• VSCode Version: 1.10
• OS Version: macOS

Trying to adopt navigation commands in list, they work pretty well and it doesn't require any code change in Vim extensions. Right now the only missing part is how we navigate to the visible viewlet or repl.

For split editors, right now the way to workaround is check the column of current editor, and try to switch to previous/next one when users press <C-w> hjkl. But users have no way to navigate to other part of VS Code by a generic command and we have no idea which component is visible from extension host.

A proper command can be something like

{
    "command": "navigate",
    "args": "up" // "down", "left"
}

It's similar to Tab in Accessibility Mode or workbench.action.navigateEditorGroups, users can use limited commands to switch focus between visible areas in the workspace.