Semi-Vim Shortcuts for VS Code

This simple extension enables new basic, but very handy, shortcuts much like Vim's in your VS Code environment. With these new shortcuts, your hands just need to remain in the Main Focus Area in the figure below.

See the simple navigations in this screen capture:

Shortcuts

🍎 Nothing would change with your existing shortcuts. These are just new ones that is added to your environment settings. Anyway, you can always disable the extension using the Extensions view (Ctrl+Shift+X).

👍 You can also use these shortcuts on file explorer, sidebar lists/trees (e.g., find in files or source control,) auto-completion lists and breadcrumbs.

👍 Hold Shift and/or Alt keys with these shortcuts to select text or move by word.

👍 Hold Alt keys with delete next/previous shortcuts to delete by word.

👍 To use shortcuts on the command palette lists, you need to first press Tab key to focus on the list.

Manual configuration

Want to manually set the shortcuts? Just open this Gist and follow the instructions at the top of the file.

See also

• "Basic Vim Shortcuts in VS Code" on DEV.to
• Manual configuration guide on gist.github.com