{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/philc/vimium/issues/1515","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/philc/vimium/issues/1515/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/philc/vimium/issues/1515/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/philc/vimium/issues/1515/events","html_url":"https://github.com/philc/vimium/issues/1515","id":59915515,"number":1515,"title":"Vimium on new-tab page","user":{"login":"smblott-github","id":2641335,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2641335?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/smblott-github","html_url":"https://github.com/smblott-github","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smblott-github/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smblott-github/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smblott-github/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smblott-github/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smblott-github/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smblott-github/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smblott-github/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smblott-github/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/smblott-github/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2015-03-05T07:29:26Z","updated_at":"2015-03-05T07:29:26Z","closed_at":null,"body":"When creating a new tab with `Ctrl-T`, Vimium is not active and the focus is locked in the address bar.  The whole Vimium UX is broken.\r\n\r\n- Does anyone know how to fix this?\r\n\r\nAbsent a Vimium fix, I've been using [New Tab Redirect](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/new-tab-redirect/icpgjfneehieebagbmdbhnlpiopdcmna?hl=en) to redirect `chrome://newtab` to a blank page with a very-long TTL (on which Vimium is active).  Unfortunately, we can't do the same trick in Vimium.  First, it completely disables `chrome://newtab` (and it wouldn't be possible to have an option to re-enable it).  Second, redirecting to `pages/blank.html` still leaves the focus in the address bar.\r\n\r\nAs a super lightweight alternative to New Tab Redirect, I implemented this:\r\n- https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/new-tab-url/njigpponciklokfkoddampoienefegcl\r\n- https://github.com/smblott-github/chrome-new-tab-url\r\n\r\n(which might be of interest to some Vimium users, absent a Vimium solution)."}}