vimperator
Can't escape insert mode
Issue type:
- Bug report (maybe)
- Feature request (maybe)
Version:
Vimperator: 3.15.0 (created: 2016/10/13 15:31:18)
Firefox: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:49.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/49.0
Description:
For example on the web interface of https://web.whatsapp.com/ I cannot escape the insert mode since after hitting <Esc> it will immediate switch back into insert mode.
Expected behavior:
After hitting <Esc> I will be brought back to normal mode without the immediate switch back to insert mode.
Steps to reproduce:
- Open chat window on the web interface of https://web.whatsapp.com/ .
- Be stuck in insert mode.
I think this is a "feature" of whatsapp that always forces focus to the textarea.
Same here. It started a couple of days ago.
Doesn't matter, weather I press Esc or Strg + ], I can't escape the insert mode on web.whatsapp.com.
This sounds similar to #14 for me. But I don't know, what was done to resolve it.
Probably nothing we can change if whatsapp always grabs the focus. There might be an unfocus event listener that automatically grabs the focus again.
A possible solution might be to add a rule for the whatsapp domain that disables all focus events. IIRC this is possible with autocommands in Vimperator.
There is a workaround for google.com, and I think that the browser should be capable to interrupt the focus queue.
Maybe we can find a way to block that specific javascript function that causes this?
Yes, as I said: Create an autocommand (:help :autocmd) that disables the part of the Whatsapp JavaScript code that grabs the focus. This should be user specific and not in Vimperator's code.