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feature request: set cursor at beginning of name column when going in insert mode with o or O

Open Pradene opened this issue 10 months ago • 1 comments

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Describe the feature

When i have a directory open, and i want to create a new file going in insert mode with o or 0 it would make sense to set the cursor position at the beginning of column name because all the input of line is considered as a filename.

Cursor position after going in insert mode with o. Now: Apr 09 02:37 4.1k rwxr-xr-x .git/ |

Desired: Apr 09 02:37 4.1k rwxr-xr-x .git/ ________________________|

Provide background

I think it would make sense.

What is the significance of this feature?

nice to have

Additional details

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Pradene avatar Apr 09 '25 01:04 Pradene

This is technically doable using extmarks with inline virtual text. This is a slight UI improvement, so I would review a PR if it can be done with very low complexity.

stevearc avatar Apr 20 '25 20:04 stevearc