Ctrl + u for discarding line in Picker?

[grantshandy]

Ctrl + u is a common keyboard shortcut for clearing the current input throughout shell environments and command lines. Helix uses Ctrl + u to clear the input for : commands, could it be added to the symbol viewer/global search/file picker/LSP references?

I keep reaching for the keyboard shortcut when I want to reset my query, instead I have to hold the backspace key. Does this sound like something that should be added? If it seems like a feature that would be added I can try to make a PR.

[grantshandy]

Ah, I see. Ctrl + u/d is for Page Up/Down in the list as added in #1612.

After more research, I've found that Ctrl + u is commonly called "unix-line-discard". Now my main question is why shouldn't this common (arguably canonical) shortcut not be used in Picker when it is already used in the command entry?

[d2weber]

Duplicate of #1593

[gabydd]

This is different then that issue it happens because the picker and the prompt have a conflicting key in common so Ctrl-u gets consumed by the picker before it reaches the prompt

[d2weber]

This is different then that issue it happens because the picker and the prompt have a conflicting key in common so Ctrl-u gets consumed by the picker before it reaches the prompt

I see, you are right

[david-amirault]

+1. Unix-line-discard is much more useful than page up/page down in picker. If you need to scroll pages in picker, then you are likely using it wrong, and your fuzzy-matching text should be more specific. Unix-line-discard works in all other helix text-entry modes, so it is quite unintuitive that it does not work in picker.

Even once we gain the ability to remap keys in picker, I feel strongly that unix-line-discard should be the default for Ctrl-u in picker

[robinsonrc]

Agreed, I was surprised when this wasn’t the behaviour and didn’t match the command prompt or shell in general