Different history search behavior when vi-mode is active

[S1ngS1ng]

Here is how it works when vi-mode is NOT active:

This is my expected behavior where completion is performed based on the input (a.k.a. "expand" completion result)

While vi-mode is active:

The completion does not take the input. Instead, the completion works as if nothing was typed in.

Little bit more details if anyone is interested:

1. I am using the arrow key up for completion
2. The only difference in my .zshrc is under plugins:

plugins=(
  git
  zsh-syntax-highlighting
  zsh-autosuggestions
+ vi-mode
)

[mcornella]

Try putting vi-mode first on the list of plugins. This is an issue with the order in which bindkey modes are activated.

[mcornella]

Closing since this is in essence a duplicate of #3435.

[S1ngS1ng]

@mcornella Hey Marc, thanks for your reply.
I've tried as you suggested, still it doesn't fix the issue.
Also, just F.Y.I., I am not using the history-substring-search plugin.

Here is some information that might help:

1. The partial output of bindkey when vi-mode IS NOT in plugins:
   
2. The partial output of bindkey when vi-mode IS in plugins, no matter where it is:
   
3. Here is the output of up after control + shift + v
   
4. I am on macOS. The terminal emulator that I use is iTerm2

So, I am wondering if the behavior I mentioned above was due to the different method being called? If so, how may I override that?
If you need any other info such as debug output, please let me know.

[mcornella]

Ok, then this is the effect of switching to viins keymap while those key bindings are put on the emacs keymap—from lib/key-bindings.zsh file: https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/blob/4eae0549fd7e8a6d35c5627356098380b6b9ef82/lib/key-bindings.zsh#L31-L41

#5113 should be able to solve this, but in the meantime, add the correct bindkey commands to your zshrc file, after OMZ is sourced.

[britonad]

I was interested in the same thing and solution to this. I added to the end of my .zshrc the following lines and it did a trick for me but it may be absolutely wrong way of doing this but still, it works but in insert mode, normal one keeps the old behaviour, so for me, it's even better to combine the best of two worlds:

$ cat >> ~/.zshrc <<EOF
bindkey "^P" up-line-or-history
bindkey "^[OA" up-line-or-beginning-search
bindkey "^[[5~" up-line-or-history
bindkey "^[[A" up-line-or-history
bindkey "^N" down-line-or-history
bindkey "^[OB" down-line-or-beginning-search
bindkey "^[[6~" down-line-or-history
bindkey "^[[B" down-line-or-history
EOF

[vtronko]

@vald-phoenix you are the MVP, sir, thank you.