How can I make 'S' do a replace in normal mode like in vim?

[pmalek]

Describe the bug
"S" in normal mode doesn't work.

I've tried the following in settings.json

"vim.normalModeKeyBindings": [
    {
        "before": ["S"],
        "after": ["cc"]
    }
]

but it also didn't work.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. go to a line in editor and press "S" (Shift + S)
2. expect the line content to be delete and to end up in insert mode

Expected behavior
I would expect to delete the whole line contents and go to insert mode.
To my surprise "cc" works (exactly like I'd like "S" to work).

Environment (please complete the following information):

• Extension (VsCodeVim) version:v1.8.2 (2019-07-15)
• VSCode version: 1.36.1
• OS: Ubuntu 18.04
• settings.json

{
    "window.title": "${activeEditorLong}${separator}${rootName}",

    // make the side bar smaller
    "window.zoomLevel": 2,
    "terminal.integrated.fontSize": 13,
    "terminal.integrated.shell.linux": "/usr/bin/zsh",

    "update.mode": "default",
    "blockhighlight.background": [220, 220, 250, 0.1],
    "diffEditor.ignoreTrimWhitespace": false,

    "[markdown]": {
        "editor.wordWrap": "off",
        "editor.quickSuggestions": true,
        "editor.rulers": [80],
    },
    "[makefile]": {
        "editor.tabSize": 4,
        "editor.insertSpaces": false,
        "editor.detectIndentation": false,
    },
    "editor.renderLineHighlight": "all",
    "editor.multiCursorModifier": "alt",
    "editor.renderControlCharacters": false,
    "editor.minimap.enabled": false,
    "editor.hover.delay": 200,
    "editor.parameterHints.cycle": true,
    "editor.parameterHints.enabled": true,
    "editor.hover.sticky": true,
    "editor.suggest.snippetsPreventQuickSuggestions":false,
    "editor.occurrencesHighlight": true,
    "editor.selectionHighlight": true,
    "editor.maxTokenizationLineLength": 705000,
    "editor.lineHeight": 12.5,
    "editor.fontSize": 12,
    "editor.letterSpacing": -0.2,
    "editor.fontFamily": "Menlo, Monaco, 'Courier New', monospace",
    // "editor.fontFamily": "FiraCode-Retina",
    // "editor.fontFamily": "Fira Code",
    // "editor.fontWeight": "300", // Light
    // "editor.fontWeight": "400", // Regular
    // "editor.fontWeight": "500", // Medium
    // "editor.fontWeight": "600", // Bold
    "editor.fontLigatures": false,


    // Go
    "[go]": {
        "editor.rulers": [ 80, 100],
        "editor.snippetSuggestions": "top",
        "editor.formatOnSave": true,
        "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
            "source.organizeImports": true
        },
        "editor.tabSize": 4,
        "editor.insertSpaces": true,
    },
    "go.testFlags": ["-count", "1", "-v"],
    // "go.liveErrors": {
    //     "enabled": true,
    //     "delay": 1000
    // },
    "go.formatTool": "goimports",
    "go.formatFlags": ["-v", "-w", "-trace", "/tmp/trace"],
    "go.vetOnSave": "off",
    "go.buildOnSave": "off",
    "go.autocompleteUnimportedPackages": true,
    "go.useLanguageServer": true,
    "go.alternateTools": {
        "go-langserver": "gopls", 
    },
    // TODO change when gopls gets official support
    // "gopls": {
    //     "usePlaceholders": true, // add parameter placeholders when completing a function
    //     "enhancedHover": true,   // experimental to improve quality of hover (will be on by default soon)
    // },
    "go.languageServerExperimentalFeatures": {
        "findReferences": true,
        "workspaceSymbols": true,
        "format": true,
        "autoComplete": true,
        "diagnostics": true,
        "goToDefinition": true,
        "hover": true,
        "signatureHelp": true,
        "goToTypeDefinition": true,
        "documentSymbols": true,
    },
    "go.languageServerFlags": [
        "-logfile", "/tmp/gopls.log",
    ],
    "go.lintOnSave": "off",
    "go.lintTool": "golangci-lint",
    "go.lintFlags": [
        "--fast",
        "--exclude", "unsafeptr",
        "--skip-dirs", "/Users/pmalek/.gvm/gos/.*",
    ],

    "code-runner.fileDirectoryAsCwd": true,
    "code-runner.saveFileBeforeRun": true,
    "code-runner.clearPreviousOutput": false,
    "code-runner.runInTerminal": true,
    "code-runner.ignoreSelection": true,

    // "markdown-preview-enhanced.liveUpdate": true,
    "markdownlint.config": {
        "MD013": false,
        "MD040": false,
        "MD010": false,
    },

