Add behavior for ^ in visual and caret mode
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- JavaScript
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Description
In vim navigation, ^ goes to the first non-blank character of the line. It would be nice if this hotkey could be added to visual and caret mode, just for the sake of those of us who are used to using it instead of 0.
In a development environment, the difference between ^ and 0 is meaningful, but it would honestly probably suffice to make ^ an alt key for 0 in the browser environment.
Using chromium version of Vimium.
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 key handling for visual and caret modes in the Chromium Vimium implementation. Confirm how ^ should move to the first non-blank character, and verify the behavior in both modes, including whether the browser environment should treat it as an alternate for 0.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100