Vim keybindings is the major selling point of your app for me. Can we get jk file navigation in the file explorer?
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Use case or problem
When I’m using vim keybindings, and the File Explorer is focused, I cannot use vim keybindings (H,J,K,L) to navigate the file tree.
Proposed solution
When vim keybindings are enabled, and file explorer is focused, bind J/K to Up/Down so that the user can use vim keybindings to navigate the file tree.
It would also be nice to also bind H/L to Collapse/Expand Folders, respectively. This would match the behavior of the Left/Right arrow keys in the File Explorer.
Current workaround (optional)
User must switch to arrow keys to navigate the file tree.
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@WhiteNoise Hi there. I’m new to this forum, so still getting a sense of the norms.
I noticed that you moved my topic to Feature archive, and that someone else merged it with this 3-year-old topic without comment. I made a new topic because I thought this old one may have been forgotten, but now I’m feeling it’s just a low/non-priority to add support for this.
Is that a fair interpretation? Thank you.
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It is the correct interpretation.
In the Feature Request template it is explicitly written to not open new threads if one already exists.
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Guys, please, up the priority on this one. Using arrow keys to navigate file explorer feels inadequate
I’m also addicted to keyboard-only workflows, so I decided to create a plugin, until it’s implemented in Obsidian core.
For anyone interested - here is the link to the plugin.
It enables Vim-like bindings for most File Explorer actions. It’s similar to popular Vim plugins like NERDTree.