VSCodeVim disables 'Open Folder' shortcut (Ctrl+K Ctrl+O)

[jyn514]

Describe the bug
I open different project folders a lot and I would like to use the keyboard shortcut (the manual way is File -> Open Folder). However, whenever I enable VSCodeVim, nothing happens when I press Ctrl-K Ctrl-O.

To Reproduce

1. Install VSCodeVim.
2. Open a new file and click on it to make sure it is in focus.
3. Press Ctrl-K then Ctrl-O.
4. Nothing happens.

Note that if the file is not in focus (you last clicked on another part of the UI) the shortcut works fine.

Expected behavior
The 'Open Folder' dialog pops up.

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Environment (please complete the following information):

• Extension (VsCodeVim) version: v1.12.4 (2019-12-27)
• VSCode version:

Version: 1.41.1
Commit: 26076a4de974ead31f97692a0d32f90d735645c0
Date: 2019-12-18T15:04:31.999Z
Electron: 6.1.5
Chrome: 76.0.3809.146
Node.js: 12.4.0
V8: 7.6.303.31-electron.0

• OS: Linux x64 5.0.0-37-generic

[cvaldev]

As far as I know this happens because the extension disables the native Ctrl actions by default. You could set vim.useCtrlKeys to false. Or alternatively set this as a keybind in your settings:

"vim.normalModeKeyBindings": [
        {
            "before": [
                "<C-k>",
                "<C-o>"
            ],
            "commands": [
                "workbench.action.files.openFolder"
            ]
        },
        {
            "before": [
                "<C-o>"
            ],
            "commands": [
                "workbench.action.files.openFile"
            ]
        }
    ]

[J-Fields]

If you don't care about vim's <C-k> and <C-o>, you can hand those back to VSCode with handleKeys (or useCtrlKeys, as @CVVPK mentioned). Best of both worlds is to remap via our settings (or a .vimrc) or in VSCode's settings with an appropriate when clause to avoid the conflict.

[jyn514]

Adding a setting for handleKeys in settings.json fixed it, thanks!

    "vim.handleKeys": {
        "<C-d>": true,
        "<C-k>": false,
        "<C-o>": false
    }