Character '/' in exclusion keys has strange behaviour
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Description
I did this for the youtube search shortcut.
If i go ahead and enter '/' in exclusion keys from the extension shortcut icon, the '/' is repeated


all the while I have focus on it.
This works fine from the options page of vimium though
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue through the extension shortcut icon using '/' in the exclusion keys, then compare it with the options page where the behavior works correctly. Trace the shortcut and exclusion-key input entry points; done means '/' is entered once in the shortcut UI without affecting focused input behavior.
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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
- 28/100