> to move focus out of the currently active element
• Added :copy excmd for smoother integration with excmds like :profile_dir
• Added support for removing browser styles with glide.styles.remove()
• Added opt-in support for hinting elements with click listeners
  • See #110 for more information
• Added glide.ctx.version for accessing the current Glide version
• Added glide.ctx.firefox_version for accessing the Firefox version that Glide is based off of
• Added opt-in JPEG XL support
  • Thanks to @SED4906 for the contribution!
• Removed relative path limitations in glide.unstable.include(), you can now pass absolute paths
• Fixed scrolling while editable elments are focused, e.g. <C-d> will now actually scroll the page down.
• Fixed org.mozilla references in DBus names on Linux, we now use app.glide_browser instead
  • Thanks @thomascft for the contribution!
• Fixed a case where Glide would automatically exit ignore mode when switching tabs
• Fixed keymappings conflicting with browser UI modals, e.g. <D-q> on macOS / <C-S-w> on Linux
• Updated :clear to also dismiss app menu notifications, e.g. the "New update available" notification
• Disabled more AI prefs
• We now store the previous Glide versions you've used in the profile directory

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This discussion was created from the release 0.1.54a.