VSCodeVim / VSCodeVim/Vim

Remove need for enter in easymotion regex search

Open
#4,480 0 comments 2 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

area/plugin
Dominant language
TypeScript
Stars
15.2k
Forks
1.5k
Avg merge
3d 18h
Merged PRs (30d)
6

Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
When searching using easymotion regex search, enter has to be pressed before the jump tags appear, this can be a lot slower than the solution used by acejump.

Describe the solution you'd like
Add an option(in settings) to remove the need to hit enter after specifying the search term.

**A clear and concise description of what you want to happen.
Instead of pressing enter after entering the search regex, the jump tags appear as you type and
you can either:

  • enter the tag characters to jump immediately
  • or continue the search term (which automatically reduces the number of tags to jump to)
    (This has the benefit of effectively unifying 1,2,n character searches and regex searches in a better interface)

Additional context
Video of the effect in intellij's acejump (which is based on emacs ace jump mode)
https://youtu.be/8cgy8ITtsJE?t=84

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by locating the Easymotion regex search entry point and the settings handling for its search behavior. Review how search input and jump tags are currently coordinated. Done means an opt-in setting lets tags appear as the regex is typed, while continuing the search refines them and entering tag characters jumps immediately.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.