Summary
When using Vim and Jupyter plugins in VSCode, how can I make the gT/gt commands cycle back/forth (the Vim default behavior) between open tabs when a Jupyter notebook is the active tab?
Detail
When editing most text files in VSCode using the VSCodeVim plugin, I can use the classic Vim command gT/gt to cycle back/forth between open tabs.
In the special case of Jupyter notebooks with the Jupyter plugin, these are rendered JSON documents comprising nested "cells" which complicates normal Vim-style navigation. When I cycle through tabs to a Jupyter notebook, the gt binding ceases to function, and I get "The key combination (G, T) is not a command" in the status bar.
EDIT: gT/gt does switch between tabs when I am within a Jupyter notebook and editing a cell. But when switching to a Jupyter notebook not in the cell-editing state (i.e. focus is at the notebook level), gT/gt ceases to work. I suppose since we are no longer in a text-editing mode, the Vim keybindings are not active.
Is there a way I can map/enable the Vim-style tab-switching behavior for the "notebook" level as well, when a Jupyter notebook is the active tab?
Versions
| Software | Version |
|---|---|
| MacOS | 13.6.3 |
| VSCode | 1.87.0 |
| Jupyter Extension | v2024.2.0 |
| Vim Extension | v1.27.2 |