Multiple extensions registering the 'type' command

[wmaurer]

• VSCode Version: 1.5.3
• OS Version: Windows 10

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Install and enable VSCodeVim and vscode-jumpy
2. Open a file with text
3. Run the command Jumpy Word Mode. Two letter decorations should appear at the start of each word
4. Type in the two letter code for that word. Jumpy functionality should enact a 'Jump' to the cursor position of that decorator.
5. It doesn't work :-( The keystrokes are being processed by VSCodeVim, not Jumpy.

I am the author of vscode-jumpy (repo). A user has reported that Jumpy does not work in combination with VSCodeVim: wmaurer/vscode-jumpy#1.

It seems that both extensions are doing a registerCommand('type'), but VSCodeVim seems to take priority over vscode-jumpy. Is there are way to manage which extension has priority, so that it can receive and process the keystrokes?
Ideally I want to Jumpy to receive and process the next two keystrokes after enabling Jumpy Word Mode, but then let the rest of the keystrokes forward to VSCodeVim.

[alexdima]

We added registerCommand("type") especially to enable vim mode to be implemented from an extension. We didn't want to bake vim mode in the core, and there can be only one handler. We never considered typing being something collaborative (in this case between vscode-jumpy and VSCodeVim). Today, the last one wins.

[samdesota]

Could this be changed to something like ahandleKeys function? Something like:

...

vscode.commands.registerCommand("start-mode", () => {
   // Latest attached handler receives the keys first.
   const subscription = vscode.handleKeys((evt) => {
     // event will bubble to the next handler if you don't cancel
     evt.stopPropagation()
   })   

   // End subscription to return the key priority to the previous holder.
   setTimeout(() => subscription.unsubscribe(), 3000)
})

Would really like to use vscode-jumpy, I imagine this would be fairly easy to implement?

[staltz]

For what it's worth, Atom is able to handle both jumpy and vim emulation (and probably more).

[samdesota]

@alexandrudima I'd really like this feature, if you would point me in the right direction in the source and discuss a pull request I'd be glad to work on it.

[lucax88x]

I have the same precise issue by using my extension (codeacejumper)