{"action":"closed","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/philc/vimium/issues/1642","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/philc/vimium/issues/1642/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/philc/vimium/issues/1642/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/philc/vimium/issues/1642/events","html_url":"https://github.com/philc/vimium/issues/1642","id":73691811,"number":1642,"title":"Caret mode","user":{"login":"joshmccall221","id":7776611,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7776611?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/joshmccall221","html_url":"https://github.com/joshmccall221","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joshmccall221/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joshmccall221/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joshmccall221/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joshmccall221/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joshmccall221/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joshmccall221/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joshmccall221/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joshmccall221/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joshmccall221/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-05-06T17:57:24Z","updated_at":"2016-01-30T16:10:14Z","closed_at":"2016-01-30T16:10:14Z","body":"Stumbled upon caret mode accidentally but would like to figure out how to get to reliably work. \r\n\r\nHit 'v' receive \"no useable selection, entering caret mode..\"\r\n\r\nOr\r\n\r\nIf visual mode selects to much text how can you modify your selection?\r\n* v + l /k will increase selection left or down, maybe shift+ l/k de-selects text from the from the top of the selection in a left / down movement. \r\n\r\nWorkflow / use case: \r\n\r\n* Using the caret to track along when reading an article.  \r\n* Using visual mode to select a paragraph but the visual mode picks the wrong spot/ too much/little text\r\n"}}