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metaGo

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MetaGo provides fast cursor movement/selection for keyboard focused users in vscode

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First of all, Metago is a tool made for myself, it comes from the voice in my heart💖as a programmer.
Metago tries its best to be the coolest😎 keyboard(mouseless) focused navigation tool in vscode.
Metago tries to make your keyboard⌨ to you as meaningful as a kitchen knife to a master chef👩‍🍳.

Metago as a free tool, currently is maintained and developed by me in my spare time🌙⏳, if you think has ever saved you time, boosted your efficiency, or even indispensable like some of our users, please support me 😊

Give me a  [github⭐](https://github.com/metaseed/metago), or even [sponsor me at github🍻](https://github.com/sponsors/metasong)

**quotes from users:**
> [Wicked fast cursor movement/selection for a focus on keyboard usage. This changed how I use VS Code forever. Seriously.](https://spectrum.chat/frontend/general/favourite-vs-code-extensions~9ad33139-aa3a-4f8e-a640-d08ba08736b0)

> [This boosts my performance so much since It’s a trouble for me to use VIM (I’m leftie :( )](https://medium.com/@ColCh/i-found-also-these-plugins-very-helpful-in-my-work-df795a9e929f)

> [probably the best tool for keyboard driven navigation bar none (better than vim), includes bookmarks](https://dev.to/fbnlsr/10-essential-extensions-for-vscode-174i#comment-node-140785)

> [MetaGo is a way to move your cursor to a position quickly and without using your mouse/trackpad.](https://scotch.io/starters/visual-studio-code/metago)

> [Oh, man.. I have a feeling that after that I'm going to feel crippled without it. This is fantastic.](https://www.reddit.com/r/vscode/comments/6wcucw/mouseless_setup/#t1_dm8ka1b)

> [This takes a bit to get used to but so much worth it! I really think this should be mainstream and every modern editor should support this.](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=metaseed.metago&ssr=false#review-details)

> and MORE from you...

## Features Summary
MetaGo provides fast cursor movement/selection/delete for keyboard focused users:
* [MetaJump](https://github.com/metaseed/metaGo/blob/master/README.md#metajump)
    * [features highlight](https://github.com/metaseed/metaGo/blob/master/src/metaJump/README.md#features-highlight)
    * [go to any character on screen with 3(most cases) or 4 times key press](https://github.com/metaseed/metaGo/blob/master/src/metaJump/README.md#go-to-any-character-on-screen)
    * [select to any character in the active editor](https://github.com/metaseed/metaGo/blob/master/src/metaJump/README.md#select-to-any-character-in-the-active-editor)
    * [add multiple cursors to the active editor](https://github.com/metaseed/metaGo/blob/master/src/metaJump/README.md#select-to-any-character-in-the-active-editor)
    * [change active selection in multiple selections](https://github.com/metaseed/metaGo/blob/master/src/metaJump/README.md#change-active-selection-in-multiple-selections)
    * [delete to any character](https://github.com/metaseed/metaGo/tree/master/src/metaJump#delete-to-any-character)
* [MetaSelection](https://github.com/metaseed/metaGo/blob/master/README.md#metaselection)
    * [lines selection](https://github.com/metaseed/metaGo/blob/master/README.md#lines-selection)
    * [alternate Selection's active with anchor](https://github.com/metaseed/metaGo/blob/master/README.md#alternate-selections-active-with-anchor)
    * [surrounding-pair selection](https://github.com/metaseed/metaGo/blob/master/README.md#surrounding-pair-selection)
      * [surrounding-pair selection of common tag](https://github.com/metaseed/metaGo#surrounding-pair-selection-demo)
      * [surrounding-pair selection of html tag](https://github.com/metaseed/metaGo#surrounding-pair-selection-demo-html-tag-pairs)
      * [surrounding-pair changing demo](https://github.com/metaseed/metaGo#surrounding-pair-changing-demo)

* [Navigate between files using bookmarks](https://github.com/metaseed/metaGo/blob/master/README.md#navigate-between-files-using-bookmarks)
* [MetaWord](https://github.com/metaseed/metaGo/tree/master/src/metaWord/README.md)
* [Other features](https://github.com/metaseed/metaGo/blob/master/README.md#other-features)
    * [scroll the active line to the screen top, middle and bottom](https://github.com/metaseed/metaGo/blob/master/README.md#scroll-the-active-line-to-the-screen-top-middle-and-bottom)
    * [moving/select up/down between blank lines](https://github.com/metaseed/metaGo/blob/master/README.md#moveselect-updown-between-blank-lines)
    * [jump to bracket](https://github.com/metaseed/metaGo/blob/master/README.md#jump-to-bracket)

## metaJump
metaJump is one part of the tool set MetaGo, with the goal to do cursor moving/selecting/deleting by showing decorators on possible target-locations. **([detail document of MetaJump](https://github.com/metaseed/metaGo/blob/master/src/metaJump/README.md#metajump))**
![MetaGo.MetaJump](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/metaseed/metaGo/master/src/metaJump/images/metaJump.gif)
## metaSelection

### lines selection
vsCode's default select current line command(`Ctrl+l`) selects current line and puts the cursor at the next line's start position.
we create our own to extend/shrink the selection of the current line:
* <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>l</kbd> to select current line if no selection at cursor, or extend/shrink selections by one line below if there is selection before/after the cursor.
* <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>o</kbd> to extend/shrink selection by one line above if there is selection after/before the cursor.

> extend/shrink selections work at the selection's active end(where cursor flashing), if you want to extend/shrink at the selection's anchor end, use <kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>a</kbd> to alternate selection's anchor with active at first.

> note: <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>o</kbd> triggers open file by default, and it triggers extend line selection above only when there is selection in active editor.

> if you want to select line up, you should press <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>l</kbd> to select current line and then press <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>o</kbd> to extend line selection above.

by default selectLineUp command is configured as:
```json
{
    "command": "metaGo.selectLineUp",
    "key": "ctrl+o",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && editorHasSelection"
}
```
you could assign a shortcut key not collision with default vscode ones, just remove the `editorHasSelection` condition, so it works even with no selection in editor.

### alternate Selection's active with anchor
* <kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>a</kbd> to alternate the selection's active(cursor flashing) with the anchor.

[*➭Feature Summary⮵*](https://github.com/metaseed/metaGo/blob/master/README.md#features-summary)
#### lineSelection demo
we use `ctrl+l` to select current line, then `ctrl+l` again to extend current selection below, then `ctrl+o` to shrink current selection above, then `alt+a` to alternate the current selection's active end with anchor end, then `ctrl+o` to extend current selection above, then `ctrl+alt+/` to add another cursor, and `ctrl+l` to select current line, `ctrl+l` again to extend selection below, then `alt+a` to alternate selection's active with anchor, then `ctrl+o` to extend selection above.

With the two selections, you could then delete or copy...
![MetaGo.LineSelection](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/metaseed/metaGo/master/images/line-selection.gif)