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**Helloeveryone** · May 31, 2022, 9:15am

I would like to know how I could make keybindings which only work in normal mode (I am using neovintageous).
E.g:
Here I have a keybinding:

{ "keys": ["ctrl+p"], "command": "show_overlay", "args": {"overlay": "goto", "show_files": true} },

This keybinding works in all modes when I enable neovintageous, I only want it to work when I am in normal mode.

**jfcherng** · May 31, 2022, 10:29am

github.com

NeoVintageous/NeoVintageous/blob/d121e0f0ec933e2ebcc7ca7145ae04e13a91088c/res/doc/neovintageous.txt#L880




Holding down a key like j does not repeat the command                   *nv-j*


This is a feature of OS X Lion and newer versions. To make a key repeat a
command when holding it down, run this once at the terminal: >


    defaults write com.sublimetext.3 ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false


------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Custom key bindings in insert mode                                 *nv-escape*


If you need a custom insert mode key binding you can use the
"vi_insert_mode_aware" context in your key binding: >


    {
        "keys": [...],
        "command": "...",
        "context": [{"key": "vi_insert_mode_aware"}]
    }

There is also vi_command_mode_aware context from

github.com

NeoVintageous/NeoVintageous/blob/50d0376737a41fe282dfdd8130a1b27b2ce231b0/nv/events.py#L133-L134


'vi_command_mode_aware': _is_command_mode,
'vi_insert_mode_aware': _is_insert_mode,

**Helloeveryone** · May 31, 2022, 1:52pm

I have now added this "context": [{"key": "vi_normal_mode_aware"}] to my keybinding so It now looks like this:

	{ "keys": ["ctrl+p"], "command": "show_overlay", "args": {"overlay": "goto", "show_files": true}, "context": [{"key": "vi_normal_mode_aware"}] },

However, Ctrl+p still works in all of the modes, I only want it to work in normal mode.

**jfcherng** · May 31, 2022, 1:56pm

I guess you have to nullify the builtin one as well. Otherwise if your command doesn’t match, the builtin matches.

What if

	{ "keys": ["ctrl+p"], "command": "noop" }, // you may have to ensure this command exists
	{ "keys": ["ctrl+p"], "command": "show_overlay", "args": {"overlay": "goto", "show_files": true}, "context": [{"key": "vi_normal_mode_aware"}] },

**Helloeveryone** · May 31, 2022, 2:04pm

Whenever I press, Ctrl+p with the code the keybindings you have specified, sublime runs the following commands:

command: noop
command: noop
command: noop

If I replace noop with another command such as goto_definition it just runs goto_definition instead.
When I was reading the documentation, I couldn’t find anything about vi_normal_mode_aware, I just assumed that it exists. Perhaps this could be causing the problem? If so, I’m not sure of any other way to bind a keybinding only in normal mode.

**jfcherng** · May 31, 2022, 2:06pm

I didn’t notice that you use vi_normal_mode_aware. There is no vi_normal_mode_aware. Yet, what’s “normal” mode?

**Helloeveryone** · May 31, 2022, 2:07pm

Is there any other way to bind a keybinding in normal mode? (Normal mode is the default mode which neovintageous starts { the one that you have to press hjkl to move around in}).

**jfcherng** · May 31, 2022, 2:08pm

Then that’s command mode.

**Helloeveryone** · May 31, 2022, 2:10pm

Thnx I’ll try that.

**Helloeveryone** · May 31, 2022, 2:35pm

It still doesn’t work after I replaced vi_normal_mode_aware with vi_command_mode_aware

**jfcherng** · May 31, 2022, 3:01pm

    { "keys": ["ctrl+p"], "command": "noop" }, // you may have to ensure this command exists
    { "keys": ["ctrl+p"], "command": "show_overlay", "args": {"overlay": "goto", "show_files": true}, "context": [{"key": "vi_command_mode_aware"}] },

Works on my side. Most likely you have no noop command on your setup. Which is a builtin as of ST 4134. So you have to create your own noop command if you are before that.

import sublime_plugin

class NoopCommand(sublime_plugin.ApplicationCommand):
    pass

How can I make keybindings which only work in normal mode in neovintageous?