f bug in Gmail

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Go to gmail.com.
2. Click on "Compose."
3. Click on the message body.
4. Type "f", then press one of the following keys: dsemckawfgjl.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
The expected output is "f" followed by the second key that was typed. The key 
pressed immediately after the "f" doesn't appear.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Vimium 1.36 on Firefox 12 on Windows 7.

Please provide any additional information below.
I'm using the Colemak keyboard layout, though that shouldn't make any 
difference.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by pbrinich...@gmail.com on 1 Jul 2012 at 10:46

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I have a similar problem with webmail at one.com
After typing f type Esc, works.

Original comment by nilsolaa...@gmail.com on 26 Sep 2012 at 10:55

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gmail.com doesn't behave quite as nicely as that, unfortunately. If you hit the 
escape key, you lose focus on the input box so that you can use the gmail 
keyboard shortcuts or tab to the action buttons for the message.

Original comment by donaldjo...@gmail.com on 26 Sep 2012 at 2:17

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A simple way to work around this problem might be to provide a site blacklist 
where the user can enter URLs for which vimium should become passive and not do 
anything with keyboard input.

Original comment by donaldjo...@gmail.com on 26 Sep 2012 at 2:20

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Just for your information, i works fine in vimium for google chrome.

Original comment by nilsolaa...@gmail.com on 2 Oct 2012 at 8:05

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I have the same problem. I love Vimium but I'm afraid I'll have to disable it.

By the way, Gmail is not the only website with this problem. Gmail uses a 
special javascript-enabled editable iframe for composing emails and any other 
website using this technique is affected by this bug. This afternoon I stumbled 
across the comment form of this website http://forum.sourcefabric.org which is 
affected too.

Original comment by samuel...@gmail.com on 4 Oct 2012 at 2:59

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True; I imagine many sites are affected. Outlook Web App is also difficult to 
use with vimium. 

Original comment by donaldjo...@gmail.com on 4 Oct 2012 at 3:42

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It is true that this works fine in Vimium with Chrome, but I am on a work 
computer and can only use explorer or firefox.  I use vimium with chrome on my 
personal computer and like it a lot.  vimium for chrome also has an option to 
exclude specific urls.  adding that option would provide an easy workaround for 
this problem on many sites, not just gmail.

(btw, though this specific problem is not an issue in vimium for chrome, vimium 
does get in the way of the j/k keyboard shortcuts for navigating through 
messages, so it is still useful to exclude gmail in the vimium options)

Original comment by dan.k...@gmail.com on 9 Oct 2012 at 4:16

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Fixed that (please check for rev. 22 in downloads).

Original comment by Valentin...@gmail.com on 12 Oct 2012 at 11:47

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Original comment by Valentin...@gmail.com on 12 Oct 2012 at 11:47

• Changed state: Fixed