Text Objects · Brackets
Introduction to Text Objects
Address semantic regions from anywhere inside them.
Text objects replace the motion in operator grammar. i selects inner contents; a includes the surrounding delimiter or adjacent spacing.
Use i, and a in the editor beside this lesson. Practice is where you learn it, with the answer a click away; the Test is graded, unaided, and the only thing that marks this lesson complete.
Keys in this lesson
- i
- Inner: the contents, without the surrounding delimiters
- a
- Around: the contents plus the surrounding delimiters
Practice to learn it. Test to prove it.
Practice keeps the answer a click away — endlessly in Free, or as a 15-goal run against par and your own best time in Timed. The Test gives you 8 goals with no hints and a keystroke budget on each; passing it is what marks this lesson complete.