Move lines or blocks up or down

[gregorriegler]

IMO one of the most important features for a text editor is the ability to quickly move lines, but also blocks up and down.

In VIM I achieve this using the https://github.com/matze/vim-move plugin. However it would be awesome if helix did something like this out of the box.

[archseer]

xdp/xdP is already very short and you can always create a mapping for it if you want.

[workingj]

@gregorriegler

# line-up
C-e = ["keep_primary_selection","extend_line","yank","move_line_up","open_above","normal_mode","replace_with_yanked", "move_line_down", "move_line_down", "extend_line", "delete_selection", "move_line_up", "move_line_up"]
# line-down
C-d = ["keep_primary_selection","extend_line","delete_selection", "paste_after", "move_line_down"]

may be that helps

[gregorriegler]

Thank you for the tips!
That works good for a single line, yes.

I wish I could just select a complete function and move it around, maybe down below the next function.
Or lets say I have a function in a function, and I want to move it out to the top level, and it automatically unindents.
Yes I know I can cut and paste. But once the moving is possible, you don't want back.

[ic4-y]

I agree, that is a functionality I was looking for as well and couldn't find: moving whole code blocks as described.

[gregorriegler]

It's also viable for non-code. Think paragraphs, config sections, lists. So many cases, I use it regularely.

[workingj]

@icodeforyou-dot-net @gregorriegler ,well you can achive that also with these commands.

But I agree, moving text blocks that way with auto indentation is nice to have.
I am used to this from vscodium

[zakaria-chahboun]

Also duplicate the line up/down

[hustcer]

I need this feature too

[zakaria-chahboun]

You can do:
Ctrl+Alt+Up / Ctrl+Alt+Down to duplicate lines in insert mode
Alt+Up / Alt+Down to move lines in insert mode

By adding this to the config file:

[keys.insert]
# move line up
"A-up" = ["extend_line","yank","move_line_up","open_above","replace_with_yanked","move_line_down", "move_line_down", "extend_line", "delete_selection", "move_line_up", "move_line_up"]
# move line down
"A-down" = ["extend_line","delete_selection", "paste_after", "move_line_down"]
# duplicate line up
"C-A-up" = ["extend_line","yank","open_above","normal_mode","replace_with_yanked", "insert_mode"]
# duplicate line down
"C-A-down" = ["extend_line","yank","move_line_down","open_above","normal_mode","replace_with_yanked", "insert_mode"]

[ic4-y]

You can do: Ctrl+Alt+Up / Ctrl+Alt+Down to duplicate lines in insert mode Alt+Up / Alt+Down to move lines in insert mode

By adding this to the config file:

[keys.insert]
# move line up
"A-up" = ["extend_line","yank","move_line_up","open_above","replace_with_yanked","move_line_down", "move_line_down", "extend_line", "delete_selection", "move_line_up", "move_line_up"]
# move line down
"A-down" = ["extend_line","delete_selection", "paste_after", "move_line_down"]
# duplicate line up
"C-A-up" = ["extend_line","yank","open_above","normal_mode","replace_with_yanked", "insert_mode"]
# duplicate line down
"C-A-down" = ["extend_line","yank","move_line_down","open_above","normal_mode","replace_with_yanked", "insert_mode"]

While better than nothing, this is bugging out quite a bit if you mark more than one line and change into insert mode to move them. Duplicating multiple lines works like a charm. Duplicating a single line multiple times on the other hand will not work properly without re-selecting.

[pedronasser]

Clearly we need some kind of builtin command for doing selection moving easily and properly.
Neither of the above solutions or other solutions that I've tried reached a good enough behavior.

[workingj]

Clearly we need some kind of builtin command for doing selection moving easily and properly. Neither of the above solutions or other solutions that I've tried reached a good enough behavior.

think so too.

[Byteron]

cutting, moving, then pasting is a 3 step process, while moving a line is a 1 step process.
same with line duplication.

I'd definitely think this is worth having a built-in for. I heavily used it in vscode and am really missing it in helix. (though the rest is top notch)