Word Divider

Enable cursor movement in Japanese and Chinese sentences on a word-by-word basis.

Features

Command	Keybinding for Windows and Linux	Keybinding for Mac	Command to be overwritten	Description
wordDivider.cursorWordLeft	Ctrl+LeftArrow	⌥ ←	cursorWordLeft	Move cursor to the previous word
wordDivider.cursorWordEndRight	Ctrl+RightArrow	⌥ →	cursorWordEndRight	Move cursor to the next word
wordDivider.cursorWordLeftSelect	Ctrl+Shift+LeftArrow	⇧ ⌥ ←	cursorWordLeftSelect	Select the previous word
wordDivider.cursorWordEndRightSelect	Ctrl+Shift+RightArrow	⇧ ⌥ →	cursorWordEndRightSelect	Select the next word
wordDivider.deleteWordLeft	Ctrl+Backspace	⌥ Backspace	deleteWordLeft	Remove the previous word
wordDivider.deleteWordEndRight	Ctrl+Delete	⌥ Delete	deleteWordRight	Remove the next word

Differences from Japanese Word Handler

This extension is inspired by sgryjp/japanese-word-handler.

Japanese Word Handler move based on character type, while Word Divider move based on word recognition.

Using Word Handler

Using Japanese Word Handler

While Word Divider divides 拡張機能 into 拡張 and 機能, and 使うと into 使う and と, we can see that the Japanese Word Handler treats 拡張機能 as 拡張機能 and 使うと as 使 and と.

Extension Settings

• wordDivider.locale: The locale to use for word divider
  • auto: Use VS Code's configured display language (default)
  • ja: Japanese
  • zh-CN: Simplified Chinese
  • zh-TW: Traditional Chinese

Known Issues

• Cannot double click to select a word. #50
• Cannot move word by word in SOURCE CONTROL message box. #48

Release Notes

See CHANGELOG.md