philc / philc/vimium

Vimium breaks escape/meta key in google sheets, despite excluding all keys for the site

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Description

Reproduction

  1. Create a rule to exclude all vimium key bindings from google sheets.
  2. Edit a spreadsheet cell.
  3. Press ESC key.

Expected
Cell changes are cancelled and cell edit mode is terminated.

Actual
ESC key does nothing.

Notes
It seems like the ESC key is not excluded, despite an empty Exclude keys field in the rule. However, other vimium bindings are properly excluded. For example, pressing 'i' once causes a cell's contents to be replaced with the character 'i'.

Sys Info
OS X on MacBook Pro
Chrome Version 57.0.2987.133 (64-bit)
Vimium 1.59

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue in Google Sheets with an exclude-all Vimium rule, then trace the key exclusion handling for the Escape key. Done means Escape cancels cell editing and exits edit mode while other Vimium bindings remain excluded.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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