Oomotion Vscode

A textobject-oriented vscode keymap. Inspired by vim, kakoune and helix.

Modes

Different from vim, oomotion modes refer to textobject selection & navigation mode. In each mode, your cursor will always select a specific kind of object and all navigations are based on that textobject. For example, in word mode, your cursor always selects a word in your document and you can use hl to navigate the previous/next word. And in line mode, your cursor always selects a line and you can use jk to navigate the previous/next line.

The following is all modes supported by current version of oomotion:

• character: Select & navigate by a single character each time.
• word: Select & navigate by a word [\p{L}\p{N}_@$#]+ or consecutive symbols [\p{S}\p{P}\p{M}]+ or a single delimiter [()[]{}<>,;'"] each time. For example, let b_ne = !(a.b != c) contains words let, b_ne, =, !, (, a, ., b !=, c, ).
• small-word: Similar to word, but select a inner word in camel case or snake case. For example, OoMotion VSCode oomotion_vscode contains smallwords Oo, Motion, VSCode, oomotion, vscode.
• big-word: Similar to word, but consider symbols [\p{S}\p{P}\p{M}] like !.+- same as letters and numbers. Ignore all delimiters. For example, let b_ne = !(a.b != c) becomes let, b_ne, =, !, a.b !=, c.
• line: Select & navigate by a single line each time.
• tree-sitter: Select & navigate by a single tree sitter node each time.
• line-tree: A line level tree navigator that based on indentation. (experimental)

Each mode has a unique colored box that highlights your textobject selection.

• character: grey solid box
• word: red solid box
• small-word: : red dotted box
• big-word: : red dashed box
• line: : blue solid box
• tree-sitter: : yellow solid box
• line-tree: : yellow dashed box

States

Oomotion states is similar to vim's modes. There are three states available:

• INSERT: Insert text through keyboard.
• NORMAL: All keyboard inputs are considered commands. Used for navigation and editing.
• SELECT: All keyboard inputs are considered commands. Select multiple textobjects using navigation keys.

Each state has a unique cursor style as follows.

• INSERT: Thin line cursor
• NORMAL: Thick line cursor
• SELECT: Block cursor

You can also view the current state and mode on vscode's status bar.

Keymaps

Oomotion supports a range of keymaps. You can view & edit most of them on VS Code's Keyboard Shortcuts editor.

From NORMAL State

• v : enter SELECT state.

From INSERT State

• j k : return to NORMAL state.

From SELECT State

• Esc : return to NORMAL state.

Switch Modes

• ^: enter character mode.
• w: enter word mode.
• w w : enter small-word mode.
• shift+w : enter big-word mode.
• x: enter line mode.
• t: enter tree-sitter mode.
• shift+t: enter line-tree mode.

Navigation

Basic Navigation.

• h: Move left. Select the previous node in tree-sitter, line-tree.
• l: Move right. Select the next node in tree-sitter, line-tree.
• j: Move down. Select a child node in tree-sitter, line-tree.
• k: Move up. Select a parent node in tree-sitter, line-tree.
• g h: Go to the start of a line.
• g l: Go to the end of a line.
• g j: Go to the end of a file.
• g k: Go to the start of a file.
• g g: Go to line number.
• space j : Move cursor down a page.
• space k : Move cursor up a page.
• space space : Center the view vertically.

Find by a single character.

• f <char>: Find the next textobject start with <char>. Can select across multiple line (different from vim). Can also be used in tree-sitter, line-tree.
• s <char>: Find the previous textobject start with <char>. Can select across multiple line (different from vim). Can also be used in tree-sitter, line-tree.

Find by current textobject selection.

• n: Go to next occurence of selected textobject.
• b: Go to previous occurence of selected textobject.

Navigate by easy-motion.

• e: Enter easy-motion mode.

Repeat and Redo.

• enter: repeat last navigation command.
• shift+enter: redo last navigation command.

VS Code command key binding.

