Vimium: Feature Request:Copy link title

[JonahWong]

Like 'yf' key to copy link address, adding shortcut to copy link title would be a nice touch.

[sherwinWatson]

I would love to see that implemented too

[SimonAlling]

Please make this happen!

[smblott-github]

One way to do this might be:

set yt copyCurrentUrl title

And possibly, for symmetry:

set yt copyCurrentUrl url

[lydell]

Just noting that in VimFx, you'd do this with yv. It lets you copy the text of _any_ element, not just links.

[mrmr1993]

@smblott-github won't that (confusingly) make bindings for both commands show up as bindings for a single command in the help dialog?

(Also, I think you may have meant LinkHints.activateModeToCopyLinkUrl, not copyCurrentUrl.)

[knobhead]

As one of the VimFx users forced to migrate in the wake of FF57, I'd also love to see this feature.

VimFx behaviour in element_text_copy mode is to also 'LinkHint' form fields (<input>, <textarea, even with their disabled attribute set...) and copy their content.

[metastork]

This would be wonderful (and presumably quite quick) to implement - it's the only feature from VimFx I now miss, after yank URL features have been recently implemented on the Firefox Quantum version.

[skating507]

really need this feature

[jefferyyuan]

+1 for this feature
@smblott-github @mrmr1993
I tried "map yv LinkHints.activateModeToCopyLinkUrl title", but it doesn't work...

[edrex]

In qutebrowser ym copies the current URL/title as a markdown link, which is usually what I want.

[knobhead]

Hi, any chance to get this feature into the development roadmap? Unfortunately I can't help with coding, but I'll be happy to help with testing or anything else within my reach. Also, I'd be happy to donate, as vimium-ff is my daily driver...

[gdh1995]

Just an advertisement: I have a customized Vimium C and it supports copyCurrentTitle and even a powerful copyWindowInfo which supports customizable text formats.

For example, if someone wants to copy tab info in Markdown form, then this helps:

map <f6> copyWindowInfo type="tab" format="[${title}](${url})"

[edrex]

@gdh1995 why are you forking instead of pushing improvements upstream?

[gdh1995]

I have lots of ideas and there're too many ones not liked by Vimium's main developers. So currently most of my PRs to Vimium are only to fix bugs.

[edrex]

There is a rejected patch that implements ym: https://github.com/philc/vimium/pull/2054

It seems like, with 69 open PRs and no commits in 6 months, this project isn't being actively maintained. Maybe the coffeescript legacy is dragging it down?

[usfmohy]

I managed to overcome this by a custom keybinding:
map yf LinkHints.activateMode action=copy-text