easymotion vim

[jjhiggz]

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Describe the feature

In VSCode's vim emulation you have an easymotion mode that allows you to type in

<leader><leader>motion

Then instead of doing that motion regularly, it will pull up easymotion which works like this

If applicable, add mockups / screenshots to help present your vision of the feature

https://www.loom.com/share/65f7ff4745df4f85bc1cd3ca51afdf83

[EdAyers]

keen for this outside of vim mode too

[clo4]

Related:

• Ability to easily jump to the beginning of any visible word in the active buffer #5289

[akasuv]

A must need!

[baldwindavid]

Related: Helix editor just added something similar based upon Amp's "jump mode" in helix-editor/helix#8875. I tend to agree with the reasoning behind this implementation...

While testing that PR we made the following observations:

• character based jumps (which require a character before tying a label) don't really hold their water, you can use f for simple cases and / (which we want to improve further) for complex cases. Compared to a jumpmode these commands work with multicursors.
• word base jumps can be useful for quickly repositioning the primary cursor.
• a simple implementation like in AMP without dimming, color changes and complex letter assignment based on distance, ... was not only a lot simpler to implement but also more predictable/less disruptive

[lucasvfventura]

Please consider the vim leap, other seem to mention it as well, #4934 (comment)

[akasuv]

hop.nvim is another good reference.

[Aur0nd]

Personally if I see this one implemented I'm making the tool my main editor

[alex35mil]

I tried all the popular jump plugins and settled on pounce.nvim.

In contrast with label-based options, it allows to type a target word and do the jump. I find it more natural as I don't need to read into random chars but immediately start typing as I already know the word.

[scripness]

I tried all the popular jump plugins and settled on pounce.nvim.

In contrast with label-based options, it allows to type a target word and do the jump. I find it more natural as I don't need to read into random chars but immediately start typing as I already know the word.

How did you manage to install this plugin into Zed?

[smhd001]

flash.nvim is another good reference with many nice features, including Treesitter integration.

[fourcolors]

I would love to see this, it's my top overall plugin for VIM https://github.com/easymotion/vim-easymotion

One thing I like is the ability to jump between buffers in a split view. This feature would be 🔥

[TheKoTech]

Maybe this could be an extension instead of a built-in fearure? This way people could add other similar vim plugins, choose what they want

[juninaba]

If I can use easymotion, I can fully switch to Zed!

[ultrakorne]

I am trying to replicate my setup in zed from vscode before trying to switch, and i hit this.

[mati865]

Intellij plugin AceJump is another great example: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7086-acejump

[djmango]

Is this possible to add via an extension? Would prefer core ideally but I'd be happy to look into writing a plugin

[baldwindavid]

@djmango Zed extensions can currently only add languages, themes, and slash commands (https://zed.dev/docs/extensions/developing-extensions)

Note that a PR just got closed the other day with some notes on this topic... #12106 (comment)

[djmango]

That's really too bad - honestly might fork and merge myself, it's super helpful. Thanks for the link!

[aayio]

@djmango Zed extensions can currently only add languages, themes, and slash commands (https://zed.dev/docs/extensions/developing-extensions)

Note that a PR just got closed the other day with some notes on this topic... #12106 (comment)

Devastated, was really anticipating this feature

[machin3io]

That's really too bad - honestly might fork and merge myself, it's super helpful. Thanks for the link!

Let us know if you make it public please.

[babyccino]

That's really too bad - honestly might fork and merge myself, it's super helpful. Thanks for the link!

Let us know if you make it public please.

My branch is up to date and building. If you follow the development guide you can build from source

[mrityu4]

I had been looking forward to the release with the PR for months. It was closed a few months ago, and now it can't be merged. Really devasted.

[TheKoTech]

It's totally understandable why the MR was closed. I agree that this feature should be an extension rather than built-in

[djmango]

it's not possible for it to be an extension, functionality like that is not supported

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[TheKoTech]

It's not supported yet, but I assume the extensibility will grow over time

If this feature is not a core part of Vim, it shouldn't be a part of the IDE either.

[dmsoares]

Easymotion has become one of my favorite ways of navigating inside the buffer :/ looking at a char and being able to jump there "immediately" is amazing!

Any plans to bring the extensibility required to build an extension like this? I'm totally ignorant of Zed's codebase, but if anyone has a plan on how to get there I would be glad to help!

[styx]

@dmsoares as for now you can try #22793. It's far from perfect as there is no highlight, but looks like there is no chance to have a full leap/easymotion/etc any time soon (until advanced plugins support will be implemented).

see #12106 (comment)