How do I check whether neovim is in operator-pending mode?

[sylvester-roos]

I have the following keybind in my keybinds.json, but it's preventing me from executing an operation like dt<space>:

{
    "key": "space",
    "command": "vspacecode.space",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && neovim.mode == normal"
}

I would like to expand the when with something like && neovim.mode != operator-pending, but I'm not sure which option to use, if the option exists at all.

Thanks :)

[justinmk]

Remove that vscode mapping and define the mapping in your nvim init.lua file instead.

nnoremap <silent> <space> <cmd>lua require('vscode-neovim').call('vspacecode.space')<cr>

[sylvester-roos]

Thanks for your quick answer! The code you supplied appears to be vimscript. Do you know how I can achieve the same in lua?

I'm entirely ignorant on neovim configuration 😅

[xiyaowong]

:h lua-guide

[justinmk]

Just put it in a vim.cmd call.

vim.cmd[[nnoremap <silent> <space> <cmd>lua require('vscode-neovim').call('vspacecode.space')<cr>]]

[carschandler]

@justinmk is there a way to actually use operator-pending mode in the when condition? I have a different use case: when using Jupyter Notebooks and you start an action like d or c but decide you want to cancel it, the Stop Editing Cell keybind takes priority. I know I could use Ctrl+[ instead, and I've also mapped Shift+Escape to leave notebook cells before, opening up escape to leave operator-pending mode, but it would be cool to be able to just use Escape for both of these, and the only way I can think of that is to check whether or not you're in operator-pending mode. I know vim.api.nvim_get_mode will indicate this in its output, so would it be possible to loop this in somehow?

[theol0403]

#1718

[carschandler]

Thank you!

[gyaaniguy]

@justinmk Your solution works great ! But for me there is a delay of 1-2 seconds before the menu shows. Any ideas ? It might be because I am using wsl2 ?

[justinmk]

you probably have a conflicting/overlapping mapping.

[gyaaniguy]

You are right ! The leader key was mapped to as well. Thanks !