VSCodeVim Broke Quick Open

21st December 2023 - Thursday
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VSCodeVim broke VSCode's file Quick Open keybinding. Now, CTRL-P just moves the cursor up a line instead of opening the file finder as expected.

Based on the GitHub issue linked in the commit, it was meant to enable MacOS's default cursor movement keys.

Issue #8574 shows some easy fixes. I chose to disable the plugin's handling of the keybinding:

"vim.handleKeys": {
    "<C-p>": false
}

This is in settings.json and I got there by opening Settings, entering "handlekeys" into the search box, and clicking on the "Edit in settings.json" link.

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