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Add a setting to choose which vim mode the composer enters at the start of every new prompt.

Root Cause

Add a setting to choose which vim mode the composer enters at the start of every new prompt.

Fix Action

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Scope

  • Applies to the composer only. Slash-command dispatch and other modal overlays are unchanged.
  • Orthogonal to existing vim-mode work (cursor shape #32469, statusline JSON #16788, jk→Esc remap #53039): a pure entry-state setting.

Code Example

{
  "vim": {
    "initialMode": "insert"
  }
}
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Summary

Add a setting to choose which vim mode the composer enters at the start of every new prompt.

Proposed setting

{
  "vim": {
    "initialMode": "insert"
  }
}
valuebehavior
insertevery new prompt starts in INSERT — current default
normalevery new prompt starts in NORMAL
preservekeep the mode that was active when the previous prompt was submitted

Motivation

  • insert (default) fits the most common flow: type first, edit after.
  • normal matches pure-vim discipline — users who hit Esc by reflex at every turn save one keystroke per prompt.
  • preserve avoids being bounced back to INSERT for users who just submitted from NORMAL (e.g., right after :-style editing of the previous prompt).

The default stays insert, so existing users are unaffected.

Scope

  • Applies to the composer only. Slash-command dispatch and other modal overlays are unchanged.
  • Orthogonal to existing vim-mode work (cursor shape #32469, statusline JSON #16788, jk→Esc remap #53039): a pure entry-state setting.

Related

  • openai/codex#21850 — start in INSERT
  • openai/codex#21804 — preserve mode after submit

Codex split this design into two separate proposals. Folding both into a single tri-state setting keeps the configuration surface smaller and makes the three behaviors mutually exclusive by construction.

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