deselection

[kujohn]

Is there a way to deselect? Use case would be navigating by word but instead of modifying the entire word, I would just like to append to the word or select the first letter to modify, Currently, it involves moving the selection away and back withh, l.

[gabydd]

Collapsing a selection can be done with ;. I would also suggest doing the tutor with hx --tutor or :tutor in the editor. You can also check out the key map docs https://docs.helix-editor.com/ and the command pallete(<space>?) for quick reference.

[markand]

I've stambled accross this issue while reading the tutor. Sometimes, pressing f and next a character that may appear only at the end of file would select the entire file. But ; collapse selection at the end of selection. Do I miss something or I can not find a keymap to just cancel the selection and get back to the original location?

[waddie]

You can flip which end of selections the cursors are on with A-;. Do that before collapsing the selection.

[markand]

Thanks, will map a keybind to it to make it easier.