CHANGELOG

This document aims to represent all notable changes to Vieb.

Vieb is a Vim Inspired Electron Browser made by Jelmer van Arnhem and contributors, and can be copied under the terms of the GPL-3.0+ license. See the README.md or LICENSE file for more info and details about Vieb and it's license. Links in the changelog are part of github.com/Jelmerro/Vieb. The releases page also contains the most important changes per release, but the list below contains much more technical details. The releases of Vieb aim to follow semantic versioning.

Unreleased

Added

Mute command to toggle the audio playback status of a tab (either mute or unmute)
Setting "respectsitecontextmenu" to toggle if Vieb should show it's menu on websites that already provide one
Follow mode support for shadow roots using similar implementation as iframes
Nop action that does nothing, can be used to prevent side effects for keys in insert mode (site won't register them, similar to mappings)
Support for modifiers in recursive insert mode mappings
Support for lock keys in mappings, such as CapsLock

Changed

Iframe detection on pages now also works for frames in framesets, embeds and for object tags
Enable "respectsitecontextmenu" by default to be able to use the right-click menus of websites without Vieb interfering
Mapped keys in insert mode won't be detected by the website, this prevents all side effects for mappings, including those for split devtools

Fixed

Incorrect action when following links with a custom datamethod attribute (such as put or post)
Follow mode not loading on some pages due to querySelectorAll sometimes returning undefined instead of an empty NodeList
Potential parse errors for invalid URLs being stored or opened by pages
Mouse action listeners potentially being wiped within iframes if re-added to the DOM

Security

Electron 11.2.1 (unchanged)
Chromium 87.0.4280.141 (unchanged)

3.4.0 - 2021-01-31

code diff - released builds

Added

Action "action.reorderFollowLinks" to change which type of follow links appear on top
Basic detection for pseudo-elements in follow mode, such as switches using ::before as the only visible section
Right-click menu to websites (when in insert mode or when mouse is enabled)
Right-click menu for Vieb interface (when mouse is enabled)
Follow mode support for iframes
ARM64 build for macOS

Changed

Reduce timer for follow mode, due to the many speed improvements and simplifications
Labels will now correctly match the type of element they refer to (instead of always assuming the clickable type)
Default order of elements in follow mode to align with functionality as it was before 3.3.0 (can still be shown with "action.reorderFollowLinks")
Only display a single line of the url if it's really long (overflow is suggested with ellipsis)
Pin command can now take an argument to search for a tab by name or index, similar to buffer commands

Fixed

Mouse events now get registered properly when clicking inside iframes
Potential error on websites when trying to access the return value of the window.open function

Security

Electron 11.2.1 (was 11.1.1)
Chromium 87.0.4280.141 (was 87.0.4280.88)

3.3.0 - 2021-01-18

code diff - released builds

Added

Action "action.pageToClipboard" for copying the current page url to the clipboard
Actions "action.openFromClipboard" to open pages from the clipboard (optionally in a new tab by calling that action first)
Actions "action.exploreHistoryNext" and "action.exploreHistoryPrevious" for finding previous site navigations in explore mode
Startup argument to optionally turn off hardware acceleration (by default still turned on)

Changed

Better scrollbar color and sizing: it's now fullwidth and transparent to make search results visible below it
Actions now contain more checks to prevent locks when Vieb has yet to load the first tab
The builds of the Mac app are now part of an application category
Website calls to window.prompt are now instantly returned with the cancel action instead of throwing an error
Expand the list of supported filetypes and protocols for generated builds

Fixed

Colorschemes not being saved with the mkviebrc command
Anchor tags potentially overriding the user's choice of opening links in the current tab by implementing a custom onclick that prevents the default
Vertical colorscheme not displaying the pointer at the right location
Explore mode not clearing the existing selection when opened as part of a mapstring (homepage command didn't work as described)
Help page not resolving references to pointer chapter correctly
Permissionsallowed setting not working for correctly for mediadevices if permissionsblocked was unset

