Vieb 10.0.0

Added

• Blocklist uBlock Origin filters to the default list of blocklists
• Setting "requestheaders" to append custom headers to any request
• More default mappings: Firefox/Chromium inspired and mute/pin/internaldevtools mappings
• Settings "userscriptscope", "userstylescope" and "darkreaderscope" to control which pages scripts, styles and darkreader should run
• Suggestions for ranges
• Argument option to the mute command to force a mute state, such as :mute! true
• Argument option to the pin command to force a pinned state, such as :pin! false
• Setting "followlabelposition" to control where the label of follow elements should appear
• Set command syntax to rotate between a custom set of values, such as :set example!value1|value2|value3
• Setting "permissionusb" to list usb devices (default remains blocked, previously grouped as "unknown")
• Types and documentation using JSDoc to most of the source code
• More position options for opening new tabs using "tabnewposition"
• More focus positions after closing a tab using "tabclosefocus"
• Additional flags for ranges to filter suspended/real pages and audio/silent tabs
• Setting "pdfbehavior" to control what happens with PDF files (default changed from viewing to download)
• Support for the context menu key with default mapping to opening the menu
• Setting "historyperpage" to control the amount of history entries to show per page
• Action "pointer.copyTitleAttr" to copy the title attribute of a hovered element
• Action "pointer.copyPageTitle" to copy the page title of the hovered link if in the history
• Full interface scaling startup flag "--interface-scale", which can be combined with custom font sizes to achieve many different ratios
• Setting "notificationlimitsmall" to control how many newlines should be the limit for small/large notifications
• Option "largeonly" to the "nativenotification" setting to only show large ones natively
• Actions "pageRSSLinksList" and "pageRSSLinkToClipboard" to list and copy RSS feed urls found on the page

Changed

• Setting "replacespecial" is now by default set to "special"
• Default mapping <C-c> will now copy in normal, pointer and visual mode as well
• Setting "restoretabs" is now an enum that accepts different options
• Setting "notificationforpermisions" is now an enum that accepts different options
• Example configs to not include as much duplication as before
• Userstyles are now applied even if darkreader fails to apply
• Mapstring splitting to be more accurate when recursively including < and >
• Mappings for recording macros to be more in line with Vim, by mapping and unmapping them on start/stop
• Buffer commands to show all matching commands instead of the first one (especially useful for ranges)
• Pin command to better preserve tab order when using ranges
• JavaScript execution to always allow user interaction APIs
• Svg and "data:" favicons to be used if present in the list, otherwise still pick the first
• History page rendering mechanism to support large history files much better using pagination and background rendering
• Setting "guifontsize" now accepts a much wider range of values to accommodate interface scaling
• Erwic mode permissions to now ask for displaycapture instead of blocking it (Vieb default is still to block)
• Favicon mapping storage now uses a debounce mechanism similar to browsing history to improve performance
• Crashed tabs to allow navigating and reloading by recreating them as a new tab at the same position

Removed

• Action "openNewTab" in favor of ":tabnew" command
• Setting "clearhistoryonquit" in favor of "clearhistoryinterval=session"
• Setting "search" in favor of the functionality identical "searchengine" setting
• Setting "tabnexttocurrent" in favor of "tabnewposition" enum
• Setting "tabclosefocusright" in favor of "tabclosefocus" enum

