Cannot make a key binding for Shift+Enter (normalModeKeyBindingsNonRecursive)

[kennysong]

Describe the bug

I'm trying to remap <Enter> and <Shift>+<Enter> to create new lines in Vim normal mode.

<Enter> works as intended, but <Shift>+<Enter> doesn't work. Here's the relevant setting.json:

    "vim.normalModeKeyBindingsNonRecursive": [
      {
          "before": ["<Enter>"],
          "commands": ["editor.action.insertLineAfter"]
      },
      {
        "before": ["<Shift>", "<Enter>"],
        "commands": ["editor.action.insertLineBefore"]
      }
    ],

I've tried other strings like <S-CR>, which don't work either. What am I missing?

(I've also disabled all Keyboard Shortcuts that use shift+enter.)

Environment (please complete the following information):

• Extension (VsCodeVim) version: 1.16.0
• VSCode version: 1.47.3
• OS: macOS 10.15.6

[sql-koala]

Try <shift+enter>. I cant tell for sure it will work, but from looking at the code, thats what I would try.

[kennysong]

@sql-koala Thanks for the suggestion – unfortunately <shift+enter> doesn't work either.

None of these variants work so far:

• ["<Shift>", "<Enter>"]
• ["<Shift><Enter>"]
• ["<Shift>+<Enter>"]
• ["<S-CR>"]
• ["<shift+enter>"]

[J-Fields]

Looks like we don't currently capture <Shift+Enter>

[s-taylor]

I'd also love this to work, though to be fair it doesn't work in some terminals either. I use "Enter" to insert blank lines in normal mode, and like to use "Shift+Enter" to insert blank lines above the cursor.

[giopetris]

Hey 👋 Trying to get this working too, did someone find an alternative solution?

[733amir]

@giopetris @kennysong

Go to your keybindings.json and add the following for the Shift + Enter combination:

{
    "key": "shift+enter",
    "when": "inputFocus && vim.mode == 'Normal'",
    "command": "editor.action.insertLineBefore",
}

This should fix the problem.

[kennysong]

Oh that works, thanks for the workaround!