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Browser and web apps

Pair the browser extension to bind tab commands and commands web apps publish.

The Vimputer extension connects Chrome or Arc to the app. Once it’s paired:

  • Tab commands appear in the action picker under Browser: switch, open, close and reopen tabs, back and forward, reload, duplicate, pin, mute, and move a tab to another window. They only run while that browser is focused.
  • A web app that publishes commands adds them to the picker, and its current page can be used in an App scope condition.

Install

The extension isn’t in the Chrome Web Store yet. Build it from the repo:

pnpm extension:build

In chrome://extensions, turn on Developer mode, choose Load unpacked, and pick apps/browser-extension/.output/chrome-mv3. It needs Chrome 116 or later.

Pair

Get a code

In Vimputer, open Settings → Integrations, and under Paired clients choose Pair. It shows a six-character code.

Enter it

Open the extension’s popup and enter the code. Settings → Integrations → Browser now shows Connected.

The extension only talks to Vimputer on 127.0.0.1, and reads no sites until you choose Connect this site in its popup.

Web apps

A web page publishes commands with the OpenKeymap SDK. Settings → Integrations → Browser shows the web app in the active tab and its commands. To bind several at once, use Add from app… in a layer’s menu.

Desktop apps can publish commands over the same connection. Clipt is the first; paired apps are listed under Connections in Settings → Integrations.