Vim motions or keybindins

[Notnobcoder]

Can we add vim motions and key bindings for text edition

[ad1992]

@Notnobcoder please elaborate what do you mean ?

[dwelle]

We may add vim motions later when switch to a richtext editor. But even then it seems a bit out of scope in the context of Excalidraw where most text are short diagram labels.

[Jhonathan-Pedroso]

Vim bindings would be absolutely neat

[vigasdeep]

@Jhonathan-Pedroso @Notnobcoder would you guys like to provide an example of how Vim bindings can help here?

[niceiq]

Let me cook:

Main use case: For diagramming (would mostly use it when navigating and editing flowcharts)

i don't want to constantly have to reach for my mouse to create new nodes in the fllowchart. The flowchart update was well received and we now have bindings (CMD/CTRL + ) to create new nodes, but it's just a pain to use that short cut.

A nice-to-have would be:

• The ability to use (CMD/CTRL +h/j/k/l) to create new nodes (this is the thing I'd really like to have)
• A model interface to navigate nodes. For example, you can move around nodes in normal mode pressing h/j/k/l and hit i to edit the current note you're at.
• (optional) vim bindings to edit the text itself

@dwelle @ad1992

[radouane-tamouss]

Adding Vim motion support for text editing in Excalidraw would be a fantastic feature! It seems others have already requested this as well, and I believe it would greatly enhance the workflow for many users.

[Jhonathan-Pedroso]

Yeah I think the ability to move between nodes, and start insert mode within the vim binding; attached some background with line numbering as a grid; would be nice to jump around and quickly create content;

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[Vilhelm-Ian]

i just want to be able to change the camera position with j h k l