Security

Electron 11.1.1 (unchanged)
Chromium 87.0.4280.88 (unchanged)

3.2.0 - 2021-01-01

code diff - released builds

Added

Searchwords setting to configure custom words that you can use as a prefix in explore mode to search websites directly
Add new theme/colorscheme for having vertical tabs on the left of the screen instead of the regular tabbar

Changed

Keep a reference to the input field when using the external editor, will keep working when unfocused and with multiple editors

Fixed

Middle mouse pasting not working even when mouse is enabled
Some sites not loading due to Electron bug related to COOP electron/#25469
Searching for buffers with matching index not being suggested in the list
Potential startup issues with some custom settings in the viebrc (including containercolors)

Security

Electron 11.1.1 (was 11.0.3)
Chromium 87.0.4280.88 (was 87.0.4280.67)

3.1.0 - 2020-12-06

code diff - released builds

Added

Clickable file location on the downloads special page which will open the file in the default application
Clickable download finish notification that will open the file in the default application (if using the mouse)
Additional Vieb config location for colorschemes, viebrc and blocklists inside "~/.vieb"
New permission groups for midi, persistentstorage and clipboardread (all 3 remain by default blocked, but are no longer grouped as unknown)
Internaldevtools command that opens developer tools for the main Vieb window

Changed

Follow mode will now detect form labels that have invisible embedded inputs but no "for" attribute
Follow mode now detects absolutely positioned sub-elements of links, where the base link isn't shown
Multiple speed improvements to follow mode
More explicit permission messages that list both the permission name and the setting that was read to decide the permission
Internal devtools now opened undocked by default (both with --debug and :internaldevtools)
The frame and menu are no longer shown for instances started with --debug (internal devtools and always shown window remain)

Fixed

Tab restore not working correctly when disabled, due to duplicate entries being stored when closed
Line height issue that prevented underscores from showing correctly in some cases
Random switching between tabs if they execute click or focus events

Security

Electron 11.0.3 (was 11.0.2)
Chromium 87.0.4280.67 (unchanged)

3.0.0 - 2020-11-21

code diff - released builds

Added

Local file suggestions to explore mode and to relevant commands
Red border in command mode when the entered command is invalid (for example due to unmatched quotes)
Setting 'suggestfiles' setting to control when/if file suggestions should appear ('all' by default)
Setting "suggestfilesfirst" to control if file suggestions should appear before/after history in explore mode
Setting "closablepinnedtabs" which is disabled by default (meaning pinned tabs can't be closed)
Setting "containernewtab" to control which container all new tabs should use (default is still "main")
Setting "containersplitpage" to control which container all split pages should use (default is "s:usecurrent")
Setting "containerstartuppage" to control which container the startup pages should use (CLI arguments, default is still "main")
Setting "containercolors" to show container tabs in a custom color based on the container name
Setting "containershowname" to optionally show the name of the container between the mode and url in the navbar
Setting "containerkeeponreopen" to toggle the remembering the container name and to use the "containernewtab" setting instead
Setting "permissionclosepage" to control if pages are allowed to close themselves (previously they couldn't, new default is allowed)
Setting "incsearch" to enable incremental search (enabled by default)
Restart command to restart Vieb
Close command that works similar to the hide command, but instead will close any tab by index (or matching title/url)
Special container names to open tabs externally, in tabs with a matching domain, or use the same container as the current tab
Support for SVG favicons by giving it an explicit ".svg" extension if detected by "is-svg"
Devtools that can be opened as a split window or in a separate tab, in addition to the existing windowed developer tools
Added "pointer.downloadLink" action that downloads the hovered link in pointer mode
Colorschemes that can change every single line of CSS inside Vieb: all built-in pages and the app now use the same default theme CSS
Built-in light colorscheme that displays all built-in pages and the app in a light theme
Built-in flipped colorscheme that displays all GUI elements at the bottom of the window (in reverse order)

