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Some issues with Vim mode #993
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Hi! I'm having some issues with Vim mode which I've listed here.
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While in Normal Mode, pressing Ctrl+a selects the entire text (instead of incrementing the next number on the line). Ctrl+x works fine for decrementing the number.
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In the settings menu, Ctrl + j / k doesn't scroll down the settings categories in the order they are listed, it skips back and forth.
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In the left sidebar, I can use j / k to scroll through my folders & notes. However if I expand a folder with l (lowercase L), the folder I expanded loses its focus, instead my currently open note is selected in the folder tree. I can scroll back up and "unexpand" / re-expand the folder which works correctly, but the first time I expand any folder or subfolder the focus shifts to my current note.
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adibhanna commentedon Oct 26, 2026
Thanks for the clear report, @athu16. All three were real, and each had its own cause.
Fixed in 61eac76 on the
v2.77.0branch, so it ships in ZenNotes 2.77.0:lon a folder in the sidebar now keeps the cursor on the folder you expanded, sojtakes you straight into it. Expanding a folder for the first time loads its notes, and finishing that load used to pull the cursor back to your open note. Later expands found the notes already loaded, which is why it only happened the first time.I checked all three on Linux with real key presses, against 2.76.0 and the fixed build: Ctrl+A turns
41into42, Ctrl+J walks Settings top to bottom, andlkeeps the cursor on the folder.Closing this now. If any of them still misbehaves after you update to 2.77.0, reply here and I'll reopen it.
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