swiper

Fuzzy search lines in current window.

Supports regex, negate, match highting, case sensitive search.

a copy of emacs swiper: the thing I missed most in vscode.

Search "swiper !not Test" matches a line with SWiPeR Test without mentions of not string.

Installation

Install this extension.

Commands

swiper.swiper-word-at-cursor search the current word at cursor.

swiper.swiper search the last value tried.

Quick tutorial

Invoke command Swiper: Swiper Search/Resume and start typing.

basic rules:

1. Search either literal string e.g. abc or javascript regex /.../.
2. Search strings separated by space are AND-ed together. e.g. "a b" matched lines with "a" and "b" on the same line.
3. Search string prefixed with ! negates the search, "a !b" matches lines with "a" but not "b". Use regex /\!/ if you want to match "!" literal string. Search string starts with ! does not contribute to the border highlights.
4. Default case insensitive search. Upcased search term matches case sensitively.

Some quick Example:

# search wildcard
/command.*swiper/

a b # matches lines with a and b
a !b # matches lines with a but not b

/lint|display/ # lint OR display
lint|display # searches the literal string "lint|display"

# line starts with test
/^test/

a B # matches "aB", "AB"

/\(.*\)/ # matches paren
!/\(.*\)/ # do not match paren

Configuration

You can configure this extension via command palette (F1 on my machine) -> Preferences: Open User Settings (JSON), add the following snippet to the open configuration file:

  ...
  "swiper.selectMatch": false
}

Configuration points of this extension

• swiper.selectMatch (default true), controls if the picked match is selected. Set to false, cursor jumps to the end of the match word.

Motivation

I come from emacs to VScode, vscode is awesome, but misses a few features i do daily in emacs. This is one of them.

More on my motivation: medium link

I wrote a blog that covers achieving some my other emacs workflows in VScode.

TODO

• somehow test on non-macOS?
• search all file in the workspace.

  Use VScode search feature.

• if upper case char typed, turn to case sensitive search for that subSearchString.

  Done

• do not save tmp file for unsaved buffer.

misc

publish URL

dev guide

# make whatever change, bump package.json 
vsce package
# then release to the vscode marketplace publish page.