Opposite of x? ie how to shrink selection?

[James-Firth]

I was mashing x to select a bunch of lines to delete but hit one too many.

I searched for "shrink" in the keymap since I had a feeling that was the right word, but those didn't seem to do it (Alt-x). Is there a way to shrink my selection if I go to far without redoing it?

Helix has been great for quickly manipulating data, this case came up when I C&P'd a markdown table but it had a bunch of extra rows I wanted to delete.

I also didn't find anything searching discussions

[pascalkuthe]

use selecet modes for that. x is just a shortcut for the common case of extending one line down. Mor complex selection manipulations is done by entering select mode and finsihgin with X

[James-Firth]

Thanks @pascalkuthe ! That makes a lot of sense, I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing a hotkey.

For anyone reading this in the future:
One easy way for me was to mash x then hit v then up arrow then d to fix the selection then escape to head back to Normal mode.

Alternative just switch to Select Mode with v and handle the entire selection manipulation there before deleting

[chtenb]

I shrink selections by using the commands select_line_below and select_line_above, which I find easier than what is available in the default key mapping.

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[jeffs]

vj

(then <esc> if you're not about to do something that puts you back in Normal mode anyway)