I wanted to mimic Telescope vim like keyboard binding

[kirubeltadesse]

Checklist

• I have read through the manual page (man fzf)
• I have searched through the existing issues
• For bug reports, I have checked if the bug is reproducible in the latest version of fzf

Output of fzf --version

0.63.3 (brew)

OS

• Linux
• macOS
• Windows
• Etc.

Shell

• bash
• zsh
• fish

Problem / Steps to reproduce

I wanted to mimic Vim-like keybinding that will use the following setup
esc → Normal Mode:
Disables search (you can navigate freely).
Changes prompt to NORMAL> .
Binds j (down) and k (up) for navigation.
Allows i to switch back to insert mode.
i→ Insert Mode:
Enables searching.
Unbinds j/k from navigation so you can type.
j and k (in Normal Mode):
Navigate up/down.

Then if you press esc in the Normal Mode it should turn off.

I tried using

# Use fd for finding files
export FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND='fd --type f --strip-cwd-prefix --hidden --follow --exclude .git'

# Customize fzf options
export FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS="
  --preview 'bat --style=numbers --color=always {}' \
  --bind 'alt-j:preview-down' \
  --bind 'alt-k:preview-up' \
  --bind 'esc:abort' \
  --bind 'j:down' \
  --bind 'k:up' \
  --bind 'ctrl-u:preview-page-up' \
  --bind 'ctrl-d:preview-page-down' \
  --bind 'ctrl-i:toggle-preview' \
  --reverse"

# Enable extended mode
export FZF_DEFAULT_OPS="--extended"

# Use the same command for Ctrl+T (file search)
export FZF_CTRL_T_COMMAND="$FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND"

But this blocked j and k from the insert mode. Please let me know if you have any suggestions!

[junegunn]

You might want to check out the mode switching example in https://junegunn.github.io/fzf/releases/0.59.0/#hiding-input-section