Changed

Suggestions are now scrollable when they don't fit the window
The setting 'suggesthistory' has been renamed 'suggestexplore' as it might also include file suggestions now
Command suggestions are now by default set to 1000, as the operation is simple and suggestions are scrollable
Increased the upper limit for the number of suggestions (for both command and explore mode)
Pinned tabs can no longer be closed, unless the 'closablepinnedtabs' setting is enabled
Search setting parsing, you can now include %s as a substitute for the entered search
Default duckduckgo search engine options now include a persistent header and infinite scrolling
Tabs are now always modifiable in Erwic mode, because containers can now be managed at runtime
Multiple tabs of the same special page can now be opened using the commands, as some of them are container specific
The startup argument "--portable" has been replaced with "--datafolder", use "--datafolder ./ViebData" for old functionality
Erwic now uses the "datafolder" startup argument instead of a JSON field for the datafolder location configuration
Tab list can now be scrolled horizontally using the mouse wheel
Make use of system fonts as much as possible: "DejaVu Sans Mono" -> "Courier" -> "monospace", in that order
Visual appearance of Vieb: logo is now smaller, everything is now styled with colorschemes and popups are more in line with other elements

Fixed

Typo in the "storenewvisits" setting (there will be no automatic migration from the name with a typo to the correct one)
Pointer not updating the location when bringing back the GUI while in fullscreen
Permission for media devices sometimes being detected as a microphone permission
Mouse back/forward buttons being ignored when the mouse setting is enabled
Shift being ignored when pressing named keys that can be pressed with and without Shift such as "Space"
Border of split pages moving the page slightly when switching (border is now always there but in gray)
Updating the adblocker files when Vieb is installed on a read-only file system
Favicons being accepted even though the HTTP status code was an error (such as 404)

Deprecated

Old tabs file format (3.x.x releases will migrate to the new format, 2.x.x releases will not read the 3.x.x format)
Conversion from old format will be removed in future Vieb 4.x.x releases
Supplying a "name" to an Erwic app, use a "container" field instead

Removed

Old line-based history format parser (1.x.x users should update to 2.x.x first, if they want to keep their history)
Startup argument "--console" is removed in favor of "--debug", debug can do the same plus more and doesn't have mouse focus issues

Fixed

Abort error for aborting page loads in the debug console (using --debug)
Don't keep closed pages in memory while the 'keeprecentlyclosed' setting is off

Security

Electron 11.0.2 (was 10.1.1)
Chromium 87.0.4280.67 (was 85.0.4183.93)

2.4.0 - 2020-09-05

code diff - released builds

Added

Erwic option at startup to open a fixed set of tabs in a separate instance (docs are in Erwic.md)

Fixed

WebGL2RenderingContext calls to get parameters not being invoked in the right context
App path (usually the asar file) being opened as a file on startup for some custom builds (including Arch)
New tab page is no longer the first entry in the history of tabs that are opened with a url
Reopening tabs in bulk (usually at startup) running out of index in rare occasions

Security

Electron 10.1.1 (was 9.2.0)
Chromium 85.0.4183.93 (was 83.0.4103.122)

2.3.0 - 2020-08-08

code diff - released builds

Added

Firefox mode to replicate the Firefox useragent and navigator properties
List-like settings for allowing or blocking permissions based on the website (using regex)
Setting to optionally notify when websites request a permission, including the reason for allowing/blocking
Filter on the history page to find or remove sites from the history based on title or url

Changed

Redirects are now applied before making a request, making them safer and more reliable

Fixed

Window snapping on Windows
Lack of typing ability for some text inputs after selecting them with follow mode
Spaces not working as expected in mappings

Security

Electron 9.2.0 (was 9.0.5)
Chromium 83.0.4103.122 (was 83.0.4103.119)
Don't expose the supported mimeTypes through the navigator
Better protection for hiding the GPU model

2.2.3 - 2020-07-05

code diff - released builds

Changed

Refactor countable actions to be more consistent and reliable
Order of page increase and decrease actions, it's now always: inpage relations > port > url page number > first number in the url

