Custom Vim escape fails in table cells

[uNyanda]

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

Description

When Vim mode is enabled and a custom insert-mode escape mapping is configured, the mapping does not work while editing tables inserted through the slash-command menu.

For example, with jk configured as the escape mapping, typing jk inside a slash-command table cell does not exit insert mode.

The default Esc key still exits insert mode correctly.

Steps to reproduce

1. Enable Vim mode.
2. Configure jk as the insert-mode escape mapping under:
   Settings→Editor→Vim→Exit insert mode with
3. In the editor window, press / to open the slash-command menu and pick Table.
4. Enter insert mode while inside a table cell.
5. Type jk.

Actual Behaviour

The mapping does not exit insert mode.

Expected Behaviour

The configured jk mapping exits insert mode, as it does in regular note text.

Additional Notes

The issue only occurs in tables inserted through the slash-command menu. The same mapping works in regular note text, and the default Esc key works inside the table.

[adibhanna]

Fixed on release/v2.11.0 (5d80351), shipping in 2.11.0.

Good find. The slash-command table is a WYSIWYG widget with contenteditable cells and its own modal editing, not the actual vim plugin, so your custom jk mapping (which lives in the vim plugin via Vim.map) never reached it, only the default Esc did. The table's insert mode now reads your configured escape sequence directly and honors it: it detects jk within Vim's timeoutlen window, removes the typed chars, and drops back to normal, just like in regular note text.

Verified by driving the running app: in a table cell, i then jk exits insert mode and the jk is gone. Thanks @uNyanda.