how do i change escape vim key binding to jk or something else in vscode. NB. vscode not vim editor

Question

resources available on the web are only touching on vim editor. I am new to vim and I don't want to mess with my workspace settings. How do I go about changingg or keeping esc and adding jk as an optional key binding to leave insert mode in Vim in Vscode.

Answer 1

You should change the vscode json settings.

To do that Press F2 or Ctrl+Shift+P to open the vscode command palette (command palette screenshot)

then you have to write this:

"vim.insertModeKeyBindings": [
{ //exit insert mode
  "before": [
    "j",
    "k"
  ],
  "after": [
    "<Esc>"
  ]
}]

This code is mapping jk as <Esc>. For more info on what settings the vim extension exposes, check out the documentation on github.