Fixed

Default download path not saving files to the home directory ("~" was not correctly expanded)
Catch errors from the adblocker to prevent occasional error popups from cosmetic filtering
Count not working for the increase and decrease page number actions (such as ports or page numbers)

Security

Electron 9.0.5 (was 9.0.4)
Chromium 83.0.4103.119 (was 83.0.4103.104)

2.2.2 - 2020-06-21

code diff - released builds

Changed

Improve the follow mode speed by reusing DOM calls and only using an interval (no more page observers)

Fixed

Width of the pinned tabs when playing media
Regular tabs not always opening to the right of all the pinned tabs
Potential filename length issue for favicon storage

Security

Electron 9.0.4 (was 9.0.3)
Chromium 83.0.4103.104 (was 83.0.4103.100)
Disable the remote module entirely
Load the preload from the main process and prevent changes to it's location

2.2.1 - 2020-06-11

code diff - released builds

Fixed

Data urls not being displayed on the new tab page

Security

Electron 9.0.3 (unchanged)
Chromium 83.0.4103.100 (unchanged)

2.2.0 - 2020-06-10

code diff - released builds

Added

Darkreader setting to apply a dark theme to all websites visited (off by default)
Pacman archive as a new included build target (for Arch Linux)
Arm64 architecture builds for most Linux and Windows releases
Windowtitle setting to optionally include the page title and/or url in Vieb's window title
Recursive insert mode mappings are now possible
Tabcycle toggle to jump from the first or last tab with next and previous tab actions (on by default)
Pin command to toggle pinned tabs, which are exactly the width of the favicon and are always restored on restart
GUI settings to autohide the navbar and/or tabbar depending on events or always
User action for toggling fullscreen mode (different from webpage requested fullscreen)
Downloadmethod setting to change the download behavior
Mouse specific setting to switch to newly opened tabs automatically (by default turned off, previously it would switch every time)

Changed

Allow the entire window to be used as a drag region if the mouse setting is off and you are not in insert mode
Minimum tabwidth to 28, due to styling changes in the navigation bar (default behavior is still just the icon)

Fixed

Insert mode mappings not triggering built-in actions, such as Home or PageUp
Not all named keys being correctly detected and converted to the right casing
Digits to repeat actions not being applied when part of a mapping before a built-in action
Animated SVG images sometimes breaking follow mode (due to href being an object instead of a string)

Security

Electron 9.0.3 (was 9.0.0)
Chromium 83.0.4103.100 (was 83.0.4103.64)
Remove the usage of the remote module entirely
Add strict CSP to all of Vieb's pages, which prevents all scripts from running outside of the webviews and preloads

2.1.0 - 2020-05-19

code diff - released builds

Added

Conversion from and to percent-encoding for urls in the navbar, the url hover and in special pages
Setting named requesttimeout, to stop a page from loading after a timeout (default is 20 seconds)

Changed

Search string now excludes special characters, instead of only keeping the word characters (this affects non-latin writing scripts)

Fixed

Urls not being wrapped in the media device permission request dialog

Security

Electron 9.0.0 (was 9.0.0-beta.15)
Chromium 83.0.4103.64 (was 83.0.4102.3)

2.0.0 - 2020-04-13

code diff - released builds

Added

Mouse setting to enable mouse support outside of insert mode
When the mouse is enabled, switch tabs, modes or focus by clicking on it
New location from where the viebrc file will be read: ~/.viebrc (aside from the viebrc in Vieb's data folder)
Dark theme and security settings for the website developer tools (:devtools)
Window splitting using Vexplore, vsplit, Sexplore and split to display multiple sites at the same time
Use <C-w> sub-bindings to move, relocate or rotate the window splits
Map command for configuring keyboard mappings (including recursion, nmap, imap, mapclear, etc.)
Noremap command for non-recursive keyboard mappings (refer to Vieb actions using <action.reload>)
Tab status indicators, orange for current tab (in multiple layout) and blue for playing media
Elements with mouse hover actions are now available in follow mode (displayed in gray)
Popup message for long notifications, with Vim bindings to scroll and close
Notification special page to view a list of previous notifications of the current session
New help documentation with descriptions for all commands, settings and actions
Basic check and compare for prerelease part of semantic versions
Tests for the version compare function
Favorite pages setting for manually providing a list of pages that should always appear on the new tab page

