How to move current line up or down in vim for vscode

Question

Using VS Code, how can I move the current line I am on (or the current selection) up or down using Vim keybindings? When using the editor as normal, I can achieve this using 'alt + up/down'.

I am using the vscodevim extension.

Answer 1

adding the following to the settings.json. It uses J and K to move the line down/up in the normal mode.

"vim.normalModeKeyBindingsNonRecursive": [
    {
        "before": ["J"],
        "commands": ["editor.action.moveLinesDownAction"]
    }, // moveLineDown
    {
        "before": ["K"],
        "commands": ["editor.action.moveLinesUpAction"]
    } // moveLineUp
],

Answer 2

In vim there is no direct mapping for that, but what you can do is:

• Place your cursor on the line you want to move.
• Delete the line using: dd
• Then go to the line right before where you want to place it.
• Press p to past your deleted line.

That should do the trick.