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Find mode overridden by Normal mode commands after first letter

Open B1LLP4RK opened this issue 9 months ago • 6 comments

Describe the bug

When I enter find mode, and try to enter a word to find, It becomes normal mode after the first letter right away even though i didn't press enter.

To Reproduce

press / in any page give it a word to find

Browser, OS and Vimium C versions

  • Browser name: Chrome
  • Browser version: latest
  • Vimium C version: latest available on chrome webstore
  • OS name and version: windows 11

B1LLP4RK avatar Apr 05 '25 06:04 B1LLP4RK

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/453afd11-e91a-43bc-82f7-e2cbdc9f7607

In the video I try to find for the word 'search' using / command. After writing the first letter, 's', vimium-c searches for s, and all the next letter 'earch' seems to be accepted as a command for normal mode. So the 'r' in 'search' is refreshing the webpage.

B1LLP4RK avatar Apr 05 '25 06:04 B1LLP4RK

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/01d7c42a-4c3c-44cd-8249-55f3dc4d3282

In this video i try to find for word 'education'. however after typing 'e', the 'd' is interpreted as 'down' command in normal mode. One thing to note is that the notifier at the right bottom doesn't disappear as well, and lingers(I am not sure if this is default behaviour)

FYI i use English/Korean keyboard that maps right alt for switching between the two languages.

B1LLP4RK avatar Apr 05 '25 07:04 B1LLP4RK

This happens for me as well on Firefox - any intermediate solution or at least can we map / to firefox's find bar?

kalpaj1997 avatar May 04 '25 08:05 kalpaj1997

I don't have a deep understanding, but I deleted and reinstalled two or three times and suddenly the issue disappeared.

B1LLP4RK avatar May 04 '25 08:05 B1LLP4RK

Doing so doesn't work for me - but in the process I deleted the extension's preference. Hopefully Firefox syncs it back.

kalpaj1997 avatar May 04 '25 08:05 kalpaj1997

Same thing for me in zen-browser. firefox fork. It is extremely annoying

keg-git avatar Sep 03 '25 23:09 keg-git