Vim: Jump to explorer

[Sydney-o9]

Feature Request

Unless I missed something, it does not seem like this is in the current Roadmap.

Would it be possible to jump to the tree (explorer) with a simple command?

Most users would use Ctrl + E on Mac to show Nerd Tree and then hit Tab in Normal Mode to jump between the explorer and the file.

Is this possible and if not could this be implemented? I could see that VIM is already working in the Explorer.

[westim]

See discussion in this issue: #754

It looks like you can easily move the cursor to that pane/window with normal Vim commands: <C-w> + h.

[jwkicklighter]

I'm not seeing this command work, although navigation once inside the Explorer does work.

[westim]

Can you please clarify which command you attempted?

Also, could you please provide more info on what VsCodeVim version + OS you're using?

[jwkicklighter]

@westim Sorry, really should have done all of that in the original reply.

Code 1.17.2 on MacOS El Capitan, VsCodeVim 0.10.2
<C-w> h does not move me to the explorer, and <C-w> l does not move from explorer to the editor.

It's probably worth mentioning that I have the following setting in keybindings.json to emulate the .vimrc customization I have in my normal Vim setup:

{
    "key": "ctrl+h",
    "command": "workbench.action.focusPreviousGroup"
}

Although with that in mind, the shortcut <C-h> also does not focus the explorer, nor <C-l> the editor.

[Chillee]

@jwkickhighlighter ah. I don't think that's the command you want. I think that only cycles between your splits in your editor.

There should be a separate command called something like focusleft.

[jpotterm]

@jwkicklighter I think you want this instead:

{
    "key": "ctrl+h",
    "command": "extension.vim_navigateLeft",
    "when": "vim.active && vim.use<C-w>",
}

Although if <C-w> h isn't working for you then that remapping probably won't either.

[Kaffiend]

extension blocks toggling of explorer pane with registered keybinding. Ctrl-w + l and h moves fine between the windows for me, but when im doing side by side i often want to close the explorer pane and the extension intercepts the toggle command and focuses the pane instead.