How do I make the explorer to stay on the left side?

[scottming]

When I configure the following shortcuts

nnoremap <C-h> <C-w>h         
nnoremap <C-j> <C-w>j         
nnoremap <C-k> <C-w>k         
nnoremap <C-l> <C-w>L

let g:coc_explorer_global_presets = {
\   '.vim': {
\     'root-uri': '~/.vim',
\   },
\   'tab': {
\     'position': 'tab',
\     'quit-on-open': v:true,
\   },
\   'floating': {
\     'position': 'floating',
\     'open-action-strategy': 'sourceWindow',
\   },
\   'floatingTop': {
\     'position': 'floating',
\     'floating-position': 'center-top',
\     'open-action-strategy': 'sourceWindow',
\   },
\   'floatingLeftside': {
\     'position': 'floating',
\     'floating-position': 'left-center',
\     'floating-width': 50,
\     'open-action-strategy': 'sourceWindow',
\   },
\   'floatingRightside': {
\     'position': 'floating',
\     'floating-position': 'right-center',
\     'floating-width': 50,
\     'open-action-strategy': 'sourceWindow',
\   },
\   'simplify': {
\     'file-child-template': '[selection | clip | 1] [indent][icon | 1] [filename omitCenter 1]'
\   }
\ }

This is my coc config:

{
  "explorer.width": 30,
  "explorer.icon.enableNerdfont": true,
  "explorer.previewAction.onHover": false,
  "explorer.keyMappings.global": {
    "<cr>": ["expandable?", "expand", "open"],
    "v": "open:vsplit"
  }}

my explorer goes off as soon as I do a few more left/right moves(ctrl-l and ctrl-h).

[weirongxu]

I can't reproduce the issue, <c-w>l shouldn't change the position of the window, maybe your other plugins are causing the issue, use the minim config, or remove the plugins to confirm which plugin is causing the issue.

[scottming]

.config/nvim/init.vim

call plug#begin('~/.vim/plugged')

Plug 'neoclide/coc.nvim', {'branch': 'release'}

" Initialize plugin system
call plug#end()

nnoremap <C-h> <C-w>h
nnoremap <C-j> <C-w>j
nnoremap <C-k> <C-w>k
nnoremap <C-l> <C-w>L

I can reproduce this problem with this small config on macOS when use <C-l>.

[weirongxu]

<C-w>L will always move any vim window, you should use <c-w>l