Fixed

• Image and svg follow links not showing since 9.0.0
• Scrollbar styling not working on pages that block custom CSS
• Userstyles not working on pages that block custom CSS
• Display capture styling not working on pages that block custom CSS
• Index-based ranges not working correctly for some commands
• Navigation delay system updating the current page instead of the right one
• Navigation delay system preventing page navigations for new tabs that are not loading
• Favicon not showing or spinner still rotating for suspended tabs
• Insert mode being left if interacting with the page menu
• System clipboard being used incorrectly on Windows and Mac on selections due to selection clipboard not existing on those systems
• Commands "tabnew" and "tabnewcontainer" not converting arguments to a url (preventing searches from working too)
• Mouse hover remaining on follow element when moving the mouse outside of the window
• Mappings being listed as modified when they were overwritten by the very same entry using :map
• Follow links which vary in height/width compared to parent potentially causing follow highlight to switch between them periodically
• Setting "containernames" not updating listed container immediately and not switching at all for new tabs and mouse clicks
• White background on special pages when reloading them multiple times
• Erwic settings not being saved with :mkviebrc if similar to regular Vieb defaults
• Settings "notificationforpermisions" being set to "none" not preventing notifications from being stored
• Keyboard focus being lost when opening pages that do not allow JavaScript to be run
• Suspendonrestore value "none" suspending all tabs instead of none
• Tabs with file paths open not being stored for next startup
• Incremental search sometimes moving two entries when searching the same string

Versions

• Electron 25.1.1 (was 23.2.0)
• Chromium 114.0.5735.106 (was 110.0.5481.192)

For more details see the CHANGELOG.
For startup help see the frequently asked questions.

Vieb 9.7.1

This is the final release of the 9.x.x series, and merely deprecates a few more settings.
Version 10 should be ready very soon, please look forward to it.

Deprecated

• Setting "tabnexttocurrent" boolean in favor of "tabnewposition" enum
• Setting "tabclosefocusright" boolean in favor of "tabclosefocus" enum

Versions

• Electron 23.2.0 (unchanged)
• Chromium 110.0.5481.192 (unchanged)

For more details see the CHANGELOG.
For startup help see the frequently asked questions.

Vieb 9.7.0

Added

• Command "clear" to wipe browsing data based on intervals or partial urls (currently only history)
• Setting "clearhistoryinterval" to more finely control the deletion of history on quit by interval
• Option "url" to the list of mouse features to control interaction with the input box while already typing (default on)
• Option "leaveinsert" to the list of mouse features to control if clicking outside the page should leave insert mode (default on)
• Option "notification" to the list of mouse features to control if clicking the download notification should open the file (default on)
• Setting "mousedisabledbehavior" to control if elements with no enabled mouse interaction should optionally drag the window (nothing by default)
• Setting "guiscrollbar" to control if and when the scrollbar should appear on pages (default remains always on)
• Documentation for all modes by mode name instead of just the action name (also means better sorted actions)
• More values to "dialogconfirm" to automatically allow the confirm dialog without needing to show it
• More default mappings that are similar to Firefox/Chromium
• Favicon icons to the buffer command suggestions for better recognition
• Actions "startRecording", "stopRecording" and "runRecording" to record key presses and later execute them (macros/records in Vim)

Changed

• Resetting focus now happens on every user interaction instead of on a timer
• Url can now be selected from outside explore mode directly (and keep the selection if switching to explore mode)
• History storage is now slightly faster by only wiping empty entries on write
• Settings now have links to documentation about the type of value they can contain
• Naming scheme of setting types is now more streamlined and better documented
• Searchword urls are now filled in with the resolved url in the suggestions while you type
• Seachwords will now also activate if prefixed with spaces
• Filetype suggestions coming from history are now correctly colored in history color instead of file suggest color
• Default theme now shows the default cursor instead of the text cursor on the url box if interaction is disabled
• Locales are now included in regular releases but still excluded from lite builds (see build.js)
• All mouse features now have a "mouse-something" className added to the body if enabled to allow more customization in colorschemes
• Action "menuOpen" will now keep working even if the settings are set to never, this does not affect regular right clicks
• Userstyles are now also applied when the DOM is ready, not just when the page is fully loaded
• Commands "screencopy" and "screenshot" will show the screen highlight even without entering all 4 dimension values
• Single key mapping commands now also combine different modes into one map command if all modes have the same mapping
• Buffer commands now search for matches the same way as explore mode, as do the suggestions

