Enter insert mode if the content script loads with a text input already focused before we can add event handlers (e.g. google). Also blur the text box if the user exits insert mode. Closes #4.

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/vimiumFrontend.js b/vimiumFrontend.js
index 88aa718f..29cd1240 100644
--- a/vimiumFrontend.js
+++ b/vimiumFrontend.js
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ function initializeFrontend() {
       });
     }
   });
+
+  // Enter insert mode automatically if there's already a text box focused.
+  var focusNode = window.getSelection().focusNode;
+  var focusOffset = window.getSelection().focusOffset;
+  if (isInputOrText(focusNode.children[focusOffset])) { enterInsertMode(); }
 };
 
 /*
@@ -100,7 +105,11 @@ function onKeydown(event) {
   }
 
   if (insertMode && event.keyCode == keyCodes.ESC)
+  {
+    // Remove focus so the user can't just get himself back into insert mode by typing in the same input box.
+    if (isInputOrText(event.srcElement)) { event.srcElement.blur(); }
     exitInsertMode();
+  }
   else if (!insertMode && keyChar)
     keyPort.postMessage(keyChar);
 }
@@ -115,6 +124,10 @@ function onBlurCapturePhase(event) {
     exitInsertMode();
 }
 
+function isInputOrText(target) {
+  return (target.tagName == "INPUT" || target.tagName == "TEXTAREA");
+}
+
 function enterInsertMode() {
   insertMode = true;
   HUD.show("Insert mode");
@@ -164,4 +177,4 @@ HUD = {
 // This should be revisited, because sometimes we *do* want to listen inside of the currently focused iframe.
 var isIframe = (window.self != window.parent);
 if (!isIframe)
-  initializeFrontend();
\ No newline at end of file
+  initializeFrontend();