Support Ctrl-W uppercase HJKL to move windows (grouped editors)
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Description
CTRL-W H - move current window to the far left.
CTRL-W J - move current window to the very bottom.
CTRL-W K - move current window to the very top.
CTRL-W L - move current window to the far right.
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 the existing Ctrl-W window-movement handling for grouped editors and identify where the lowercase directional commands are defined. Add the uppercase H, J, K, and L cases with the destinations described in the issue, then verify each command moves the current window to the corresponding edge.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100