zed/crates/vim
David Alecrim bcf4c71fdb
vim: Respect auto_indent setting in o/O commands (#53620)
## Summary

Closes #53570

- `o` and `O` in normal mode were unconditionally copying the current
line's indentation into the new line, ignoring the `auto_indent` setting
entirely
- When `auto_indent: "none"` is set, new lines created by `o`/`O` now
start at column 0 as expected
- When `auto_indent` is `preserve_indent` or `syntax_aware`, behavior is
unchanged

The fix reads `language_settings_at` for the relevant row and splits
edits into two paths: `editor.edit()` (no autoindent) for `None`, and
`editor.edit_with_autoindent()` for everything else — mirroring the
approach already used by the non-vim `Newline` action.

## Test plan

- Added `test_o_auto_indent_none`: verifies `o`/`O` produce column-0
lines with `auto_indent: "none"`, including edge cases (first line,
empty line)
- Added `test_o_preserve_indent`: verifies `o`/`O` copy the current
line's indentation with `auto_indent: "preserve_indent"` (regression
guard)
- Existing neovim-backed tests (`test_o`, `test_insert_line_above`,
`test_o_comment`) continue to pass

Release Notes:

- Fixed vim `o`/`O` commands ignoring the `auto_indent: "none"` setting,
causing new lines to inherit indentation instead of starting at column 0
2026-04-22 16:40:49 +00:00
..
src vim: Respect auto_indent setting in o/O commands (#53620) 2026-04-22 16:40:49 +00:00
test_data vim: Fix % for multiline comments and preprocessor directives (#53148) 2026-04-07 02:51:54 +00:00
Cargo.toml theme: Split out theme_settings crate (#52569) 2026-03-27 14:41:25 +01:00
LICENSE-GPL
README.md

This contains the code for Zed's Vim emulation mode.

Vim mode in Zed is supposed to primarily "do what you expect": it mostly tries to copy vim exactly, but will use Zed-specific functionality when available to make things smoother. This means Zed will never be 100% vim compatible, but should be 100% vim familiar!

The backlog is maintained in the #vim channel notes.

Testing against Neovim

If you are making a change to make Zed's behavior more closely match vim/nvim, you can create a test using the NeovimBackedTestContext.

For example, the following test checks that Zed and Neovim have the same behavior when running * in visual mode:

#[gpui::test]
async fn test_visual_star_hash(cx: &mut gpui::TestAppContext) {
    let mut cx = NeovimBackedTestContext::new(cx).await;

    cx.set_shared_state("ˇa.c. abcd a.c. abcd").await;
    cx.simulate_shared_keystrokes(["v", "3", "l", "*"]).await;
    cx.assert_shared_state("a.c. abcd ˇa.c. abcd").await;
}

To keep CI runs fast, by default the neovim tests use a cached JSON file that records what neovim did (see crates/vim/test_data), but while developing this test you'll need to run it with the neovim flag enabled:

cargo test -p vim --features neovim test_visual_star_hash

This will run your keystrokes against a headless neovim and cache the results in the test_data directory. Note that neovim must be installed and reachable on your $PATH in order to run the feature.

Testing zed-only behavior

Zed does more than vim/neovim in their default modes. The VimTestContext can be used instead. This lets you test integration with the language server and other parts of zed's UI that don't have a NeoVim equivalent.