Navigating the Global Search interface with vim quickfix-list keybinds
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
At the moment, I have to completely break flow, and depend on a mouse, to navigate through "search results." This is really unfortunate, as the :Ack-and-then-:cn/:cnf workflow is absolutely fantastic for large refactors.
I see also there's #3158; so generally speaking, it'd be nice to have mappings to navigate VScode's various built-in "file list" interfaces.
Describe the solution you'd like
Ideally, :qn jumps to the next result of the current global-search-value in the current file; and :qnf jumps to the next file in the global-search results.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing how VS CodeVim handles existing quickfix-style navigation and key mappings for the global search interface; the issue names :cn, :cnf, and the proposed :qn and :qnf entry points but no files or tests. Done means the new mappings move to the next result in the current file and the next file in the global search results.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript, vscode
- Domain
- developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100