Changed

Rename all settings to be lowercase and without dots, similar to Vim
Set command syntax is now much more similar to Vim with support for all of Vim's set operators
Booleans can now be set and unset using "ignorecase" or "noignorecase"
Allow all settings to be changed at runtime, as they can be saved for the next startup with :mkv
List-like settings are now much more similar to Vim, as they are a comma separated string, with += and -= support
Viebrc is now named 'viebrc' instead of 'viebrc.json' and is configured by Vieb/Vim commands instead of JSON
All suggestion settings are now of the number type instead of boolean, and specify the number of entries to suggest (0 to disable)
Rename the modes: nav to explore and cursor to pointer, to allow for single key identifiers of the modes
Improvements to mode switching by centralizing mode switching code in the modes file
Click on multiple elements without having to manually re-enter follow mode by holding Shift
Add spellcheck integration (on by default), use spell and spelllang to configure
History storage format is now JSON, for easier parsing and better title storing
Entries on the history page can now be removed without reloading all history again
Buffer command can now be used to navigate to new locations (this is also true for the new split and Explore commands)
Allow <A-F4> and <M-Q> to be mapped as if they are regular keys (most likely to the quit command)
Reload command no longer resets all settings before running the commands from the viebrc files

Deprecated

Old history storage format (TSV has been replaced with JSON), filename remains "hist"
Conversion from old to new history format, will be removed in 3.0.0

Removed

Support for parsing the "viebrc.json" file, settings are now configured with Vieb commands in "viebrc" or "~/.viebrc"

Fixed

Broken page loads for sites using custom EventTargets instead of only DOM Nodes
Text input actions, such as select all, not working on Mac
Undo and Redo not being enabled on any system for the navigation bar

Security

Electron 9.0.0-beta.15 (was 8.0.1)
Chromium 83.0.4102.3 (was 80.0.3987.86)
Browsing data of popup windows are now stored in a separate memory-only partitions
Hide hardware related info, such as GPU model and battery data
Add new permission for mediaDevices, new default is to ask the user instead of allowing all
Also remove Vieb and Electron from the useragent when downloading favicons

1.1.0 - 2020-02-15

code diff - released builds

Added

Tests for isUrl function

Changed

Update to the http basic login system to work with the new electron version
Open the login dialog in the center of the Vieb browser window
Running the last command again no longer adds a duplicate to the command history
Improved url detection as a result of testing the function properly

Removed

The optional 'full' argument of the write command, the full page is now always saved

Fixed

Popup dialog for failed favicon downloads (now ignored)
Empty title in history overriding the older proper title
Print command only working once without reloading
Commands not supporting escaping of spaces using quotes

Security

Electron 8.0.1 (was 6.1.5)
Chromium 80.0.3987.86 (was 76.0.3809.146)

