Vimperator :: exit insert mode in a textarea

Question

For some websites, which grab the focus to a textarea, it's not even possible to exit the "insert" mode in any other way except doing a mouse-click outside the textarea.

Is there any common workaround for this problem?

Brister

Answer 1

You can use Ctrl-[ to exit insert mode.

Ciel

On Hungarian keyboard the [ character can be reached as AltGr+f. And Ctrl+AltGr+f not works to escape from insert mode. :-( – Chesna

But now I haven't entered command mode in the text area, I have simply stopped editing the text area. Is this expected? I'm trying to use Firefox and Vimperator simply for a permanent vim-mode in text areas. How to enable? Thanks :) – Polson

Answer 2

For those who cannot reach [ directly on the keyboard, I managed to map Ctrl-[ to Ctrl-#:

:imap <C-#> <C-[>

Birdt

Answer 3

I use "b" in order to get the command line with buffers. then i replace "buffers" with "q".

Chesterfieldian