Prevent Chrome from eating keyboard shortcuts with Google Play apps?

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Will

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Dec 12, 2016, 5:09:08 PM12/12/16
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Hey all,

The ability to run Android apps within Chrome is an amazing feature, but unfortunately some of Chrome's default keyboard shortcuts can get in the way of using those apps. For example, vim is a nice text editor and there is a pretty good Android port, but vim's ability to split and manage windows centers around the 'ctrl+w' hotkey, which is Chrome's shortcut for 'close window.' So when trying to edit a document in vim, a stray muscle memory-driven 'ctrl+w' kills the whole app without saving, and without a prompt.

That's not really ideal, so is there a way to disable those keyboard shortcuts from within a Google Play app? Or just entirely? There is a Chrome web app called 'crosh window' which accomplishes this for most native Chrome apps, but it doesn't seem like it works with Google Play apps.

Thanks!
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