Using the jumplist

To help with quick navigation, Helix maintains a list of "jumps" called the jumplist. Whenever you make a significant movement (see next section), Helix stores your selections from before the move as a jump. A jump serves as a kind of checkpoint, allowing you to jump to a separate location, make edits, and return to where you were with your previous selections. This way, the jumplist tracks both your previous location and your selections. You can manually save a jump by using Ctrl-s. To jump backward in the jumplist, use Ctrl-o; to go forward, use Ctrl-i. To view and select from the full jumplist, use Space-j to open the jumplist picker.

What makes a jump

The following is a non-exhaustive list of which actions add a jump to the jumplist: - Switching buffers - Using the buffer picker, going to the next/previous buffer - Going to the last accessed/modified file - Making a new file (:new FILE) - Opening a file (:open FILE) - Includes :log-open, :config-open, :config-open-workspace, :tutor - Navigating by pickers, global search, or the file explorer - goto_file (gf) - Big in-file movements - select_regex (s) - split_regex (S) - search (/) - keep_selections and remove_selections (K and <A-K>) - goto_file_start (gg) - goto_file_end - goto_last_line (ge) - :goto 123 / :123 / 123G - goto_definition (gd) - goto_declaration (gD) - goto_type_definition (gy) - goto_reference (gr) - Other - Ctrl-s manually creates a jump - Trying to close a modified buffer can switch you to that buffer and create a jump - The debugger can create jumps as you jump stack frames