philc / philc/vimium

Press x in github issue search box closes the page

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Description

Chromium Version 62.0.3202.89 (Developer Build) built on Debian 9.1, running on Debian 9.2 (64-bit)
Vimium 1.61.1

Step to reproduce:

  1. Open any GitHub issue page
  2. Click inside the search box
  3. type x

Actual Behaviour:
The page closes.

Expected behaviour:
Letter x should be typed in the search box

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Reproduce the issue in Chromium 62 on a GitHub issue page using the listed steps, then trace Vimium's handling of the x key while the search box is focused. Done means x is entered into the search box and the page remains open.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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