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Tab Traverse

Tab Traverse

Thomas donnelly

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249 installs
| (1) | Free
Another method of traversing code using a hotkey
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Tab Traverse

Tab traverse hijacks the tab key to be used for nagivation forward and backwards to the end of words and other commonly used cursor positions. It is a great method of nagivation while writing code without the use of the arrow keys.

Features

Use Tab For example if there is an image subfolder under your extension project workspace:

Rule of traversal: Go to next end of word, closing bracket, or end of line

Demo

Tip: By default this extension remaps the hotkeys Tab and Shift+Tab which are commonly used for other commands. To remap go to your keyboard shortcuts settings and remap "jumpForward" and "jumpBackward". (Control+Shift+P -> Open Keyboard Shortcuts)

Requirements

If you desire to use the default keybindings, ensure there are no other hotkeys with combinations Tab and Shift+Tab when: editorTextFocus.

Known Issues

The use of default keybindings disable to traditional use of Tab... use spaces instead. Or Control + ]

Release Notes

Users appreciate release notes as you update your extension.

1.0.0

Initial release of Tab Traversal

1.0.1

Updated readme and fixed jumpBackward bug

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