1.0.0 - 2019-11-30

code diff - released builds

Added

Unreachable pages now show an error page with instructions
Blocked HTTP redirects now show an error page with instructions
New tab page with top visited sites listed (newtab.showTopSites)
Setting to disable the added new tab page
Setting to automatically enter nav mode in new tabs (or not)
Container tabs, which don't share any data with other tabs (such as cookies or cache)
Tab titles are now yellow when they are container tabs
Tabs are now bright red when they have crashed
Keys can now be mapped to any supported command, such as "F1": ":help" (previously "F1": "COMMAND.help")
Hardcopy (or print) command to print the current page with a printer
Configure custom redirects in the settings with regex patterns
History of previously executed commands during the current session
Minimal width setting for tabs which by default is set to 22 (just the icon)
Write command to save the current page as HTML, optionally including resources (full) or to a custom location
Mkviebrc command to save the current settings to the viebrc.json, optionally including the defaults
Local file browser for directories with improved file navigation
Favicon setting to disable favicons or configure the cache duration for favicons (cache per session by default)
Favicons are now present on the new tab and history pages
Open pages in a new tab without directly switching to them (while holding Shift in newtab follow mode)
Buffer command to easily switch between all the open tabs (with autocompletion)
Roboto Mono font for all UI elements (with fallback to system monospace)
Horizontal scroll actions for cursor and visual mode (with added default bindings for it)
Shortcut to stop the page from loading (by default mapped to Ctrl-C from normal mode)
Number increment keys to modify page or port numbers using Ctrl-X and Ctrl-A
Vim form edit mode to edit form fields using vim or any other editor (gvim by default for cross-system compatibility)
Portable run option to startup arguments (--portable) to store all Vieb data inside a local ViebData folder
Overflow setting for the tabs, which can be used to wrap, scroll or hide them when they overflow

Changed

Moved the setting for new tab position to the newtab collection (newtab.nextToCurrentOne)
Reduce duplicate code to execute commands by grouping them in an object
Commands can now be entered partially to execute them (if only 1 command matches)
The setting "clearCacheOnQuit" is now "cache": "clearonquit" (default)
Cache setting is now simply named cache and has an additional "none" setting to disable cache completely
Permissions now show the page url in the ask dialog
The openExternal permission is now by default on ask, which shows the external url that will be opened
Rework the follow mode invocation to simplify the keybindings and fix some specific mode switches
Follow mode is now always allowed (no more setting), and will update the visible links by listening to mutations
Show plain text pages with a dark background and white text
Also respect font sizes for special pages such as help, version or history
Rewrite of settings chapter in the help page, including real-time preview of your settings
Follow mode can now be combined with cursor and visual mode, to move the cursor to the element location
Cursor now changes color gradually over time so it's more visible on conflicting background colors
Digits repeating actions are now only applied when needed, and are executed in one go wherever possible

Removed

Download method setting: confirm and ask are gone, automatic (previous default) is now the only download mode
The setting allowFollowModeDuringLoad is removed because the links are now auto-updating

Fixed

Sort all html input fields correctly by type in follow mode (input file, image and reset)
Missing elements in follow mode using jsaction, ARIA roles or contenteditable
History suggestions not sorting by visits correctly
Downloads are much more consistent and less prone to race conditions
Removing active downloads no longer mismatches the info with the progress of another download
Rounding issues with selecting or inspecting elements using the cursor mode
Argument issue when running Vieb using npm start and opening links with it when Vieb was already open
Check the html element styling when detecting an unset background color (not only the body)
Keybindings bug for chained keys being overwritten when adding new ones to the same key
Tabs not switching to the correct tab on startup
Page scrolling not working when the page is still loading
Incorrect page titles when navigating tab history
Cursor mode not detecting background images to download (when pressing "d")
Scrolling to previous input when re-entering insert mode (now using blur)

Security

Electron 6.1.5 (was 6.0.10)
Chromium 76.0.3809.146 (unchanged)
Permission for openExternal is now set to "ask" by default instead of the setting "block"

0.7.0 - 2019-09-19

code diff - released builds

Added

Support for keys being pressed in order with different actions (such as 'gg' or the new 'gi')
Shortcut to enter insert mode at the first text input using 'gi'
New option to open tabs next to the current one (using t and u) (now the new default)
Keybinding to open tabs at the inverted position to the setting configured (so at the end by default)
Keybindings to move the current tab left or right in the tab navigation bar (ctrl-j or ctrl-k)
Settings to configure permissions such as microphone or camera access, options are: block, allow or ask
Boolean toggle for settings, for example: set caseSensitiveSearch!
Support for multiple set command arguments, such as: set caseSensitiveSearch! notifications.system=true notifications?

