Regex-based
Line
Keybinding: e
In this selection mode, the selection is trimmed, which means that the leading and trailing spaces of each line are not selected.
This is usually used in conjunction with i/a to immediately enter insert mode at the first/last non-whitespace symbol of the current line.
| Movement | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Up/Down | Move to line above/below |
| Previous/Next | Move to the nearest empty line below/above |
| First/Last | Move to the first/last line of the current file |
| Left | Move to the parent line |
Parent lines are highlighted lines that represent the parent nodes of the current selection.
This is useful for example when you are within the body of a function and you want to jump to the function name.
This is also practical in the File Explorer because the file explorer is rendered using YAML, so going to Parent Line means going to the parent folder!
Full Line
Keybinding: E
Same as Line, however, leading whitespaces are selected, and trailing whitespaces, including newline characters are also selected.
Word
Keybinding: w
This selects word within a token.
For example, myOatPepperBanana consists of 4 short words, namely: my, Oat, Pepper and Banana.
This is useful for renaming identifiers, especially if we only want to change a single word of the name. 1
Token
Keybinding: t
Like Word, but it treats each unit as a sequence of alphanumeric characters (including - and _).
Column
Keybindings:
z: Collapse selection (start)$: Collapse selection (end)
In this selection mode, the movements behave like the usual editor, where Left/Right means left/right, and so on.
First/Last means the first/last column of the current line.
Footnotes
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This is possible because even Prompt is an editor, so the Word mode also works there. See Core Concepts ↩