mini move selection lua command not working binding arrow and hjkl

[DeepReef11]

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Module(s)

move

Description

The following command doesn't work with a selection lua MiniMove.move_selection("up")

I was able to get move_line working fine

Neovim version

0.9.5

Steps to reproduce

1. v to select
2. type :lua MiniMove.move_selection("up")
3. Nothing happen

Expected behavior

Selection move up.

Actual behavior

Nothing

[echasnovski]

This is because when executed interactively from Command line, it is not in Visual mode already. Both MiniMove.move_selection() and MiniMove.move_line() are more oriented towards using it in mappings which don't change mode. Like it is done in 'mini.move'.

Closing as expected behavior.

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Is there any particular reason you wanted to use that interactively?

[DeepReef11]

I'm trying to add arrow keybinding (and keep hjkl).

  -- vim.keymap.set('n', '<M-Up>', '<cmd>lua MiniMove.move_selection("up")<cr>', { desc = 'MiniMove line' })
  -- vim.keymap.set('n', '<M-Up>', '<cmd>lua MiniMove.move_line("up")<cr>', { desc = 'MiniMove line' })
  -- vim.keymap.set('n', '<M-Down>', '<cmd>lua MiniMove.move_line("down")<cr>', { desc = 'MiniMove line' })
  -- vim.keymap.set('n', '<M-Left>', '<cmd>lua MiniMove.move_line("left")<cr>', { desc = 'MiniMove line' })
  -- vim.keymap.set('n', '<M-Right>', '<cmd>lua MiniMove.move_line("right")<cr>', { desc = 'MiniMove line' })

[echasnovski]

vim.keymap.set('n', '<M-Up>', '<cmd>lua MiniMove.move_selection("up")<cr>', { desc = 'MiniMove line' })

This should be Visual mode mapping, not Normal. Replace 'n' with 'x' and it should work.

[DeepReef11]

Right! My mistake. Thanks a lot!

I'm leaving this here in case someone is looking for the same binding:

      require('mini.move').setup()
      vim.keymap.set('x', '<M-Up>', '<cmd>lua MiniMove.move_selection("up")<cr>', { desc = 'MiniMove selection' })
      vim.keymap.set('x', '<M-Down>', '<cmd>lua MiniMove.move_selection("down")<cr>', { desc = 'MiniMove selection' })
      vim.keymap.set('x', '<M-Left>', '<cmd>lua MiniMove.move_selection("left")<cr>', { desc = 'MiniMove selection' })
      vim.keymap.set('x', '<M-Right>', '<cmd>lua MiniMove.move_selection("right")<cr>', { desc = 'MiniMove selection' })
      vim.keymap.set('n', '<M-Up>', '<cmd>lua MiniMove.move_line("up")<cr>', { desc = 'MiniMove line' })
      vim.keymap.set('n', '<M-Down>', '<cmd>lua MiniMove.move_line("down")<cr>', { desc = 'MiniMove line' })
      vim.keymap.set('n', '<M-Left>', '<cmd>lua MiniMove.move_line("left")<cr>', { desc = 'MiniMove line' })
      vim.keymap.set('n', '<M-Right>', '<cmd>lua MiniMove.move_line("right")<cr>', { desc = 'MiniMove line' })