Changed

Set command suggestions are no longer hard-coded
Set command write syntax is now similar to Vim: set permissions.camera=ask
The question mark for the set command read option is now optional: set permissions? now equals set permissions
User agent replacement to work for beta/dev versions

Fixed

Also make Control-BracketLeft reset the repeating digits counter to zero

Security

Electron 6.0.10 (was 6.0.6)
Chromium 76.0.3809.146 (was 76.0.3809.138)
Permissions changed to block access by default for most permissions

0.6.0 - 2019-08-30

code diff - released builds

Added

Block ads and trackers with easylist and easyprivacy (set "adblocker" to "static" or "update")
Optionally auto-update these included filter lists directly from easylist.to (set "adblocker" to "update")
Related settings for the new adblocker (aside from options mentioned, can also be turned "off" or set to "custom")
Additional lists that can be added manually in the blocklists subfolder inside the config folder
Projects that are important to Vieb are mentioned at the bottom of the help page
Set command support for reading a setting, for example "set adblocker?"

Changed

Tabs not requested to open in the foreground are now opened in a new tab
Improved support for onclick and onmousedown elements in follow mode
Add more vertical space between headers on the help page
Increased the default notification duration from 5 to 6 seconds

Fixed

Location not displaying during load (and staying empty on failed page loads)
Default settings sometimes displaying in black text on help page
Buggy favicon on some sites after navigating on the same page

Security

Electron 6.0.6 (was 6.0.0-beta.15)
Chromium 76.0.3809.138 (was 76.0.3809.74)

0.5.0 - 2019-07-29

code diff - released builds

Added

CHANGELOG file to keep a full list of changes
Save and restore the window state by default
Allow specific window properties to be kept or ignored (position, size, maximized state)
Press "Shift with t" to open a new tab with the current url pre-filled in nav mode
Simple setting to clear all cookies on quit

Changed

Made version and help output from the CLI more consistent
Argument --debug now also shows the Electron frame and toolbar (--console remains unchanged)
Simplified the readme by moving more info to the help page
Improved the styling and update check of the version page
Made follow in new tab slightly faster

Fixed

Missing folders and files from cache clear and localstorage clear
Actually apply the digitsRepeatActions settings on startup (set command already worked)
Always hide the hover url when leaving insert or cursor mode
Allow escape to reset the digit repeat counter (also don't trigger other actions when doing so)
Follow mode not working on pages with text nodes (getClientRects is not a function on those)

Security

Electron 6.0.0-beta.15 (was 5.0.6)
Chromium 76.0.3809.74 (was 73.0.3683.121)

0.4.0 - 2019-07-01

code diff - released builds

Added

Cursor mode to replicate mouse actions
Mouse hover in cursor mode
Inspect element in cursor mode
Image download in cursor mode
Left and right clicking in cursor mode
Enter insert mode at the cursor position
Many basic Vim movement options in cursor and visual mode
Copy selected text in new visual mode
Some additional movement options in normal mode
Link preview in cursor and insert mode
Enter in normal mode now clicks on the selected search result
Digits can now be used to enter the number of times an action should be executed
Support in follow mode for labels as long as they have the 'for' attribute
Support for 'onmousedown' click handlers in follow mode
Some better suggestions to the set command (such as 'downloads.')
Cursor mode toggle example for Firefox, similar to Caret browsing
Add funding link to my personal ko-fi page: Jelmerro

Changed

Follow mode now handles overlapping elements, greatly improving the suggestions
History is now loaded on startup to work faster when suggesting in nav mode
History will never re-read the file, because it's entirely processed in memory
Limit the amount of history suggestions appearing to 20
The history page will add all history DOM elements in bulk (much faster)
Downloads are now handled in the main thread to improve consistency
All checks with if statements now use includes wherever possible
Follow mode does not leave the mouse hovering anymore, because now there is cursor mode to do so
Split up the url regex into multiple parts to make it fast for long urls
Make the history ordering a bit more simple and predictable
Increased maximum fontSize from 20 to 30 pixels in height
Limit the history of previously closed tabs to 100 (which should be plenty)

