Add selection at next match: a handy keybind

[ArthaTi]

In my config, under [keys.normal] and [keys.select] I added two bindings:

"A-n"   = ["search_selection", "extend_search_next"]
"S-A-n" = ["search_selection", "extend_search_prev"]

This makes Alt+N search for the next occurrence of whatever is under the cursor, and create a new selection for this occurrence. This is very similar to VSCode's Ctrl+D "Add Selection To Next Find Match".

fluid-and-then.mp4

The next best thing is that sometimes you need to skip a match. No binds are needed, a regular N press does the job:

helix-alt-n.mp4

I'm a bit surprised the above two aren't defaults. It's worth nothingAlt+N is normally bound to "Select next sibling node in syntax tree (TS)," but it's not something have I ever used.