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@FloppyDisco FloppyDisco commented Oct 19, 2025

including a new identifier on the Editor key context will allow for some more flexibility when creating keybindings.

for example i would like to be able to set the following:

{
  "context": "Editor",
  "bindings": {
    "pageup": ["editor::MovePageUp", { "center_cursor": true }],
    "pagedown": ["editor::MovePageDown", { "center_cursor": true }],
  }
},
{
  "context": "Editor && diffs_expanded",
  "bindings": {
    "pageup": "editor::GoToPrevHunk",
    "pagedown": "editor::GoToHunk",
  }
},
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very open to suggestions for the name. that's the best i could come up with.

the action IS called editor::ExpandAllDiffHunks so this seems fitting.

the identifier is included if any diff hunk is visible, even if some of them have been closed using editor::ToggleSelectedDiffHunk

Release Notes:

  • The Editor key context now includes 'diffs_expanded' when diff changes are visible

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Thanks!

I like the idea of adding some customizability here, but the semantics of the proposed key context seem a bit strange to me. I would expect a key context to be related to where your cursor is or to a global property of the editor, as opposed to changing based on the state of the buffer at (potentially) a great distance from the cursor. Would a key context for when your cursor is in an expanded diff hunk work for your case?

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I think a key context that indicates if your cursor is inside a diff hunk would be great! But I think it might serve a different purpose.

whether or not diff hunks are visible in the editor feels like a global property of the editor.

In my proposed key bindings, I would like page up and page down to scroll through the editor normally but when the buffer is displaying diff hunks change page up/down to just jump through the hunks.

If the context was only active once the cursor was inside a hunk, if I'm at the top of the file I would have to "normal" page down until I get to the first hunk before the keybinding would change and then it would jump to the next hunk.
It should not matter if the diff hunk is under the cursor or 1000 lines below, when the editor is showing diff hunks, I want the keybinding to jump the cursor to the next one.

So I think it would be two different contexts maybe this one should be changed to "showing_diff_hunks"
That might make it clearer?
and when the cursor is inside a hunk a different context called "in_diff_hunk" could be used.

"in_diff_hunk" would also be very handy, for instance you could have a keybinding to stage or unstage that only works in the hunk. (Cmd-s comes to mind)

Let me know what you think.

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Thanks, that seems reasonable.

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Closing and reopening to trigger CI but then will merge this.

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including a new identifier on the Editor key context will allow for some
more flexibility when creating keybindings.

for example i would like to be able to set the following:
```json
{
  "context": "Editor",
  "bindings": {
    "pageup": ["editor::MovePageUp", { "center_cursor": true }],
    "pagedown": ["editor::MovePageDown", { "center_cursor": true }],
  }
},
{
  "context": "Editor && diffs_expanded",
  "bindings": {
    "pageup": "editor::GoToPrevHunk",
    "pagedown": "editor::GoToHunk",
  }
},
```

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very open to suggestions for the name. that's the best i could come up
with.

the action *IS* called `editor::ExpandAllDiffHunks` so this seems
fitting.

the identifier is included if *any* diff hunk is visible, even if some
of them have been closed using `editor::ToggleSelectedDiffHunk`


Release Notes:

- The Editor key context now includes 'diffs_expanded' when diff changes
are visible
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