Secondary

Secondary selection modes are also non-contiguous selection modes.

Secondary selection modes can operate in two scopes:

• Local: Selections apply only within the current file/buffer you're editing
• Global: Selections apply across all files in your workspace/project

For example, when searching for text:

• Local search finds matches only in your current file
• Global search finds matches in all project files"

Keymap

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Initialization

Secondary selection modes are nested below the following two keybinds, with the exception of Search and Search Current, which are placed on the first layer due to their ubiquity.

• ⚲ Local
• Global

Local Find is directional, meaning that if the cursor position does not overlap with any selections of the chosen secondary selection mode, the cursor will jump to the nearest selection in the chosen direction. ⚲ Local initialisation is directional (see footnotes of actions).

Global Find however is non-directional.

Notice that the keybindings here are all located on the right side of the keyboard, this is because all the secondary selection modes are placed on the left side of the keyboard, which allows for efficient execution via hand-alternation.

The sets of keybinds under these, are almost identical except:

1. One and Int are only applicable for the Local keymaps
2. Search and This are only applicable for the Global keymap
3. Repeat is in the Shift layer for Global keymap

Local

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Global

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Search-related

One

Find one character, this is similar to Vim's f/t.

Last

Repeat the last search.

Config

Configure search settings.

Int

Integer. Useful for jumping to numbers.

LSP Diagnostics

All

All diagnostics.

Error

Only Diagnostics Error.

Warn

Only Diagnostics Warning.

Hint

Only Diagnostics Hint.

Info

Only Diagnostics Information.

LSP Location

Impl

Implementation.

Decl

Declaration.

Def

Definition.

Type

Type definition.

Ref-/Ref+

Ref-: References excluding declaration
Ref+: References including declaration

In most cases, the Goto selection modes do not make sense in the Local (current file) context, however r and R are exceptional, because finding local references are very useful, especially when used in conjunction with Multi- cursor.

Misc

Repeat

Repeats the last used secondary selection mode, this is particularly valuable when dealing with scenarios where standard multi-cursor operations are insufficient due to varying modification requirements.

Example

When removing unused imports:

from math import cos  # Unused import 'cos'
from datetime import datetime, date  # Unused import 'date'

In this case, we need t

• Delete entire first line
• Remove only 'date' from second line

The Repeat command lets you reuse the last selection mode without manual reactivation, making these varied modifications more efficient.

Repeat Search

Repeats the last search.

Quickfix

When getting selections using the Global mode, the matches will be stored into the Quickfix List.

In the Global Quickfix selection mode, core movements means:

Movement	Meaning
</>	Previous/Next entry
<</>>	First entry of the previous/next line
^/v	First entry of the previous/next file
|</>|	First/Last entry

The quickfix selection mode behaves slightly differently in the Global/Local context:

Context	Meaning
Global	Navigate using the current quickfix list
Local	Use matches of the current quickfix list that is of the current file

When is global quickfix useful?

When you entered another selection mode but wish to use back the quickfix list.

When is local quickfix useful?

When you wanted to use Multi-cursor with the quickfix matches of the current file.

Hunk@/Hunk^

@ means compare against current branch.
^ means compare against main/master branch.

Git hunks are the diffs of the current Git repository.

It is computed by comparing the current file contents with the content on the latest commit of the current/main branch.

This is useful when you want to navigate to your recent changes, but forgot where they are.

Marks

Mark is a powerful feature that allows you to jump to files that contain marks (which can be toggled).

It also allows you to swap two sections of the same file.