mattn / mattn/emmet-vim

CSS expansion, visual select values with defaults

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Description

I have

  • Read through the docs but didn't found solution for my specific usecase
  • Searched for issues but didn't found my usecase

Notations:
| - represents cursor position
*visually selected* - stuff between asterisk is visually selected

Current behaviour:

d|

expands to

// cursor is at the start of the 'block' keyword in insert mode
display: |block

Suggesting the behaviour to be:

// making the block visually selected
display: *block*

I actually came across this usecase multiple times.

While i think putting user in insert mode is really helpful where there is no default value for an attribute, like border but for the properties that have a default value like in case of display, putting the user in visual mode with the value highlighted could be of greater value as the user can then go ahead & immediately change it by pressing c once or exit from it by pressing esc.

If this is something that can be achieved currently, please guide me.

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Research direction

No file, test, or entry point is named in the report. Start by reproducing the CSS expansion behavior in emmet-vim and trace how default and non-default property values are selected; done means default values are visually selected while properties without defaults retain the current insertion behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
css, vim
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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