Add :navigate up

doc/TODO

@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ Improvements / minor features
 - Make sure commands in config are _complete_
 - Config should check for unknown sections
 - Print keybinding for command in completion [konubinix]
-- "go up in the URL path" mapped to gu for example [egan]
 - command which closes other tabs in a direction [egan]
 - Distinction between :q and :wq, add ZZ and ZQ shortcuts.
 - set_toggle to toggle setting between two states

doc/help/commands.asciidoc

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 |<<home,home>>|Open main startpage in current tab.
 |<<inspector,inspector>>|Toggle the web inspector.
 |<<later,later>>|Execute a command after some time.
-|<<navigate,navigate>>|Open typical prev/next links.
+|<<navigate,navigate>>|Open typical prev/next links or navigate using the URL path.
 |<<open,open>>|Open a URL in the current/[count]th tab.
 |<<paste,paste>>|Open a page from the clipboard.
 |<<print,print>>|Print the current/[count]th tab.
@@ -163,15 +163,16 @@ Execute a command after some time.
 === navigate
 Syntax: +:navigate [*--tab*] 'where'+
 
-Open typical prev/next links.
+Open typical prev/next links or navigate using the URL path.
 
-This tries to automatically click on typical _Previous Page_ or _Next Page_ links using some heuristics.
+This tries to automatically click on typical _Previous Page_ or _Next Page_ links using some heuristics. Alternatively it can navigate by changing the current URL.
 
 ==== positional arguments
 * +'where'+: What to open. 
 
  - `prev`: Open a _previous_ link.
  - `next`: Open a _next_ link.
+ - `up`: Go up a level in the current URL.
  
 
 

qutebrowser/browser/commands.py

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 import os
 import subprocess
+import posixpath
 from functools import partial
 
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication
@@ -299,17 +300,20 @@ class CommandDispatcher:
         self._current_widget().hintmanager.follow_hint()
 
     @cmdutils.register(instance='mainwindow.tabs.cmd')
-    def navigate(self, where : ('prev', 'next'), tab=False):
-        """Open typical prev/next links.
+    def navigate(self, where: ('prev', 'next', 'up'), tab=False):
+        """Open typical prev/next links or navigate using the URL path.
 
         This tries to automatically click on typical _Previous Page_ or
         _Next Page_ links using some heuristics.
 
+        Alternatively it can navigate by changing the current URL.
+
         Args:
             where: What to open.
 
                 - `prev`: Open a _previous_ link.
                 - `next`: Open a _next_ link.
+                - `up`: Go up a level in the current URL.
 
             tab: Open in a new tab.
         """
@@ -324,6 +328,16 @@ class CommandDispatcher:
         elif where == 'next':
             widget.hintmanager.follow_prevnext(frame, url, prev=False,
                                                newtab=tab)
+        elif where == 'up':
+            path = url.path()
+            if not path or path == '/':
+                raise cmdexc.CommandError("Can't go up!")
+            new_path = posixpath.join(path, posixpath.pardir)
+            url.setPath(new_path)
+            if tab:
+                self._tabs.tabopen(url, background=False, explicit=True)
+            else:
+                widget.openurl(url)
         else:
             raise ValueError("Got called with invalid value {} for "
                              "`where'.".format(where))

qutebrowser/config/configdata.py

@@ -931,6 +931,8 @@ KEY_DATA = collections.OrderedDict([
         ('navigate next', [']]']),
         ('navigate prev -t', ['{{']),
         ('navigate next -t', ['}}']),
+        ('navigate up', ['gu']),
+        ('navigate up -t', ['gU']),
         ('inspector', ['wi']),
         ('download-page', ['gd']),
         ('cancel-download', ['ad']),