    "todohighlight.isEnable": true,
    "todohighlight.include": [
        "**/*.go"
    ],
    "todohighlight.exclude": [
        "**/vendor/**",
        "**/pkg/**",
        "**/node_modules/**",
        "**/bower_components/**",
        "**/dist/**",
        "**/build/**",
        "**/.vscode/**",
        "**/.github/**",
        "**/_output/**",
        "**/*.min.*",
        "**/*.map",
        "**/.next/**"
    ],
    "todohighlight.keywordsPattern": "TODO:?|TODO\\(([^)]+)\\)|FIXME:",
    // "todohighlight.keywordsPattern": "TODO:?|TODO|FIXME:",

    "vim.disableExtension": false,
    "vim.debug.silent": true,
    "vim.leader": ",",
    "vim.enableNeovim": true,
    "vim.neovimPath": "/usr/local/bin/nvim",
    "vim.hlsearch": true,
    "vim.incsearch": true,
    "vim.foldfix": true,
    "vim.timeout": 500,
    "vim.easymotion": true,
    "vim.sneak": true,
    "vim.handleKeys": {
        "<C-f>": false
    },
    "vim.insertModeKeyBindings": [
        {
            "before": ["k", "j"],
            "after": ["<Esc>"]
        },
    ],
    "vim.normalModeKeyBindings": [
        {
            "before": [";"],
            "after": [":"]
        },
        {
            "before": ["S"],
            "after": ["cc"]
        },
        {
            "before": [ "<leader>", "d" , "w"],
            "after": [],
            "commands": [
                {
                    "command": "editor.action.previewDeclaration",
                    "args": []
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "before": [ "<leader>", "d" , "d"],
            "after": [],
            "commands": [
                {
                    "command": "editor.action.goToDeclaration",
                    "args": []
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "before": [ "<leader>", "d" , "s"],
            "after": [],
            "commands": [
                {
                    "command": "editor.action.openDeclarationToTheSide",
                    "args": []
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "before": [
                "u"
            ],
            "after": [],
            "commands": [
                {
                    "command": "undo"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "before": [
                "<C-r>"
            ],
            "after": [],
            "commands": [
                {
                    "command": "redo"
                }
            ]
        },
    ],
    "vim.normalModeKeyBindingsNonRecursive": [
        {
            "before": ["<leader>", "m"],
            "commands": [
                "bookmarks.toggle"
            ]
        },
        {
            "before": ["<leader>", "b"],
            "commands": [
                "bookmarks.list"
            ]
        }
    ],

    "auto-comment-blocks.singleLineBlockOnEnter": true,
    "auto-comment-blocks.slashStyleBlocks": [
        "go",
    ],
    "files.associations": {
        "*.Makefile": "makefile"
    },

    // Explorer
    "explorer.confirmDelete": false,
    "explorer.confirmDragAndDrop": false,

    // Visuals
    "workbench.iconTheme": "vscode-great-icons",
    "workbench.editor.enablePreview": false,
    "workbench.colorCustomizations": {
        // in the editor itself
        "editor.selectionHighlightBackground": "#ffbb00",
        "editor.selectionBackground": "#00aaff",

        // Scrollbar
        // SCM
        "editorOverviewRuler.addedForeground": "#00bb00",
        // "editorOverviewRuler.modifiedForeground": "#0000",
        "editorOverviewRuler.deletedForeground": "#0000",
        // selection
        "editorOverviewRuler.selectionHighlightForeground": "#ffbb00",
    
        // Gutter (on the left)
        "editorGutter.addedBackground": "#00bb00",
        "editorGutter.modifiedBackground": "#ff8800",
        // "editorGutter.deletedBackground": "#ff0000"
    },
    //"workbench.statusBar.feedback.visible": false,
    "workbench.editor.showTabs": true,
    "workbench.colorTheme": "Solarized Light",
    "workbench.tree.indent": 22,

    "git.autofetch": true,
    "git.autofetchPeriod": 300,

    "gitlens.blame.format": "${author|10} ${message|20?} ${agoOrDate|12-}",
    "gitlens.blame.avatars": false,
    "gitlens.codeLens.recentChange.enabled": false,
    "gitlens.codeLens.authors.enabled": false,

    // "breadcrumbs.enabled": true,
    // "breadcrumbs.filePath": "on",

    // Disable all telemetry.
    "gitlens.advanced.telemetry.enabled": false,
    "telemetry.enableCrashReporter": false,
    "telemetry.enableTelemetry": false,
    //"githubPullRequests.telemetry.enabled": false,
}

[evaera]

Instead of "after": ["cc"], use "after": ["c", "c"]

[pmalek]

@evaera Thanks! It worked!

BTW: Where can I find special keys definitions for this plugin to create key mappings? For instance I'm looking into remapping Capslock and I've tried <capslock> and <Capslock> but none of them worked.

[evaera]

Check out this issue, there are a few solutions on there for that. If you are just binding Capslock to Esc then you should probably look at this comment.

It looks like from what they are saying though that it will still toggle your system's caps lock toggle, so if you don't want that to happen you should probably use a program like AutoHotKey to interrupt it at the system level.

[J-Fields]

Closing as this seems resolved.