Vieb 4.2.1

Vieb

• Fix broken builds due to electron-builder requirements/constraints
• Mostly identical to 4.2.0 release, see previous release or the changelog for details

Other

• Electron 12.0.2 (unchanged)
• Chromium 89.0.4389.90 (unchanged)

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

Vieb 4.2.0

Warning

• Contains major bugs that are fixed in 4.2.1

Vieb

• Startup argument "--disable-media-keys" to disable Vieb from capturing media keys for player controls
• Environment variables for the datafolder and Erwic configuration (can be overridden with CLI arguments)
• Notifications for the final step of loading an extension (either success or failed due to Electron incompatibility)
• Context menu actions, map commands and default mappings (mmap etc.) to navigate and select menu items
• Test coverage report is now generated while testing which is useful to make sure you test all scenarios
• Follow and pointer mode logic for switching to insert mode, should make input focus more reliable
• Delcommand now shows suggestions for user commands that are added
• Select all option of the contextmenu is now listed for shadow roots and iframes
• Action "editWithVim" now works for input elements within shadow roots and iframes
• Map command listing now groups mappings that are the same for all modes into a single :map command
• Search is no longer cleared when navigating to a new page
• Require modules and specific functions only when needed (should be faster)
• Extension zip and folder are now deleted when the installation fails, so it can be retried
• Follow mode now remembers link positions even when returning to other modes, thus keys are more consistently assigned
• Clipboard actions in contextmenu and visual mode now work in shadow roots and iframes
• Download image pointer action now works in shadow roots and iframes
• Fix examples not loading on the help page for released builds
• Fix side effects for Tab key in normal mode by setting it to Nop by default
• Fix extension path removal bugs on Windows due to backslashes
• Fix second instances not ignoring datafolder argument when started in certain ways on Windows
• Fix action "clickOnSearch" not working if the page was scrolled
• Fix follow mode and related actions not working on chrome:// pages due to querySelectorAll oddities
• Fix follow mode not focusing input field correctly when holding Shift on keydown

Other

• Electron 12.0.2 (was 12.0.0)
• Chromium 89.0.4389.90 (was 89.0.4389.69)

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

Vieb 4.1.0

Vieb

• Startup argument to show the native window frame border: --window-frame
• Most startup arguments can now also be set with ENV vars, see --help for details
• Add zipped release for x64 Windows
• Fix for spelllang not working correctly when loaded from a viebrc
• Restore the missing details for page requests to open links externally
• Fix insert mode not always activating when clicking on a text input
• Context menu location is now corrected at the correct position when the page is zoomed in/out

Other

• Electron 12.0.0 (unchanged)
• Chromium 89.0.4389.69 (unchanged)

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

Vieb 4.0.0

Vieb

• Mouse setting is now on by default to make Vieb more user friendly for beginners (just like ignorecase)
• Mute command to toggle the audio playback status of a tab (either mute or unmute)
• Setting to respect the existence of a website context menu, in favor of Vieb's menu (respectsitecontextmenu)
• Suspend tabs manually (:suspend), on a timer (suspendtimeout) or on startup (suspendonrestore)
• Support for screensharing/displaycapture managed by the permissiondisplaycapture permission (shows a list of screens if set to ask)
• Run external commands for urls on the page, for example to open a link in your video player (see :h externalcommand for details)
• Mapped keys in insert mode won't be detected by the website, this prevents all side effects for mappings (also see the new Nop action)
• Make Vieb the default browser much more easily with the :makedefault command
• List setting permissionsasked to ask for permissions on specific sites, it overwrites permissionsblocked and permissionsallowed configs
• Experimental extension support using :extensions command
• Increase follow modes support for subframes, including embeds, framesets and shadow roots
• Support for modifiers in recursive insert mode mappings
• Support for lock keys in mappings, such as CapsLock
• New and more specific tab position settings: tabclosefocusright, tabreopenposition and follownewtabswitch
• Open-url handler to open a new tab for urls that are passed to Vieb via mac's alternative app argument system
• Restore the previous search selected when entering search mode
• Allow multiple languages to be passed to the spelllang option (and the "system" value is now handled better)
• More bug fixes than that is viable to list here, please check the changelog if you're interested

Other

• Electron 12.0.0 (was 11.2.1)
• Chromium 89.0.4389.69 (was 87.0.4280.141)

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

Vieb 3.4.0

Vieb

• New action to reorder follow mode elements so you can choose which type to click at the same location (action.reorderFollowLinks)
• Follow mode now supports pseudo-elements, labels with different types and iframes, while being faster as well
• Right-click for the mouse for all Vieb elements menu when mouse is enabled
• Right-click menu for websites when in insert mode (or when mouse is enabled)
• Add ARM64 build for macOS
• Pin command now takes an optional argument to apply to a specific tab
• A handful of bug fixes including the url hover wrapping and window.open errors

Other

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

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

Vieb 3.3.0

Vieb

• New actions for copying to- and opening from clipboard
• New actions for navigating to previous sites opened using explore mode
• Added startup option to optionally turn off hardware acceleration (still on by default)
• Improvements to the built-in themes, mainly the scrollbar and vertical tabs
• Lots of bugfixes and improvements to startup, help page, permissions, mappings etc.

Other

• Electron 11.1.1 (unchanged)
• Chromium 87.0.4280.88 (unchanged)

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

Vieb 3.2.0

Vieb

• Add searchwords setting to configure prefixes for searching websites directly from explore mode
• Add layout with vertical tabs using a newly included colorscheme
• Allow multiple external editors for input fields (that remain linked even when unfocused)
• Fix startup issues with certain viebrc settings
• Fix for some sites not loading and other small issues

Other

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

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

Vieb 3.1.0

Vieb

• Open files directly from the download page and the "download finished" notification
• Additional Vieb config location for colorschemes, viebrc and blocklists inside "~/.vieb"
• New permission groups that were previously grouped as "unknown"
• Speed and detection improvements to follow mode
• Better permission notification messages, which now include the setting name that was used to block or allow
• Open Vieb's developer tools while running with :internaldevtools
• Fix tab restore bug, underscore display issue and random tab switching

Other

• Electron 11.0.3 (was 11.0.2)
• Chromium 87.0.4280.67 (unchanged)

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

Vieb 3.0.0

Vieb

• File suggestions in explore mode and command mode (suggestions are now also scrollable)
• Custom colorschemes/themes, including a new light theme
• Improved container tabs with grouping, custom colors and many automatic name settings
• New features related to tab closing: automatic close permission, close command and pin tab close setting
• Open developer tools in a split window or new tab (follow mode support is still very basic)
• Improved favicon support: check for status and allow SVG icons
• New datafolder startup argument to make Vieb store it's data in any folder you want (can be combined with Erwic)
• GUI changes: smaller Vieb logo in default themes and use system fonts as much as possible
• New tab format, container is now remembered when closing or restoring tabs, there are settings for this
• Restart command to close and reopen Vieb
• Don't store closed pages in memory for longer than necessary
• New downloadLink action for pointer mode, which will download the hovered URL
• Make mac releases work again
• Show a red border for incorrect commands (for example unmatched quotes)
• Add "incsearch" setting for incremental search (default on)
• Special pages now run in the right container (useful for cookies) and can be opened multiple times
• Improve mouse interaction, such as back/forward buttons and tabbar scrolling
• Many small visual improvement and bug fixes

Other

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

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

Vieb 2.4.0

Vieb

• Added Erwic option at startup to open a fixed set of tabs in a separate instance, see Erwic.md for details
• Fix web GL context calls not being called correctly
• Bug fixes related to tab opening and it's history

Other

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

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