VSCodeVim / VSCodeVim/Vim

Key mappings in .vimrc not overriding in the order they appear in the configuration

Open
#9,848 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

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

Description

To Reproduce

Write in .vimrc:

nmap ss :echo "first"<CR>
nmap ss :echo "second"<CR>

Expected behavior

When ss triggerred, it should print second.
But first is shown.

Screenshots

Image

Environment (please complete the following information):

  • Extension (VsCodeVim) version: 1.32.1
  • VSCode version: 1.105.1
  • OS: win11 26200.7171

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 reproducing the two consecutive nmap definitions in .vimrc with VSCodeVim 1.32.1, VS Code 1.105.1, and the reported Windows environment. Trace how the extension loads and resolves these mappings; done means triggering ss prints "second" rather than "first".

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
typescript, vim, vscode
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.