Space opens leader hints instead of inserting a space in table cells

[uNyanda]

• Date: 2026-07-06
• Severity: Medium
• Environment:
  • OS: Linux
  • WM: Niri
  • Compositor: Wayland
• Software version: 2.10.0

Description

While Vim mode is enabled, pressing Space while in insert mode inside a table inserted through the slash-command menu opens the leader-hints popup instead of inserting a space character.

Steps to reproduce

1. Enable Vim mode from the settings.

2. Press / to open the slash-command menu, and choose Table.
   

3. Enter insert mode while inside a table cell.

4. Press Space.

Actual Behaviour

The leader-hints popup opens instead.

Expected Behaviour

Space inserts a space character into the current table cell.

Additional Notes

The issue only occurs in tables inserted through the slash-command menu while Vim mode is enabled. With Vim mode disabled, Space inserts normally in the same table. Space also inserts normally in regular note text while Vim insert mode is active.

[adibhanna]

Fixed on release/v2.11.0 (36f5b2e), shipping in 2.11.0.

Same root as #341: the slash-command table is a WYSIWYG widget with contenteditable cells, and VimNav's capture-phase key handler treated the cell as CodeMirror's editor surface, so Space armed the global leader before the cell could type it. VimNav now stands down when a table cell is in insert mode (like it already does for inputs/textareas), so Space (and every key) types into the cell; the cell still owns Esc and the insert-escape.

Verified by driving the running app: in a table cell, i then typing X, Space, Y gives X Yone with no leader popup. Thanks @uNyanda.

While testing this we also spotted and fixed a separate glitch where inserting a table left a stray tall caret bar at the pane's right edge (the caret was landing inside the table's block widget) — that's fixed too, in 797e8db.