diff --git a/common/content/editor.js b/common/content/editor.js
index ff4775ad..b94fecb1 100644
--- a/common/content/editor.js
+++ b/common/content/editor.js
@@ -400,7 +400,6 @@ var Editor = Module("editor", {
     }
 }, {
     mappings: function () {
-        var myModes = [modes.INSERT, modes.COMMAND_LINE];
 
         // add mappings for commands like h,j,k,l,etc. in CARET, VISUAL and TEXT_EDIT mode
         function addMovementMap(keys, hasCount, caretModeMethod, caretModeArg, textEditCommand, visualTextEditCommand) {
@@ -528,11 +527,11 @@ var Editor = Module("editor", {
         addMotionMap("y"); // yank
 
         // insert mode mappings
-        mappings.add(myModes,
+        mappings.add([modes.INPUT],
             ["<C-w>"], "Delete previous word",
             function () { editor.executeCommand("cmd_deleteWordBackward", 1); });
 
-        mappings.add(myModes,
+        mappings.add([modes.INPUT],
             ["<C-u>"], "Delete until beginning of current line",
             function () {
                 // broken in FF3, deletes the whole line:
@@ -542,44 +541,43 @@ var Editor = Module("editor", {
                     editor.executeCommand("cmd_delete", 1);
             });
 
-        mappings.add(myModes,
+        mappings.add([modes.INPUT],
             ["<C-k>"], "Delete until end of current line",
             function () { editor.executeCommand("cmd_deleteToEndOfLine", 1); });
 
-        mappings.add(myModes,
+        mappings.add([modes.INPUT],
             ["<C-a>"], "Move cursor to beginning of current line",
             function () { editor.executeCommand("cmd_beginLine", 1); });
 
-        mappings.add(myModes,
+        mappings.add([modes.INPUT],
             ["<C-e>"], "Move cursor to end of current line",
             function () { editor.executeCommand("cmd_endLine", 1); });
 
-        mappings.add(myModes,
+        mappings.add([modes.INPUT],
             ["<C-h>"], "Delete character to the left",
             function () { events.feedkeys("<BS>", true); });
 
-        mappings.add(myModes,
+        mappings.add([modes.INPUT],
             ["<C-d>"], "Delete character to the right",
             function () { editor.executeCommand("cmd_deleteCharForward", 1); });
 
-        /*mappings.add(myModes,
+        /*mappings.add([modes.INPUT],
             ["<C-Home>"], "Move cursor to beginning of text field",
             function () { editor.executeCommand("cmd_moveTop", 1); });
 
-        mappings.add(myModes,
+        mappings.add([modes.INPUT],
             ["<C-End>"], "Move cursor to end of text field",
             function () { editor.executeCommand("cmd_moveBottom", 1); });*/
 
-        mappings.add(myModes,
+        mappings.add([modes.INPUT],
             ["<S-Insert>"], "Insert clipboard/selection",
             function () { editor.pasteClipboard(); });
 
-        // TODO: a better way to specify mode types
-        mappings.add(modes.getCharModes("i").concat(modes.TEXT_EDIT, modes.COMMAND_LINE),
+        mappings.add([modes.INPUT, modes.TEXT_EDIT],
             ["<C-i>"], "Edit text field with an external editor",
             function () { editor.editFieldExternally(); });
 
-        mappings.add([modes.INSERT, modes.COMMAND_LINE],
+        mappings.add([modes.INPUT],
             ["<C-t>"], "Edit text field in Vi mode",
             function () {
                 dactyl.assert(!editor.isTextEdit);
diff --git a/common/content/events.js b/common/content/events.js
index fb3b1e61..d40252a2 100644
--- a/common/content/events.js
+++ b/common/content/events.js
@@ -982,10 +982,6 @@ var Events = Module("events", {
                         input.postExecute = params.postExecute;
                     if (params.onEvent && input.hive === mappings.builtinHive)
                         input.fallthrough = function (event) {
-                            // Bloody hell.
-                            if (events.toString(event) === "<C-h>")
-                                event.dactylString = "<BS>";
-
                             return params.onEvent(event) === false ? Events.KILL : Events.PASS;
                         };
                     }
@@ -1006,6 +1002,14 @@ var Events = Module("events", {
                     break;
             }
 
+            if (!refeed || refeed.length == 1)
+                for (let input in values(processors))
+                    if (input.fallthrough) {
+                        if (res === Events.KILL)
+                            break;
+                        res = dactyl.trapErrors(input.fallthrough, input, event);
+                    }
+
             if (!ownsBuffer)
                 statusline.updateInputBuffer(buffer);
 
@@ -1143,19 +1147,6 @@ var Events = Module("events", {
             let res = this.onKeyPress(event);
             if (res === Events.KILL)
                 kill(event);
-            else if (this.fallthrough) {
-                let evt = isArray(res) ? res[0] : event;
-                let r = dactyl.trapErrors(this.fallthrough, this, evt);
-                if (r === Events.KILL)
-                    kill(evt);
-                res = r === Events.KILL ? Events.KILL : Events.PASS;
-                /*
-                if (r === Events.KILL)
-                    res = res.slice(1);
-                else
-                    res = r == Events.WAIT ? res : false;
-                */
-            }
 
             if (res != Events.WAIT)
                 this.inputBuffer = "";
diff --git a/common/content/modes.js b/common/content/modes.js
index 863ca9d4..4dc372bf 100644
--- a/common/content/modes.js
+++ b/common/content/modes.js
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ var Modes = Module("modes", {
             bases: [this.COMMAND],
             ownsFocus: true
         });
+        this.addMode("OUTPUT_MULTILINE", {
+            description: "Active when the multi-line output buffer is open",
+            bases: [this.COMMAND],
+        });
 
         this.addMode("INPUT", {
             char: "I",
@@ -124,16 +128,16 @@ var Modes = Module("modes", {
             description: "Active when an <embed> or <object> element is focused",
             ownsFocus: true
         });
+
         this.addMode("PASS_THROUGH", {
             description: "All keys but <C-v> are ignored by " + config.appName,
-            bases: [],
+            bases: [this.BASE],
             hidden: true
         });
-
         this.addMode("QUOTE", {
             hidden: true,
             description: "The next key sequence is ignored by " + config.appName + ", unless in Pass Through mode",
-            bases: [],
+            bases: [this.BASE],
             display: function () modes.getStack(1).main == modes.PASS_THROUGH
                 ? (modes.getStack(2).main.display() || modes.getStack(2).main.name) + " (next)"
                 : "PASS THROUGH (next)"
@@ -143,8 +147,9 @@ var Modes = Module("modes", {
             postExecute: function (map) { if (modes.main == modes.QUOTE && map.name === "<C-v>") modes.pop() },
             onEvent: function () { if (modes.main == modes.QUOTE) modes.pop() }
         });
-        this.addMode("OUTPUT_MULTILINE", {
-            description: "Active when the multi-line output buffer is open"
+        this.addMode("IGNORE", { hidden: true }, {
+            onEvent: function (event) Events.KILL,
+            bases: []
         });
 
         // this._extended modes, can include multiple modes, and even main modes
@@ -177,10 +182,6 @@ var Modes = Module("modes", {
             description: "Active when a prompt is open in the command line",
             input: true
         });
-        this.addMode("IGNORE", { hidden: true }, {
-            onEvent: function (event) Events.KILL,
-            bases: []
-        });
 
         this.push(this.NORMAL, 0, {
             enter: function (stack, prev) {