CTRL + [ keyboard shortcut to go to previous page does not work

[carmenbianca]

I'm opening this issue because:

• I'll report a bug
• I'll propose a new feature

Description

When Vim Vixen is enabled, I cannot use CTRL + [ to go to the previous page. CTRL + ] to go to the next page works.

Failure Information (for bugs)

Steps to Reproduce

Please provide detailed steps for reproducing the issue.

1. Open a tab.
2. Click on a link.
3. Press CTRL + [

System configuration

• Operating system: openSUSE Tumbleweed
• Firefox version: 58.0.2
• Vim-Vixen version: 0.12

Console logs

Any relevant log in developer tools:

[ueokande]

Umm... Ctrl+[ is conflicted with cancel key (#184). I'll make it configurable in the future.

[carmenbianca]

Ah, thank you very much :)

[rlue]

Just chiming in with my experience here:

FF 59.0.2 / Vim-Vixen 0.12 on Debian 9.4 (Stretch), I wanted <C-[> to be the cancel key, but it was actually doing the Firefox default of navigating back in history. 😕 Didn't look into it, and just figured I'd live with it.

Caused me enough grief after a couple of days that I had to do something about it. Couldn't find any answers, so I tried adding an explicit binding for <C-[> in the vim-vixen preferences (to some arbitrary function, I think it was scroll-down-one-line). Now <C-[> actually works as a cancel key (it does not scroll down one line). Removed the line from the settings file, and it still works. Go figure. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Anyway, it would be really nice if the vim-vixen docs included some comprehensive listing of all settings and keybinding functions. I was trying to figure out if I could explicitly bind <C-[> to cancel for a very long time before I just tried something else. You know what? I'll just open a new issue for that.

[rlue]

Actually, I restarted Firefox after removing the setting I mentioned in my previous comment, and the behavior reverted to what it was before — i.e., <C-[> navigates back in the browser history. I restored the arbitrary mapping for <C-[> in the preferences, and now it's back to the way it's supposed to be.

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EDIT: BUT when a text field is active, <C-[> still navigates back in history. :\

[grzkv]

It makes sens to have an option to select either Firefox or vim-vixen to handle this keybinding. I prefer vim-vixen to handle it, but it is clear that a lot of people would prefer otherwise.