Deprecated

• Setting clearhistoryonquit in favor of clearhistoryinterval=session
• Default value for "replacespecial" being "newtab" (will change to "special" in 10.x.x)
• Setting search in favor of the functionality identical searchengine setting
• Ctrl-c default mapping for the stopLoadingPage action instead of the new Esc
• Boolean toggling restoretabs in favor providing a value (toggle commands will stop working in 10.x.x)
• Boolean toggling notificationforpermisions in favor providing a value (toggle commands will stop working in 10.x.x)
• Action "openNewTab" in favor of running the ":tabnew" command

Fixed

• Vieb right click menu not working due to removed .path in events
• Follow filtering being cancelled when interacting with the navbar using the mouse
• Explore mode history not storing the first change in the Ctrl-z/Ctrl-y history
• Middle mouse paste not updating explore mode's Ctrl-z/Ctrl-y history
• Self closing tabs not being cleaned up correctly due to Electron devtools close call being unsafe
• Text selection still briefly being visible outside explore mode when toexplore mouse feature is disabled
• Websocket connections being blocked when setting custom resourcetypes due to casing error
• Mousefeature history always being on even if not in the list of enabled features
• Mode selector not being as big as it should be and therefor closing the dropdown occasionally
• Sites without a div and without proper background not getting the default white background
• Pointer mode help commands going to the action if they have the same name
• Ctrl-F4 to close tab default mapping not working
• Default text value for prompt dialogs not being used
• Iframe position not being shifted correctly for iframes inside a same origin iframe

Versions

• Electron 23.2.0 (was 23.1.1)
• Chromium 110.0.5481.192 (was 110.0.5481.104)

For more details see the CHANGELOG.
For startup help see the frequently asked questions.

Vieb 9.6.0

Changed

• Mouse setting "copyselect" is no longer available/needed for copying text by selecting, as it wasn't blocked correctly anyway
• Mouse selections will now copy to the selection clipboard, instead of the default one, and at all times

Fixed

• Userscript domain name not working at all by using an internal url instead of the page url
• Explore, command and search mode not being exited when dragging the mouse

Versions

• Electron 23.1.1 (was 22.0.3)
• Chromium 110.0.5481.104 (was 108.0.5359.179)

For more details see the CHANGELOG.
For startup help see the frequently asked questions.

Vieb 9.5.1

Changed

• COOP is now enabled again as the old workaround for Twitter navigations is no longer needed
• SharedArrayBuffer is now enabled to make web workers more useful and faster
• Attempting to navigate a page that isn't ready for navigation will now wait until it's ready

Fixed

• CORS issues when using darkreader
• Exception in devtools when using newtaburl
• Middle-mouse pasting not working in command and search mode as it would switch to explore mode incorrectly

Versions

• Electron 22.0.3 (was 22.0.0)
• Chromium 108.0.5359.179 (was 108.0.5359.62)

For more details see the CHANGELOG.
For startup help see the frequently asked questions.

Vieb 9.5.0

Added

• Startup argument "--unsafe-multiwin" to have multiple windows in the same datafolder and skip the single instance safety check
• Command "translatepage" to translate the page using Deepl API or LibreTranslate
• Settings "translateapi", "translatekey", "translatelang" and "translateurl" to customize translation settings for ":translatepage"
• Setting "permissionclipboardwrite", as clipboard writing was recently moved to a permission by Electron (default remains allowed)
• Settings "replacespecial" and "replacestartup" to control when new pages should re-use/replace the current tab

Changed

• Rpm and deb releases are now symlinked in /usr/bin correctly on updates after this one
• Confirm char "!" for special page commands now opens them in a new tab regardless of the new "replacespecial" setting

Fixed

• Recursive key mappings not working correctly when the timeout is reached and there are also multi-key mappings
• Cache errors/corruption on Windows upon restart after clearing/disabling cache
• Setting externalcommand is now actually used for opening new tabs externally (fallback remains the default browser)
• Exception popup on Linux when quitting if using window frame borders
• Valid urls without protocol not always being recognized as a startup argument

Versions

• Electron 22.0.0 (was 22.0.0-beta.5)
• Chromium 108.0.5359.62 (was 108.0.5359.40)

For more details see the CHANGELOG.
For startup help see the frequently asked questions.

