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dired

Cao Tan Duc

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7 installs
| (0) | Free
Emacs Dired experience in VSCode
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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🔍 Search

  • Trigger search: Press /
  • Navigate in search:
    • Ctrl+n → next result
    • Ctrl+p → previous result
  • Open selected: Enter
  • Exit search: Escape
  • Fuzzy matching: Supports partial letter match (e.g., abc matches alphabetic)

⌨️ Keyboard Navigation

Outside of search, the following shortcuts are supported:

Key Action
j / Ctrl+n Move down
k / Ctrl+p Move up
Enter Open file or folder
Space Expand/collapse folder (if type === 2)
- Navigate to parent (..)
+ Create new file in current folder
d Create new directory
Delete / Backspace Request file/folder deletion
r Request file/folder rename
g Reload panel
Escape Close search (if open)

🧠 Features

  • Focus management: Initially focuses a file (focusedFileName) if provided.
  • Directory expand/render: Listens to renderExpand message from backend and toggles child elements.
  • State tracking: Maintains index of currently selected item.
  • Fuzzy Search: Implements fuzzy matching that checks characters in sequence (not substring).
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