LinkHints.activateModeToDownloadImage

[BioBox]

The title says it all. LinkHints.activateModeToOpenImage is an awesome feature, but is there any way to just copy the URL of the image instead of opening it in my tab? Or at least have it open in a new tab so that it doesn't overwrite what I already have?

[gdh1995]

Um, the OpenImage command should open a new tab by default. How did you map keys and options to it ?

Up to now, there's no command name / command option to copy image URLs, but you may copy in opened image tabs:

• map xxx Vomnibar.activateUrl and then on Vimium C Display page, Vomnibar will show an image URL (with a prefix).

[BioBox]

Sorry for the late reply. I have it mapped as map zi LinkHints.activateModeToDownloadImage and it always opens it in the current tab. I tried disabling my "New Tab Redirect" extension but the behavior still persists.

[gdh1995]

Um, please try this: map zi LinkHints.activateModeToDownloadImage download="force".

To use download="force", firstly you need to give Vimium C the "downloads" permission on Vimium C Options page:

[BioBox]

It simply downloads the image without any hassle. Although I would still prefer to copy the address, this works well enough for me. Thank you!

[gdh1995]

Well, in fact download="force" may fail on Chrome and in some edge cases, and in some of such cases removing it may make downloading succeed ...

As for copying URL, this need is too rare, so I still recommend LinkHints.activateOpenImage and then trigger Vomnibar.activateEditUrl .

[BioBox]

Ah, okay that works too. When you said OpenImage I wasn't sure what you were talking about. Using activateOpenImage and then copying the auto-selected text from the omnibar-edit does the trick. It just takes a few extra steps.

[gdh1995]

Um, to copy URL of <img> elements, there're some ways I once forgot.

recommended on v1.92.4

Add this to Custom key mappings:

map Fa LinkHints.activateOpenImage sed="s@^@vimium://copy/@g" keyword="$copy"

And, add this to Custom search engines:

$copy: vimium://copy/$S Copy

since v1.93 (a future version on 2021-09-27)

Add this to Custom key mappings:

map Fa LinkHints.activateOpenImage sed="s@^@vimium://copy/@g"

An old trick

map Fa LinkHints.activateCopyLinkUrl match="img,video,audio" access="dataset.canonicalSrc,dataset.src,src"

This means to only show hints for img elements but not background images, and then find its src attribute and copy as a URL.