diff --git a/common/content/editor.js b/common/content/editor.js
index 9e0eaa69..5f6cf74e 100644
--- a/common/content/editor.js
+++ b/common/content/editor.js
@@ -653,6 +653,11 @@ var Editor = Module("editor", {
                 modes.push(modes.TEXT_EDIT);
             });
 
+        mappings.add([modes.INPUT],
+            ["<BS>", "<Del>", "<Left>", "<Right>", "<Up>", "<Down>"],
+            "Handled by " + config.host,
+            function () Events.PASS);
+
         mappings.add([modes.INSERT],
             ["<Space>", "<Return>"], "Expand insert mode abbreviation",
             function () {
diff --git a/common/content/events.js b/common/content/events.js
index 0a836a33..90ccbbd3 100644
--- a/common/content/events.js
+++ b/common/content/events.js
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ var ProcessorStack = Class("ProcessorStack", {
             if (options["timeout"])
                 this.timer = services.Timer(this, options["timeoutlen"], services.Timer.TYPE_ONE_SHOT);
         }
-        else if (result !== Events.KILL && !this.actions.length && !this.passUnknown) {
+        else if (result !== Events.KILL && !this.actions.length &&
+                 !(this.passUnknown || this.modes.some(function (m) m.passEvent(this), this.events[0]))) {
             result = Events.ABORT;
             if (!Events.isEscape(this.events.slice(-1)[0]))
                 dactyl.beep();
@@ -107,7 +108,8 @@ var ProcessorStack = Class("ProcessorStack", {
                 this.events[0].originalTarget.dactylKeyPress = undefined;
 
         if (result !== Events.PASS || this.events.length > 1)
-            Events.kill(this.events[this.events.length - 1]);
+            if (result !== Events.ABORT || !this.events[0].isReplay)
+                Events.kill(this.events[this.events.length - 1]);
 
         if (result === Events.PASS_THROUGH) {
             events.passing = true;
@@ -1544,6 +1546,10 @@ var Events = Module("events", {
                 modes.push(modes.QUOTE);
             });
 
+        mappings.add([modes.BASE],
+            ["<CapsLock>"], "Do Nothing",
+            function () {});
+
         mappings.add([modes.BASE],
             ["<Nop>"], "Do nothing",
             function () {});
diff --git a/common/content/modes.js b/common/content/modes.js
index e30eb2a8..4aa01a14 100644
--- a/common/content/modes.js
+++ b/common/content/modes.js
@@ -468,6 +468,8 @@ var Modes = Module("modes", {
 
         ownsFocus: Class.memoize(function ownsFocus() this.bases.length && this.bases.some(function (b) b.ownsFocus)),
 
+        passEvent: function passEvent(event) this.input && event.charCode && !(event.ctrlKey || event.altKey || event.metaKey),
+
         passUnknown: Class.memoize(function () options.get("passunknown").getKey(this.name)),
 
         get mask() this,
@@ -541,7 +543,7 @@ var Modes = Module("modes", {
     options: function initOptions() {
         options.add(["passunknown"],
             "Pass through unknown keys in these modes",
-            "regexplist", "^input$",
+            "regexplist", "",
             {
                 regexpFlags: "i",
                 setter: function (val) {