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I do now have memorized some mix of vim and vscode keybindings, but to me it's worth it. I'm not at 100% keyboard navigation because in some cases I've burned 5

I do now have memorized some mix of vim and vscode keybindings, but to me it's worth it. I'm not at 100% keyboard navigation because in some cases I've burned 5-10 minutes looking up a shortcut, repeatedly 1/mo for 3 months. After so many (overly) spaced repetitions, I recognize the shortcut isn't worth memorizing. > Installing plugins is one good example of this, where even if you use a Vim plugin (or this, it seems), you still need to resolve to using the mouse/Tabbing to actually install the plugin itself. I agree with you here, but I rarely need to install new plugins. It's certainly not a task I repeat for a given plugin. Plugins are actually the reason I do primary development in VSCode instead of Neovim natively. I can set up linters, language highlighters, etc in VSCode much faster than I can in Neovim. The ecosystem in VSCode also seems to be bigger for what I've done in the last few years. --- Anyways, here are some VS Code keybindings I've found essential to go hand-in-hand with vscode-neovim. These few probably get me to 90% keyboard navigation for day-to-day editing. cmd-shift-m: toggle the bottom tray problems (works as a universal way to show/hide the bottom) cmd-b: toggle the left sidebar (in whatever context it was last in) cmd-shift-e: show the current file in the left sidebar cmd-0: move context/focus to the left sidebar cmd-1: move context/focus to the editor cmd-2: move context/focus to the right editor (or open an editor split, if not yet split) ctrl-1,...9: highlight Nth tab from the left ctrl-0: highlight rightmost tab cmd-p: fuzzy find file cmd-shift-p: fuzzy find any installed action by description

FPGAhacker 4y ago
Thank you for posting these!
- eric-hu 4y ago
  My pleasure! This plugin is hands down my favorite VSCode plugin. I worked mostly in vim before, and this plugin made me comfortable doing project work in VSCode. I'll keep an eye on this thread for a day or two and try to add more essential hotkeys if I think of them.
  - satvikpendem 4y ago
    All that `cmd`ing makes me feel like I'm in Emacs ;). I wonder if there's a way to bind those actions to vim-like keybindings.
cagmz 4y ago
cmd-p is an absolute must if you use this plugin. Thanks for sharing!
- eric-hu 4y ago
  I’ll add onto this, cmd-shift-p is the reason to use VS Code over neovim/vim. For every plug-in I’ve installed in vim, I used about 5% of their behavior. I’ve spent time looking through plug-in utilities and thought “oh that’s useful” and then forgotten about them by the next day. I’m aware that in vim, I can type :substring<tab> and get a list of commands. As far as I recall, I only get name matches. VSCode’s action search massively improves the user experience of this, allowing me to scan descriptions of plug-in commands.
  - shaunsingh0207 4y ago
    Personally I use Telescope, which has a commands menu you can use to fuzzy find through all known commands similar to shift-p. That being said, I've removed almost all of my neovim plugins. stock vim/neovim is surprisingly capable

FPGAhacker 4y ago

Thank you for posting these!

eric-hu 4y ago
My pleasure! This plugin is hands down my favorite VSCode plugin. I worked mostly in vim before, and this plugin made me comfortable doing project work in VSCode. I'll keep an eye on this thread for a day or two and try to add more essential hotkeys if I think of them.
- satvikpendem 4y ago
  All that `cmd`ing makes me feel like I'm in Emacs ;). I wonder if there's a way to bind those actions to vim-like keybindings.

cagmz 4y ago

cmd-p is an absolute must if you use this plugin. Thanks for sharing!

eric-hu 4y ago
I’ll add onto this, cmd-shift-p is the reason to use VS Code over neovim/vim. For every plug-in I’ve installed in vim, I used about 5% of their behavior. I’ve spent time looking through plug-in utilities and thought “oh that’s useful” and then forgotten about them by the next day. I’m aware that in vim, I can type :substring<tab> and get a list of commands. As far as I recall, I only get name matches. VSCode’s action search massively improves the user experience of this, allowing me to scan descriptions of plug-in commands.
- shaunsingh0207 4y ago
  Personally I use Telescope, which has a commands menu you can use to fuzzy find through all known commands similar to shift-p. That being said, I've removed almost all of my neovim plugins. stock vim/neovim is surprisingly capable