<C-w><key> bind not working

[yarinm]

I'm trying to bind the following:

exmap focusleft :obcommand editor:focus-left
nmap <C-w>h :focusleft

But when I'm doing ctrl+w, h nothing happens.

If I change the bind from C-w to or some other key that doesn't involve the control key it seems to work.

[yarinm]

@esm7 any idea why it doesn't work? This specific combination just being ignored

[pBorak]

@yarinm There was a similar thread related to this issue #17

[twio142]

Hi, are you sure the command :obcommand editor:focus-left works? Nothing happens when I enter it...

[esm7]

@twio142 it's probably among the many things that broke in the new editor switch and I was unable to get to fix yet.
I'll work on as many of them this week, but can you open a separate issue so this won't get lost?

[esm7]

@yarinm please see #17 as pBorak mentioned. Unfortunately it's a CodeMirror limitation that's beyond the reach of this plugin, and you'll to work around it by choosing combinations that do happen to work or just choose other keys :(

[pmbauer]

I've no idea if upstream will accept a patch but ... not having <C-w> commands has been a bit of a drag. So here is my hack (works on Mac OS, will need modified for other platforms).

Execute this abomination (bash shell, will need npm installed)

MAIN_ASAR=/Applications/Obsidian.app/Contents/Resources/obsidian.asar
CACHE_DIR="/Users/$USER/Library/Application Support/obsidian"
TARGET_ASAR=$((ls -r "$CACHE_DIR"/obsidian-*.asar 2>/dev/null || echo "$MAIN_ASAR") | head -n 1)
TMP_ASAR=/tmp/obsidian.asar
UNPACKED_ASAR=/tmp/obsidian.asar.unpacked
TARGET_VIMJS=$UNPACKED_ASAR/lib/codemirror/vim.js

# cleanup
rm -rf $TMP_ASAR $UNPACKED_ASAR

npx asar extract "$TARGET_ASAR" /tmp/obsidian.asar.unpacked

# DOS->unix
sed -i s/$'\r'$// $TARGET_VIMJS

cat <<EOF | patch -r /dev/null -N $TARGET_VIMJS || true
--- vim.js	2022-03-10 00:54:21.000000000 -0500
+++ vim.patched.js	2022-03-10 01:02:05.000000000 -0500
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
     { keys: '<C-u>', type: 'operatorMotion', operator: 'delete', motion: 'moveToStartOfLine', context: 'insert' },
     { keys: '<C-w>', type: 'operatorMotion', operator: 'delete', motion: 'moveByWords', motionArgs: { forward: false, wordEnd: false }, context: 'insert' },
     //ignore C-w in normal mode
-    { keys: '<C-w>', type: 'idle', context: 'normal' },
+    //{ keys: '<C-w>', type: 'idle', context: 'normal' },
     // Actions
     { keys: '<C-i>', type: 'action', action: 'jumpListWalk', actionArgs: { forward: true }},
     { keys: '<C-o>', type: 'action', action: 'jumpListWalk', actionArgs: { forward: false }},
EOF

npx asar pack $UNPACKED_ASAR $TMP_ASAR

# replace with patched asar
pkill Obsidian
cp $TMP_ASAR "$TARGET_ASAR"

And then in my .obsidian.vimrc

exmap focusRight obcommand editor:focus-right
nmap <C-w>l :focusRight

exmap focusLeft obcommand editor:focus-left
nmap <C-w>h :focusLeft

exmap focusTop obcommand editor:focus-top
nmap <C-w>k :focusTop

exmap focusBottom obcommand editor:focus-bottom
nmap <C-w>j :focusBottom

exmap splitVertical obcommand workspace:split-vertical
nmap <C-w>v :splitVertical

exmap splitHorizontal obcommand workspace:split-horizontal
nmap <C-w>s :splitHorizontal

[pmbauer]

@esm7 @yarinm FYI

[!INFO]
As of [[2022-03-14]], release 0.14.0, this hack is no longer needed. [[licat]] modified the included vim.js so C-w leader shortcuts are supported natively.

To enable vim-native C-w window manipulation.

1. Make sure the Ctrl-W hotkey is removed for Open Settings / Hotkeys > Close active pane
2. Install the obsidian-vimrc-support plugin.
3. Add the following to <VAULT_ROOT>/.obsidian.vimrc

" window controls
exmap wq obcommand workspace:close
exmap q obcommand workspace:close

exmap focusRight obcommand editor:focus-right
nmap <C-w>l :focusRight

exmap focusLeft obcommand editor:focus-left
nmap <C-w>h :focusLeft

exmap focusTop obcommand editor:focus-top
nmap <C-w>k :focusTop

exmap focusBottom obcommand editor:focus-bottom
nmap <C-w>j :focusBottom

exmap splitVertical obcommand workspace:split-vertical
nmap <C-w>v :splitVertical

exmap splitHorizontal obcommand workspace:split-horizontal
nmap <C-w>s :splitHorizontal