• ; : VS Code Go Back command.
• shift+; : VS Code Go Forward command.
• q : VS Code Expand Selection command. Used to expand to the parent ast node. Used for tree-sitter unsupport languages.
• shift+q : VS Code Shrink Selection command. Used to shrink to the child ast node. Used for tree-sitter unsupport languages.

Add new cursors.

• shift+h: Add the left textobject as a new cursor. Add the previous named node to selections in tree-sitter mode.
• shift+l: Add the right textobject as a new cursor. Add the next named node to selections in tree-sitter mode.
• shift+j: Add the down textobject as a new cursor.
• shift+k: Add the up textobject as a new cursor.
• shift+n: Add the next occurence of current textobject as a new cursor.
• shift+b: Add previous occurence of current textobject as a new cursor.

Editing

Enter INSERT state.

• i: Insert at left of selection.
• a: Insert at right of selection.
• shift+i: Insert at start of line.
• shift+a: Insert at end of line.
• o: Insert at a new line below.
• shift+o: Insert at a new line above.
• c: Change the current selection. (Delete the selection and insert here)
• shift+c: Change the current selection with surrounding whitespace characters.

Delete the selection.

• d : Delete the current selection.
• shift+d: Delete the current selection with surrounding whitespace characters.

Yank and Paste

• y: Yank selection.
• shift+y: Yank line.
• p: Paste after.
• shift+p: Paste before.
• r: Replace.

Undo & Redo

• u: Undo.
• shift+u: Redo.

Swap and Duplicate Textobject.

• alt+h: Swap with the left object.
• alt+l: Swap with the right object.
• alt+j: Swap with the down object.
• alt+k: Swap with the up object.
• alt+shift+h: Duplicate a object left.
• alt+shift+l: Duplicate a object right.
• alt+shift+j: Duplicate a line below.
• alt+shift+k: Duplicate a line up.

Evaluate CoffeeScript expression.

• . : Evaluate a coffeescript expression and replace the result with current selection. For example, press . and then fill the input box with $.replace /red/g, 'blue' will replace all red in current selection into blue.
• # : Evaluate a coffeescript expression and insert the result before current selection.
• $ : Evaluate a coffeescript expression and insert the result after current selection.
• m : Run a predefined modifier function on current selection. For example, m camel will convert current words into camel case.

Alignment command.

• = <char> : Align selected lines based on a character.

Indentation.

• tab : Indent selected lines.
• shift+tab: Outdent selected lines.

Language Features

Code Navigation.

• g d: Reveal definition.
• g shift+d: Reveal definition aside.
• g t : Go to type definition.
• g i: Go to implementation.
• g r: Go to references.
• g [: Go to previous marker (error, warnning, etc).
• g ]: Go to next marker (error, warnning, etc).
• space b : Open the breadcumbs.
• space s : Open VS Codes's Go to Symbol in Editor
• space s : Open VS Codes's Go to Symbol in Workspace
• space h : Show Definition Preview Hover.

Code Actions.

• space f : Format the document.
• space a : Open code Actions.
• space r : Code Rename.

Window Management

• [ : Previous Editor.
• ] : Next Editor.
• { : Focus Left Group.
• } : Focus Right Group.
• space [ : Move Editor to Left Group.
• space ] : Move Editor to Right Group.
• space { : New Editor Group to the Left.
• space } : New Editor Group to the Right.
• space w : Close Other Editors in Group.
• space shift+w : Close All Editors in Group. }

Current Status

Current supported tree-sitter grammars: bash, c, cpp, go, html, java, javascript, json, ocaml, python, rust, typescirpt. I can't compile many tree-sitter grammar projects in webassembly.

I stopped maintaining this project. I'm considering reimplement this on Zed for better performance. Sorry for the inconveniences.

Changelog

• 0.0.2 : Optimize Move Up/Down in word mode to make multicursor easier to use. Add a icon and keywords.