How to send ESC from js script to switch to VIM normal mode?

[kkarsten62]

Hi Ace community,
I am just started to implement the Ace editor in my webpage. So far so good, all works fine. I prefer to use VIM for keybinding.
In a javascript method I need to make sure that the VIM mode is always in normal mode so a switch from insert to normal mode is needed. Interactively in VIM this will done with key ESC or Ctrl-C.
So question is: How to send ESC to the ace editor via a js? Or is there another tip to bring VIM to normal mode from a js script?

Thanks for a helping hand.
Karl ...

[nightwing]

you can do require("ace/keyboard/vim").Vim.exitInsertMode(editor.state.cm) or editor.onCommandKey({}, 0, 27)

[jonasermert]

var editor = ace.edit("your-editor-id"); // replace 'your-editor-id' with the actual ID of your Ace editor instance

// Switch to normal mode programmatically
var event = new KeyboardEvent('keypress', {
  keyCode: 27,  // Key code for ESC key
  which: 27     // Additional property for some browsers
});

editor.textInput.getElement().dispatchEvent(event);

[kkarsten62]

Thanks for helping me ... :-)
I implemented editor.onCommandKey({}, 0, 27) - which works fine for me.