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alt- modifier not working (f.e. `nmap <a-j> exit` does not exit when I press `alt-j`)

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I seem not to be able to do alt-anything.

I turned off the Window: Custom Menu Bar Alt Focus and Window: Enable Menu Bar Mnemonics options of VS Code, but no luck.

Any idea why no alt- combos work?

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Created 3 years ago
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trusktrcommented, Dec 29, 2020

The following makes all alt- letter combos work:

[
    { "key": "alt+a", "command": "vscode-neovim.send", "args": "<a-a>", "when": "editorTextFocus && neovim.init" },
    { "key": "alt+b", "command": "vscode-neovim.send", "args": "<a-b>", "when": "editorTextFocus && neovim.init" },
    { "key": "alt+c", "command": "vscode-neovim.send", "args": "<a-c>", "when": "editorTextFocus && neovim.init" },
    { "key": "alt+d", "command": "vscode-neovim.send", "args": "<a-d>", "when": "editorTextFocus && neovim.init" },
    { "key": "alt+e", "command": "vscode-neovim.send", "args": "<a-e>", "when": "editorTextFocus && neovim.init" },
    { "key": "alt+f", "command": "vscode-neovim.send", "args": "<a-f>", "when": "editorTextFocus && neovim.init" },
    { "key": "alt+g", "command": "vscode-neovim.send", "args": "<a-g>", "when": "editorTextFocus && neovim.init" },
    { "key": "alt+h", "command": "vscode-neovim.send", "args": "<a-h>", "when": "editorTextFocus && neovim.init" },
    { "key": "alt+i", "command": "vscode-neovim.send", "args": "<a-i>", "when": "editorTextFocus && neovim.init" },
    { "key": "alt+j", "command": "vscode-neovim.send", "args": "<a-j>", "when": "editorTextFocus && neovim.init" },
    { "key": "alt+k", "command": "vscode-neovim.send", "args": "<a-k>", "when": "editorTextFocus && neovim.init" },
    { "key": "alt+l", "command": "vscode-neovim.send", "args": "<a-l>", "when": "editorTextFocus && neovim.init" },
    { "key": "alt+m", "command": "vscode-neovim.send", "args": "<a-m>", "when": "editorTextFocus && neovim.init" },
    { "key": "alt+n", "command": "vscode-neovim.send", "args": "<a-n>", "when": "editorTextFocus && neovim.init" },
    { "key": "alt+o", "command": "vscode-neovim.send", "args": "<a-o>", "when": "editorTextFocus && neovim.init" },
    { "key": "alt+p", "command": "vscode-neovim.send", "args": "<a-p>", "when": "editorTextFocus && neovim.init" },
    { "key": "alt+q", "command": "vscode-neovim.send", "args": "<a-q>", "when": "editorTextFocus && neovim.init" },
    { "key": "alt+r", "command": "vscode-neovim.send", "args": "<a-r>", "when": "editorTextFocus && neovim.init" },
    { "key": "alt+s", "command": "vscode-neovim.send", "args": "<a-s>", "when": "editorTextFocus && neovim.init" },
    { "key": "alt+t", "command": "vscode-neovim.send", "args": "<a-t>", "when": "editorTextFocus && neovim.init" },
    { "key": "alt+u", "command": "vscode-neovim.send", "args": "<a-u>", "when": "editorTextFocus && neovim.init" },
    { "key": "alt+v", "command": "vscode-neovim.send", "args": "<a-v>", "when": "editorTextFocus && neovim.init" },
    { "key": "alt+w", "command": "vscode-neovim.send", "args": "<a-w>", "when": "editorTextFocus && neovim.init" },
    { "key": "alt+x", "command": "vscode-neovim.send", "args": "<a-x>", "when": "editorTextFocus && neovim.init" },
    { "key": "alt+y", "command": "vscode-neovim.send", "args": "<a-y>", "when": "editorTextFocus && neovim.init" },
    { "key": "alt+z", "command": "vscode-neovim.send", "args": "<a-z>", "when": "editorTextFocus && neovim.init" },
]

Are there alt- bindings in VS Code, besides the file menu ones? I don’t think I’ve ever used one.

I’m imagining that most Vim users will prefer their Vim alt- bindings over VS Code file menu bindings. Plus we have the command palette.

What if we add an option in the extension settings that we can toggle (prevents from having to paste the above in keybindings.json)?

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asvetliakovcommented, Jan 3, 2021

Duplicate of #421

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