Chrome memory saver making vimium shortcuts to stop working unless tab is refreshed
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Description
Chrome has a new memory saver setting which seems to put tabs to sleep after a while
chrome://settings/performance
I tend to have a lot of tabs, so this setting is welcome, but it seems to require the tab to be refreshed (using the standard Ctrl-r or F5 keybinding) for Vimium shortcuts to start working again. This is annoying when using shift j/k to navigate tabs.
Is there anything that can be done other than not using this setting or refreshing the page?
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Research direction
No files or tests are identified in the issue. First reproduce the problem by enabling Chrome's memory saver, letting a tab sleep, and testing Vimium shortcuts before and after refresh; done means the shortcuts work on a resumed tab without requiring Ctrl-r or F5.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- web-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100