Browsing lists and panels using vim navigation keys

[ajaxray]

Browsing lists and panels using vim navigation keys will be much natural for vim users.

• Navigating lists with j and k
• Moving to panel (projects, tasks, task-detail) with h and l

Based on a feedback on Reddit

[mwat56]

One could also wish for the old WordStar diamond to navigate. But … I think it would be a better option to allow to use an external editor (via INI-file or commandline option). That way everybody could use their preferred editing environment.

[ajaxray]

@mwat56 Thanks for your recommendation.

Implementing external editor is in progress. It will open Task Detail in whatever editor is set in $EDITOR env variable, vim by default. See #6

[ajaxray]

A little to initial plan - not gong to implement moving to right panel with l. Because right side content depends on selection of left panel. So moving towards the right side panel should be based on selecting item with Enter.

Here is the plan I am going to implement now.

+------+----------------------+-----------------------+
|  P   |         T            |         D             |
|      |                      |                       |
|    Entr=>    ↓   ↑        Entr=>                    |
|      |      tab TAB         |                       |
|   <=Esc/h    j   k       <=Esc/h                    |
|      |                      |                       |
+------+----------------------+-----------------------+

So, what it's trying to visualize is -

• Selecting an item with Enter will move you to right panel. That means -
  • Selecting a Project will load it's tasks and move to Tasks panel
  • Selecting a Task will load task detail and move to Detail panel
• Use Esc or h (like vim) to move to left panel. Details to Tasks to Projects.
• To navigate a list (Project list or Task list),
  • Use ↓ or j or Tab to go down
  • Use ↑ or k or Shift+Tab to go up