Vieb 9.4.0

Added

• Percentage based scrolling when using "gg" or "G" with a count, similar to Vim
• Action "startFollowCopyLink" for copying links of selected elements in follow mode
• Setting "darkreadermode" to switch between light and dark schemes/modes for darkreader
• Settings "resourcetypes", "resourcesallowed" and "resourcesblocked" to control allowed/blocked resource types
• Setting "shell" to control the shell to use for system commands
• Live indicator of current theme preference to the nativetheme help documentation

Changed

• Maximum values of darkreader brightness and contrast settings from 100 to 200 percent
• Buffer-like command suggestions to be in sync with actual behavior
• Buffer-like command suggestions to include the page url
• Check if the entire body is scrollable instead of the window for global scroll actions and scrollpos
• Prevent navigation to invalid urls to make sure a page can always be interacted with
• Shell now reads "$SHELL" instead of defaulting to "/bin/sh" for system commands

Fixed

• Action "openNewTabWithCurrentUrl" not working at all in last release due to unsafe check
• Duplicate downloads due to page restart workaround (which is now fixed by Electron)

Versions

• Electron 22.0.0-beta.5 (was 21.1.0)
• Chromium 108.0.5359.40 (was 106.0.5249.91)

For more details see the CHANGELOG.
For startup help see the frequently asked questions.

Vieb 9.3.0

Added

• Setting "reloadtaboncrash" to automatically recreate a crash tab with the last known url
• Indicator for unresponsive tabs in the form of a small red border on the left of the unresponsive tab
• Setting "userscript" to run custom JavaScript on pages, optionally using the GreaseMonkey API

Changed

• Modifiers/shifted keys for searching, marks and follow mode now work more reliable
• Tabs will no longer refuse to navigate when there is a beforeunload listener that calls preventDefault
• When the current tab is crashed, you can no longer enter irrelevant modes in it

Fixed

• Initial tab load issues on some devices for specific pages
• Split state not being kept when switching container name based on containernames setting
• Multiple useragents being set sometimes causing duplicate page loads
• BatteryManager errors for insecure pages, since it's an HTTPS-only API
• Follow mode and other main process calls not succeeding when there are crashed tabs present

Versions

• Electron 21.1.0 (was 21.0.1)
• Chromium 106.0.5249.91 (was 106.0.5249.61)

For more details see the CHANGELOG.
For startup help see the frequently asked questions.

Vieb 9.2.1

Changed

• Enter key will now also send keypress events when executed by a mapping
• Pick first matching rule from permission allow, block or ask lists
• Permission allow list can now include labels for mediadevices using "mediadevicesfull"

Fixed

• Media device requests being mislabeled as display capture permission requests in some cases

Versions

• Electron 21.0.1 (was 21.0.0)
• Chromium 106.0.5249.61 (was 106.0.5249.51)

For more details see the CHANGELOG.
For startup help see the frequently asked questions.

Vieb 9.2.0

Added

• New themes: light-compact, paper-compact and paper
• Backwards searching if search is started with a shifted key (by default ?)

Changed

• Pinned and mute state are now remembered for tabs affected by "containernames" container switching
• Pinned tabs will now be correctly reopened by "containernames" container switching
• Mouse scrolling on Vieb elements will now scroll the underlying page if the "pageoutsideinsert" mouse feature is on (default)
• Search will now find the next match if searching for the same string again
• Default blocklist urls to use adblockplus instead of easylist due to fetch issues

Fixed

• Follow mode borders showing over labels
• Follow mode mouse hover appearing when not needed
• Backwards searching not working in previous release due to typo
• Special characters not working in custom viewers (markdown, reader and source)

Versions

• Electron 21.0.0 (was 20.1.1)
• Chromium 106.0.5249.51 (was 104.0.5112.10)

For more details see the CHANGELOG.
For startup help see the frequently asked questions.