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Word Divider

Word Divider

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367 installs
| (1) | Free
Enable cursor movement in Japanese sentences on a word-by-word basis
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Word Divider

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Enable cursor movement in Japanese and Chinese sentences on a word-by-word basis.

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Features

Command Keybinding for Windows and Linux Keybinding for Mac Command to be overwritten Description
wordDivider.cursorWordLeft Ctrl+LeftArrow ⌥ ← cursorWordLeft Move cursor to the previous word
wordDivider.cursorWordEndRight Ctrl+RightArrow ⌥ → cursorWordEndRight Move cursor to the next word
wordDivider.cursorWordLeftSelect Ctrl+Shift+LeftArrow ⇧ ⌥ ← cursorWordLeftSelect Select the previous word
wordDivider.cursorWordEndRightSelect Ctrl+Shift+RightArrow ⇧ ⌥ → cursorWordEndRightSelect Select the next word
wordDivider.deleteWordLeft Ctrl+Backspace ⌥ Backspace deleteWordLeft Remove the previous word
wordDivider.deleteWordEndRight Ctrl+Delete ⌥ Delete deleteWordRight Remove the next word

Differences from Japanese Word Handler

This extension is inspired by sgryjp/japanese-word-handler.

Japanese Word Handler move based on character type, while Word Divider move based on word recognition.

Using Word Handler

examples

Using Japanese Word Handler

While Word Divider divides 拡張機能 into 拡張 and 機能, and 使うと into 使う and と, we can see that the Japanese Word Handler treats 拡張機能 as 拡張機能 and 使うと as 使 and と.

Japanese Word Handler examples

Extension Settings

  • wordDivider.locale: The locale to use for word divider
    • auto: Use VS Code's configured display language (default)
    • ja: Japanese
    • zh-CN: Simplified Chinese
    • zh-TW: Traditional Chinese

Known Issues

  • Cannot double click to select a word. #50
  • Cannot move word by word in SOURCE CONTROL message box. #48

Release Notes

See CHANGELOG.md

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