Suggestion: jump to the nearest (forward/backward) matching character

[ofca]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. I would like to have the ability to jump to the nearest (forward/backward) matching character.

Describe the solution you'd like There are two solutions.

Solution One.

• CTRL+;
• type something you are looking for
• press eg. ENTER to automatically go to the nearest (to the cursor) matching (forward) or SHIFT+ENTER to go to the nearest (to the cursor) backward matching

Solution Two.

• CTRL+"some special character"
• type something you are looking for
• press eg. ENTER to automatically go to the nearest forward matching And the same for the backward but with a different shortcut.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Additional context I would like to use AceJump blindly without looking at what characters I must type to move the cursor. I often use AceJump to just jump to the next ,, or } or closing ). In those situations I don't care how many matching places in the code were found, I just want to move my cursor to the nearest one.

[breandan]

Hi @ofca, thanks for using AceJump and your feature request. A similar feature was previously requested in #299 and is currently supported. You should be able to use Enter/Shift+Enter to cycle forwards and backwards through individual search results and Tab/Shift+Tab to scroll forwards and backwards to the next and previous group of results. Does this not work for you? Another solution is to use something like IdeaVim-EasyMotion. Have you tried it and does it support the use-case you had in mind?