Search bar Vim mode

[jjw24]

This issue proposes to add Vim mode to flow's search bar. If you are interested in having this feature added, please put a thumbs up.

PR #4541:

An opt-in Vim editing mode to the search bar. Toggle it in Settings → General → "Enable Advanced Vim Mode". It is off by default — when disabled, the search bar behaves exactly as before.

Modes

• Insert (default) — normal Flow Launcher behavior
• Normal — block caret; keys are interpreted as commands
• Visual / Visual Line — character-wise / whole-query selection

A small color-coded dot at the left of the box shows the current mode (hidden in Insert).

Normal mode

• Motions: h l w W b B e E 0 ^ $ %, f/F/t/T{char} with ;/, repeat, and j/k to move through the results
• Editing: x X s S r{char} ~ dd cc D C Y p, gu/gU, undo u / redo Ctrl+R
• Operators + text objects: d c y gu combined with iw/aw, i"/a", i'/a', i(/a(, i[/a[, i{/a{ (e.g. diw, ci", ya()
• Repeat & counts: . repeats the last change; most motions/operators accept a count (3w, 5x, d3w, 3f,)
• Mode switch: i I a A v V

Visual mode

Extend the selection with any motion, then operate on it: x/d, y, c/s, r{char}, ~, gu/gU. i/a start a text object, o swaps the selection ends, Esc returns to Normal.