Relative Line Numbers

[nayaabkhan]

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Describe the feature

Show the line number relative to the current line (where the cursor is). It is usually helpful in combination with Vim mode, to jump to a specific line using motion keys (e.g., h-j-k-l).

Vim has it built-in (https://vimhelp.org/options.txt.html#%27relativenumber%27). Visual Studio Code also has it built-in using editor.lineNumbers.

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[jschuur]

This was the first thing I looked for after installing Zed an enabling vim_mode.

[ruiconti]

+1 this is key to fast code navigation.

[WindSoilder]

It'd be really useful in vim mode

[0x2CA]

Is it possible to display both

[dsosby]

Vim mode without relative line numbers is like pizza without cheese.

[JosephTLyons]

This feature has been merged into main and should be available in v0.102.0.

https://twitter.com/zeddotdev/status/1695159901411070150?s=20

[DeVoresyah]

already try to set it as true but doesn't work

[cyr-l]

@DeVoresyah "relative_line_numbers": trueworks for me (not under features though but at the root of the object).

[DeVoresyah]

@DeVoresyah "relative_line_numbers": trueworks for me (not under features though but at the root of the object).

already put on line 15. I even restart my zed editor

[DeVoresyah]

nevermind, it works after I put on ~/.config/zed/settings.json

[auspy]

is there any option that tells the current line if the relative line numbers is true. i would like to know current line along with relative line numbers

[gaardhus]

is there any option that tells the current line if the relative line numbers is true. i would like to know current line along with relative line numbers

@auspy that seems to be the default at least as of now?

[alexthe2]

Is there an option to make this togglable? In VS (though heavily plugin-ned) I have CMD+L cycle from usual to vim and vice-versa. Very useful when debugging C with stackframes

[lamhungypl]

Is there an option to make this togglable? In VS (though heavily plugin-ned) I have CMD+L cycle from usual to vim and vice-versa. Very useful when debugging C with stackframes

you can toggle it via command now

[ligmaSec]

is there any way to turn off relative numbering when in insert mode and toggling it back on when in normal mode ?

[TimWolfram]

is there any way to turn off relative numbering when in insert mode and toggling it back on when in normal mode ?

This is exactly what I'm looking for as well, it adds another visual indicator of the mode you are in which is nice.

[diogox]

is there any way to turn off relative numbering when in insert mode and toggling it back on when in normal mode ?

+1 for this.

In NORMAL mode I want to move relative to the current line.
In INSERT mode I want to see all line numbers to quickly refer to colleagues.

[jacobzim-stl]

I believe the use case of relative line numbers in insert mode only is mentioned in the documentation, but it doesn't seem to do anything.

[diogox]

@jacobzim-stl it's in the alpha version for now. Will be in the next release most likely.

[luis-rodas]

Yep!! It's not working yet

[AlbertMarashi]

@jacobzim-stl it's in the alpha version for now. Will be in the next release most likely.

Great to hear, was going to say it's not working for me either

[AlbertMarashi]

Hmm actually, supposedly this was released last year, so why do these options not appear?

[dnjohnson]

Hmm actually, supposedly this was released last year, so why do these options not appear?

The option is at the root level, not nested under vim.

[jacobzim-stl]

@dnjohnson Yes, we were only talking about the "toggle relative line numbers" feature. See the docs link in my first comment

[dnjohnson]

@dnjohnson Yes, we were only talking about the "toggle relative line numbers" feature. See the docs link in my first comment

Yeah I'm going to level with you, I didn't read through the full thread. Saw the first comment and the last comment and inferred the rest. That's on me.

[AlbertMarashi]

Hmm actually, supposedly this was released last year, so why do these options not appear?

The option is at the root level, not nested under vim.

Hmm, well it would be nice to have an option/feature where language settings can be configured differently from vim mode.

[jacobzim-stl]

Mine was fixed today, thanks team!

[erfannariman]

Mine was fixed today, thanks team!

Just to be sure, toggle_relative_line_numbers actually works for you now? If so, where did you put it in the settings.json?

[erfannariman]

Mine was fixed today, thanks team!

Just to be sure, toggle_relative_line_numbers actually works for you now? If so, where did you put it in the settings.json?

To answer my own question, it's under the vim setting, here's a snippet of my settings:

  "vim_mode": true,
  "ui_font_size": 16,
  "buffer_font_size": 16,
  "relative_line_numbers": true,
  "vim": {
    "toggle_relative_line_numbers": true
  },