I'm not sure if this issue has been posted already, but I couldn't find anything on it so here it is. I don't have Gmail shortcuts enabled so I'm not sure what's the problem... maybe the iframes?
int3
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As a work-around, I'll point out that the 'basic HTML' version (there's a link in the Gmail footer) should work quite well.
asb
on 3 Apr 2010
Very likely all the crazy iframes.
philc
on 3 Apr 2010
Gmail, Google Reader, and probably other Google Apps already use the same primary VIM movement keys. Vimium should know to automatically disable itself on these sites.
deleteme
on 3 Apr 2010
I have a suggestion: maybe vimium should implement some special attribute of a tag, when it is in the head section, the vimium is automaticly disabled?
bessarabov
on 4 Jun 2010
bessarabov: I'm not sure I understand you. Who will be responsible for placing this special tag/attribute into the page -- the webmaster or us? If you mean the webmaster, well, I don't think we could get most of them to bother with it.
int3
on 4 Jun 2010
int3: Yes, I mean the webmaster. Yes, you are right, most of sites will not use this tag/attribute, but most of the sites don't use keybinding either. So, I hope that if the vimium will support such tag/attribute, all webmasters that are using vimuim will change their html pages.
bessarabov
on 7 Jun 2010
@deleteme i don't think that vimium should be disabled on gmail, greader and other google sites that support vim shortcuts because they have small differences in functionality.
gmail example: you could use gmail shortcuts in insert mode and, when reading a messages/thread, exit insert mode and use j/k to scroll messages.
the only thing missing is an option to focus iframe or something similar.
aljosa
on 15 Jun 2010
This is a showstopper for me. I just use google sites 50% of the time and consistent way of working with browser is a must on these sites as well as on normal pages.
dpc
on 28 Jul 2010
Is it going to be enabled for gmail ?
nashkabbara
on 3 Sep 2010
Why was this closed?
aspiers
on 30 Oct 2011
I don't recall who closed this, but upon inspection I think it should be closed, at least for the foreseeable future. Gmail operates within tons of iframes and currently we can't bind keystrokes inside of iframes -- only the top level iframe. See https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=20773.
Until that is resolved this bug is non-actionable.
Additionally, gmail is ignored by default, since most (but not all) users want to use Gmail's built-in vim shortcuts.
philc
on 31 Oct 2011
The 20773 bug is listed as fixed now! So perhaps this is actionable again? I just got started tinkering with vimium, and immediately hit this issue.
drewm1980
on 4 Jan 2014
I agree with @drewm1980 I see that the multiple iframes bug has been resolved . So maybe vimium can finally work on Gmail!!
mohitleo9
on 13 Jan 2014
Just came across this thread, and I can assure everyone that Vimium works fine on Gmail. After having disabled the native keyboard shortcuts in Settings to ensure there's no conflicts, you just need to remove the excluded URLs in Vimium that pertain to Gmail. After saving that and refreshing the page, it worked like a charm.
DavidMetcalfe
on 23 Jan 2014
It surely works.
laike9m
on 8 Oct 2015
@DavidMetcalfe "After having disabled the native keyboard shortcuts in Settings to ensure there's no conflicts..." sorry, which settings, gmail or vimium?
kosir
on 27 Dec 2015
@kosir He means gmail keyboard shortcuts. Since you want to use vimium shortcuts, you should make sure that "f" isn't being interpreted by gmail to, say, delete all messages. ;-)
limitedAtonement
on 6 Apr 2016
Is there a solution for focusing on the email-content frame in gmail? Currently I can't use 'j'/'k' initially. I need to reach the mouse and click inside the email contents.
eyalev
on 8 Dec 2016
I confirm @eyalev 's report (even though it's January 2018). I have Gmail shortcuts disabled, yet vimium's "j/k" keys are not scrolling the window. Am I missing something, @DavidMetcalfe ? :) Thanks.
^ Screenshot showing what Gmail says after pressing Shift+?
mkarnicki
on 13 Jan 2018
@mkarnicki ...
Check on the options page or in the popup that you do not have an exclusion rule for GMail. For better or for worse, Vimium ships with one.
Failing that, The GMail page contains lots of frames, and it's easy to end up with the focus in the wrong frame.
smblott-github
on 13 Jan 2018
Thank you for replying, @smblott-github . Re: 1, I do not have the exlusion for GMail in Viumium (double checked). Re: 2, the interesting bit is I realized I can scroll the Hangout contacts list to the right with J/K (assuming correct focus), but I can't scroll a thread of messages, even though I tried focusing that area multiple times. Sorry for "re-opening" this issue, I was hoping someone might have that part figured out.
mkarnicki
on 13 Jan 2018
Just for anyone new to vimium who isn't super clear on how to change these options:
First click the vimium extension icon on your browser and choose the small "options" link in the bottom.
Then look for your "excluded keys and urs" list and remove gmail.
hugadams
on 1 Nov 2019
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Just came across this thread, and I can assure everyone that Vimium works fine on Gmail. After having disabled the native keyboard shortcuts in Settings to ensure there's no conflicts, you just need to remove the excluded URLs in Vimium that pertain to Gmail. After saving that and refreshing the page, it worked like a charm.