whichkey bindings for notebook cells

[dboeckenhoff]

Problem

In ipynb/notebook files I want to have some major mode options for any cell language (conditioning when on ipynb extensions).

Solution

Allow to duplicate/clone certain which-key keybindings by key of others.

Alternatives

Copy the definitions in your setting.json file but that would be bad for many reasons.

Additional context

Thanks for the nice work!

[Steven Guh]

This may not be that easy. The text editing area of a cell is just like a regular text editor that has a language settings. The extension get the language just like a regular text editor.

Can you elaborate a little about your use case? The way I understand is that if you would like to have different bindings when the editor is part of a notebook?

[dboeckenhoff]

Yes, I want to have the same keybinding for all types of cells conditioned on "is a jupyter notebook cell" without copying settings. I have it running currently but maintenance is horrible with copies.

[Steven Guh]

There isn't direct API from vscode that we can use AFAIK. But there is a workaround for it that uses conditional bindings https://vspacecode.github.io/docs/whichkey/extra#when.

settings.json:

  "vspacecode.bindingOverrides": [
      {
        "keys": ["m", "when:isNotebook"],
        "name": "Go to",
        "type": "command",
        "command": "workbench.action.gotoLine",
        "position": 0
      }
  ],

Due to conditional matching logic, it matches the any condition that match first; hence, we have to put the conditional before other bindings. Addition, the api we have doesn't allow insertion -- we have to override the condition bindings at 0 index (languageId:agda)

keybindings.json

	{
		"key": "m",
		"command": "whichkey.triggerKey",
		"args": {
			"key": "m",
			"when": "isNotebook"
		  },
		"when": "whichkeyVisible && activeEditor == 'workbench.editor.notebook'"
	},

This should allow you to have a specific binding for cells in notebook