Easy Code Edits

Easy Code Edits is a Visual Studio Code extension that brings Vim‑like text object motions to VS Code. With simple keybindings, you can delete or select text inside various delimiters (parentheses, braces, brackets, quotes, and backticks) without needing to learn Vim.

Features

• Vim‑Style Motions:
  Executes commands like di( (delete inside parentheses), di{, di", etc., making code editing fast and efficient for non‑Vim users as well.

• Flexible Editing:
  Choose between deleting content or simply selecting it. For example, you can press ctrl+' to delete inside single quotes or alt+' to select inside parentheses single quotes.

• Method Argument Deletion:
  Delete a single method argument within a parenthesized argument list with the command easy-code-edits.deleteMethodArgument. The extension intelligently removes the correct argument along with any surrounding commas.

• Clipboard Integration:
  When deleting text, the removed content is automatically copied to the system clipboard, allowing easy retrieval if needed.

Requirements

• Visual Studio Code version 1.75.1 or later.
• No additional dependencies are required.

Commands & Keybindings

The following commands are available:

• Delete Inside Parentheses:
  Command: easy-code-edits.deleteInsideParentheses
  Keybinding: ctrl+shift+9 --> i.e. equivalent to ctrl+(

• Delete Inside Braces:
  Command: easy-code-edits.deleteInsideBraces
  Keybinding: ctrl+shift+[ --> i.e. equivalent to ctrl+{

• Delete Inside Square Brackets:
  Command: easy-code-edits.deleteInsideSquareBrackets
  Keybinding: ctrl+[

• Delete Inside Double Quotes:
  Command: easy-code-edits.deleteInsideDoubleQuotes
  Keybinding: ctrl+shift+' --> i.e. equivalent to ctrl+"

• Delete Inside Single Quotes:
  Command: easy-code-edits.deleteInsideSingleQuotes
  Keybinding: ctrl+'

• Delete Inside Backticks:
  Command: easy-code-edits.deleteInsideBackticks
  Keybinding: ctrl+`

• Select Inside Parentheses:
  Command: easy-code-edits.selectInsideParentheses
  Keybinding: alt+shift+9 --> i.e. equivalent to alt+(

• Select Inside Braces:
  Command: easy-code-edits.selectInsideBraces
  Keybinding: alt+shift+[ --> i.e. equivalent to alt+{

• Select Inside Square Brackets:
  Command: easy-code-edits.selectInsideSquareBrackets
  Keybinding: alt+[

• Select Inside Double Quotes:
  Command: easy-code-edits.selectInsideDoubleQuotes
  Keybinding: alt+shift+' --> i.e. equivalent to alt+"

• Select Inside Single Quotes:
  Command: easy-code-edits.selectInsideSingleQuotes
  Keybinding: alt+'

• Select Inside Backticks:
  Command: easy-code-edits.selectInsideBackticks
  Keybinding: alt+`

• Delete Method Argument:
  Command: easy-code-edits.deleteMethodArgument
  Keybinding: ctrl+shift+m

You can customize these keybindings via VS Code’s Keyboard Shortcuts (File → Preferences → Keyboard Shortcuts).

Known Issues

• Edge-case handling for deeply nested or unbalanced delimiters may need improvement.
• Custom delimiters are not currently supported.

Enjoy Easy Code Edits and happy coding!