Pressing backspace key while typing in vomnibar sometimes take back to the previous page
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Description
I don't know if someone else faces this problem or not. Currently, I use a Chromium based browser Vivaldi on a machine running Ubuntu 16.04. From quite some time, I have been facing this frustrating problem of vomnibar behaving irrationally on pressing the backspace key. Suppose, I am searching for a opened tab and press T to bring vomnibar up. I type something and make a mistake. I press the backspace button to correct it. Sometimes, it works and the incorrect characters get scrapped off. Sometimes, it doesn't work and I go one step back into the history of the page. This is really frustrating as a user since I can't be sure what would happen if I press the backspace key. Here is a video I made to clear up the issue. Please check it. Thanks!!
https://www.useloom.com/share/2c59ff93e85647b091c274a4b5ec8df0
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the vomnibar workflow described: open it with T, type a query, and press Backspace in Vivaldi on Ubuntu. Trace the vomnibar keyboard-handling entry point and determine when Backspace navigates history instead of deleting text. Done means repeated correction attempts delete characters consistently without taking the page back.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100