Fixed

Scrolling to the top or bottom of the page on some pages not working
Losing focus when switching between certain modes
Same for possibly losing focus when a website enters fullscreen
Periodically toggle mouse focus to fully load websites that wait for the mouse to move
Actually save the recently closed tabs when that setting is on, but tabs.restore is off
Missing or blurry icons on Windows and some Linux installers

Security

Electron 5.0.6 (was 5.0.2)
Chromium 73.0.3683.121 (unchanged)
Remove Vieb and Electron info more reliably from the useragent (should now be similar to Chrome)
Disable the sharing of local WebRTC ip addresses, only public ip addresses are now shared

0.3.0 - 2019-06-07

code diff - released builds

Added

Browsing history is now stored when visiting pages
History can be viewed or be deleted by visiting the new history page
Suggestions for browsing history when in nav mode
Suggestions for commands when in command mode
Restore tabs option when restarting Vieb
Reopen previously closed tab action mapped to 'u' key by default
Downloads can now be stored between sessions
Many new settings for tabs, history and downloads (mostly related to history)
Custom font size option to scale all elements of the Vieb user interface
Clear cache on quit option (enabled by default)
Clear localstorage on quit option (disabled by default)
More allowed keys to the input field for all modes (such as 'ctrl shift arrows')

Changed

Eslint configuration to more accurately represent the repository style guide
Allow commands to start with a single ':', which will be ignored
Allow multiple login popups, one for each opened tab
Improve the url detection to more accurately follow the domain specification
Add arrow keys for switching suggestions to the Firefox and Chromium examples

Fixed

The zoom in and zoom out default keybindings in normal mode
Startup arguments starting with a single dash being opened as a website
Special pages not being detected on Windows
Follow mode duplicate key options for a certain amount of links

Security

Electron 5.0.2 (was 5.0.1)
Chromium 73.0.3683.121 (unchanged)

0.2.2 - 2019-05-09

code diff - released builds

Added

New alternative shortcuts to go move in history for the current tab

Fixed

Preloads on special pages not working on some released builds
Fix for unsupported 'visibility: collapse' styling

Security

Electron 5.0.1 (was 5.0.0-beta.8)
Chromium 73.0.3683.121 (was 73.0.3683.104)

0.2.1 - 2019-04-07

code diff - released builds

Changed

Use path module instead of url modifications for all paths
Show no output when a search result has zero matches

Fixed

Proper focus when entering search mode

Security

Electron 5.0.0-beta.8 (was 5.0.0-beta.7)
Chromium 73.0.3683.104 (was 73.0.3683.94)

0.2.0 - 2019-03-29

code diff - released builds

Added

New download support (aside from a basic popup each time)
Confirm and automatic download configurations
Added a basic download history for the current session
Moved the new download page and existing help and version pages to special pages (vieb://help for example)
Support for fullscreen requests of pages (by hiding the navbar, entering insert mode and a new escape keybinding)
Added example keybinding and setting configurations for Firefox and Chromium

Changed

Moved most information regarding configuration from the readme to the help page
Default duckduckgo search engine to use a dark theme
Improved CLI startup arguments for packaged apps
Split the preload into multiple separate preloads
Improved electron builder configuration (separate file with much better settings)
Vieb is now a single window application (single-instance): when already open, new urls will be opened as tabs
Disable follow mode for iframes again due to a couple of issues with it

Security

Electron 5.0.0-beta.7 (was 4.0.5)
Chromium 73.0.3683.94 (was 69.0.3497.106)

0.1.0 - 2019-02-17

code diff - released builds

Added

Initial project structure and files
Normal mode with a fair amount of options
Added settings to Vieb using the viebrc.json file
Follow mode to click on urls or buttons
Search mode to find text in the page
Insert mode to use the mouse in Vieb
Command mode with implementations for: version, help, reload, devtools, set and quit
Support for CLI startup arguments
Notifications for failed commands or other errors

Security

Electron 4.0.5
Chromium 69.0.3497.106