Merge pull request #238 from johnbeard/hintkill

Add hint kill submode (;k)

src/config.ts

@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ const DEFAULTS = o({
         "F": "hint -b",
         ";i": "hint -i",
         ";I": "hint -I",
+        ";k": "hint -k",
         ";y": "hint -y",
         ";p": "hint -p",
         ";r": "hint -r",

src/excmds.ts

@@ -1301,6 +1301,7 @@ import * as hinting from './hinting_background'
         - -r read an element's text with text-to-speech
         - -i view an image
         - -I view an image in a new tab
+        - -k delete an element from the page
         - -; focus an element
         - -# yank an element's anchor URL to clipboard
         - -c [selector] hint links that match the css selector
@@ -1316,6 +1317,7 @@ export function hint(option?: string, selectors="") {
     else if (option === "-p") hinting.hintPageTextYank()
     else if (option === "-i") hinting.hintImage(false)
     else if (option === "-I") hinting.hintImage(true)
+    else if (option === "-k") hinting.hintKill()
     else if (option === "-;") hinting.hintFocus()
     else if (option === "-#") hinting.hintPageAnchorYank()
     else if (option === "-c") hinting.hintPageSimple(selectors)

src/hinting.ts

@@ -234,6 +234,12 @@ function anchors() {
     return DOM.getElemsBySelector(HINTTAGS_anchor_selectors, [DOM.isVisible])
 }
 
+/** Array of items that can be killed with hint kill
+ */
+function killables() {
+    return DOM.getElemsBySelector(HINTTAGS_killable_selectors, [DOM.isVisible])
+}
+
 // CSS selectors. More readable for web developers. Not dead. Leaves browser to care about XML.
 const HINTTAGS_selectors = `
 input:not([type=hidden]):not([disabled]),
@@ -280,6 +286,16 @@ const HINTTAGS_anchor_selectors = `
 [name]
 `
 
+const HINTTAGS_killable_selectors = `
+span,
+div,
+iframe,
+img,
+button,
+article,
+summary
+`
+
 import {activeTab, browserBg, l, firefoxVersionAtLeast} from './lib/webext'
 
 async function openInBackground(url: string) {
@@ -387,6 +403,14 @@ function hintRead() {
     })
 }
 
+/** Hint elements and delete the selection from the page
+ */
+function hintKill() {
+    hintPage(killables(), hint=>{
+        hint.target.remove();
+    })
+}
+
 function selectFocusedHint() {
     console.log("Selecting hint.", state.mode)
     const focused = modeState.focusedHint
@@ -407,4 +431,5 @@ addListener('hinting_content', attributeCaller({
     hintImage,
     hintFocus,
     hintRead,
+    hintKill,
 }))

src/hinting_background.ts

@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ export async function hintRead() {
     return await messageActiveTab('hinting_content', 'hintRead')
 }
 
+export async function hintKill() {
+    return await messageActiveTab('hinting_content', 'hintKill')
+}
+
 import {MsgSafeKeyboardEvent} from './msgsafe'
 
 /** At some point, this might be turned into a real keyseq parser