Add support for subword navigation/editing

[kumarharsh]

I never encountered this feature outside vim. But then I used Sublime and then Atom, and found this awesome feature, and have been using it a lot recently. Can this be added to vscode?

Ref: atom/atom#5806

[kumarharsh]

Seems like #1085 does exactly this. Can we move ahead in polishing that PR so that it can be added to code soon?

[Krzysztof-Cieslak]

Feature provided by: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ow.vscode-subword-navigation

[kumarharsh]

It's there, but there are a few things I think it can't do, such as within the filename while renaming/creating new files from the sidebar, or when writing the git commit message, etc.

[astoilkov]

The first time I encountered this feature was in Atom. I first thought "Hmm. Interesting but it seems like an overhead" but after I experimented with using it it became obvious that it is super useful feature. It would be awesome if it gets implemented.

[V-ed]

This feature has been added by the PR #48023 and will be available in the 1.25 release of VSCode (proof).

@alexandrudima, This is one of the few duplicates for this feature request that has no recent movement. Shouldn't it be closed as duplicate of the oldest duplicate I can find, a.k.a. #541? Or rather, confirm that the progress is tracked in #46203?

[alexdima]

Yes, thanks to @brentwang23 for the PR!

Here is an example for how you can bind the new commands:

{ "key": "ctrl+right",       "command": "cursorWordPartRight",
                                "when": "textInputFocus" },
{ "key": "ctrl+shift+right", "command": "cursorWordPartRightSelect",
                                "when": "textInputFocus" },
{ "key": "ctrl+left",        "command": "cursorWordPartStartLeft",
                                "when": "textInputFocus" },
{ "key": "ctrl+shift+left",  "command": "cursorWordPartStartLeftSelect",
                                "when": "textInputFocus" },
{ "key": "ctrl+backspace",   "command": "deleteWordPartLeft",
                                "when": "textInputFocus && !editorReadonly" },
{ "key": "ctrl+delete",      "command": "deleteWordPartRight",
                                "when": "textInputFocus && !editorReadonly" },

[temurih]

@alexandrudima, where to add these settings? I tried adding it to USER SETTINGS, but didn't work for me. Wouldn't it be great if there is a button in the release notes that will add the settings where ever they need to go!?

[kumarharsh]

The are already there - search for "Keyboard Shortcuts" in Ctrl+P (or press Ctrl+K Ctrl+S)

[temurih]

@kumarharsh, not on mine!

[kumarharsh]

Make sure you've upgraded to 1.25.0