Implementing "Allow selecting of arbitrary text on the page (visual mode)"

[zam...@gmail.com]

Hey everyone,

I've implemented a prototype of visual mode and text copying.

Works as follows:

1. Search text with /
   
2. Enter Visual mode with v
   
3. Highlight text beginning from current search selection with h, j, k, l, b, e, $ (like in vim)
   
4. Yank text to clipboard with y and exit Visual mode

This has worked OK for my personal test scenarios.

Demo can be found at http://youtu.be/mCm38nZvknA

I'll be happy to hear suggestions!

-Sami

[Oz Nahum]

where can we download the code and try your prototype ?

Oz

[zam...@gmail.com]

I will make a pull request / fork of this feature soon.

[Landon Wilkins]

Please keep us updated on this!

You are amazing!!

[mieubrisse]

Please, PLEASE release this - It looks fantastic!!

[zam...@gmail.com]

Sorry for taking so long, I've been burdened with work and school stuff.

I've managed to made a pull request of the prototype:

https://github.com/philc/vimium/pull/943

It's not much, but feel free to tinker with it! I'm still interested in developing a full-blown Visual Mode (in constraints of the browser), but don't have that much free-time at the moment.

-Sami