From b6cf4ba0add25b67ece05eee848e81fcda001c34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jbranchaud Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:22:52 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add Search Tabs With The Vimium Vomnibar as a Chrome TIL --- README.md | 3 ++- .../search-tabs-with-the-vimium-vomnibar.md | 22 +++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 chrome/search-tabs-with-the-vimium-vomnibar.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 8749594..91e6e1f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pairing with smart people at Hashrocket. For a steady stream of TILs, [sign up for my newsletter](https://crafty-builder-6996.ck.page/e169c61186). -_1626 TILs and counting..._ +_1627 TILs and counting..._ See some of the other learning resources I work on: - [Ruby Operator Lookup](https://www.visualmode.dev/ruby-operators) @@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by - [Navigate The Browser History With Vimium](chrome/navigate-the-browser-history-with-vimium.md) - [Pretty Print Tabular Data](chrome/pretty-print-tabular-data.md) - [Reference The Selected Node](chrome/reference-the-selected-node.md) +- [Search Tabs With The Vimium Vomnibar](chrome/search-tabs-with-the-vimium-vomnibar.md) - [Selecting DOM Elements Faster Than Ever](chrome/selecting-dom-elements-faster-than-ever.md) - [Simulating Various Connection Speeds](chrome/simulating-various-connection-speeds.md) - [Toggle Device Mode](chrome/toggle-device-mode.md) diff --git a/chrome/search-tabs-with-the-vimium-vomnibar.md b/chrome/search-tabs-with-the-vimium-vomnibar.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f60c384 --- /dev/null +++ b/chrome/search-tabs-with-the-vimium-vomnibar.md @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +# Search Tabs With The Vimium Vomnibar + +If you use Chrome like I do, then you eventually end up with several windows +with dozens if not 100+ tabs open. It can start to get tedius with that many +tabs to find and navigate to a given tab. Someone might suggest closing a few +dozen tabs as a solution to this predicament. However, Vimium offers a solution +that doesn't require I [_kill my +darlings_](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kill_one%27s_darlings). + +The Vomnibar, a Vimium-powered search bar, can be summoned with `T` to only +search through open tabs. + +When I hit `T`, I see a text area (for refining the search) and then a bunch of +entries populate below that which I immediately recognize as many of those tabs +that I'm going to get back to one of these days. + +To narrow down to the specific thing I'm looking for, I type something into the +input. Then I arrow to the result I'm looking for and hit enter. And I'm +transported to that tab. + +If I don't like where I ended up, I can also go back to the tab I had been on +with `^`.