Completed Phase 1 high priority task - comprehensive search system:
Search Features:
- Press '/' to enter search mode with dedicated search input
- Case-insensitive search across all content
- Enter to execute search and find all matches
- Real-time match highlighting:
* Yellow background = current match
* Blue background = other matches
- Navigate results with 'n' (next) and 'N' (previous)
- Smart scrolling - auto-scroll to current match
- Match counter in status bar (e.g., "Match 3/10")
- Esc to cancel search input
- Search state clears when loading new pages
Implementation Details:
- Added search state to MainWindow::Impl
* search_mode, search_query, search_matches, current_match
- Search input component (similar to address bar)
- executeSearch() - finds all matching lines
- nextMatch()/previousMatch() - cycle through results
- Content renderer highlights matches dynamically
- Status panel shows search results with emoji indicator
User Experience:
- Intuitive vim-style '/' to search
- Visual feedback with color highlighting
- Match position indicator in status
- Non-intrusive - doesn't interfere with navigation
- Seamless integration with existing UI
Keyboard shortcuts:
- /: Start search
- Enter: Execute search
- n: Next match
- N: Previous match
- Esc: Cancel search
Documentation:
- Updated KEYBOARD.md with search section and usage example
- Updated STATUS.md to reflect completion
- Added search to interactive features list
The browser now has powerful in-page search! 🔍✅
Completed Phase 1 high priority task:
Interactive Features:
- Add 'f' keyboard shortcut for forward navigation
- Forward button in UI now fully functional
- Works in tandem with Backspace (back) navigation
- Only enabled when browser can go forward
Documentation:
- Updated KEYBOARD.md with 'f' key
- Updated README.md keyboard shortcuts
- Updated STATUS.md to reflect completion
- Updated help text in main.cpp
Keyboard shortcuts:
- Backspace: Go back
- f: Go forward
- Both check navigation state before allowing action
The browser now has complete bidirectional navigation! ✅
Implemented complete interactive browser experience with keyboard-driven
navigation.
Interactive Features Added:
✅ Content Scrolling
- j/k or arrow keys: Line-by-line scrolling
- Space/b or PageUp/PageDown: Page scrolling
- g/G: Jump to top/bottom
- Real-time scroll position indicator
✅ Link Navigation
- Tab/Shift+Tab: Cycle through links
- 1-9 number keys: Jump directly to links
- Enter: Follow selected link
- Selected link highlighted in status bar
✅ Browser Navigation
- Back/forward button state (dimmed when unavailable)
- Backspace: Go back in history
- r/F5: Refresh page
- o: Open address bar to enter new URL
✅ Enhanced UI
- Status panel shows load stats (KB, time, link count)
- Selected link URL shown in status bar
- Scroll position indicator
- Navigation button states
Technical Implementation:
- Rewrote MainWindow with full FTXUI event handling
- Implemented content line splitting for scrolling
- Added link selection state management
- Wired up browser engine callbacks
- Added timing and statistics tracking
- Proper back/forward history support
Files Modified:
- src/ui/main_window.cpp - Complete rewrite with interactive features
- src/main.cpp - Wire up all callbacks and link handling
- KEYBOARD.md - Complete keyboard shortcuts reference
Tested with:
https://tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/howtos.htmlhttps://example.com
The browser is now fully interactive and usable for real web browsing! 🎉
