From 59f2a35962de6e1c12f73621bb68227d1bcfd985 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Myhrberg <contact@jimeh.me>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 22:47:57 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(keybindings): remap cmd+b to toggle auxiliary bar

Swaps cmd+b and alt+cmd+b behavior so cmd+b toggles the secondary
sidebar instead of the primary. Disables conflicting cmd+b bindings
from mdx extension and emacs-mcx.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 keybindings.json | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/keybindings.json b/keybindings.json
index bf70567..69fab03 100644
--- a/keybindings.json
+++ b/keybindings.json
@@ -77,10 +77,50 @@
     "key": "cmd+0",
     "command": "workbench.action.zoomReset"
   },
-  { // Toggle sidebar visibility.
+  { // Toggle sidebar.
     "key": "ctrl+s",
     "command": "workbench.action.toggleSidebarVisibility"
   },
+  { // Toggle secondary (auxiliary) bar.
+    "key": "cmd+b",
+    "command": "workbench.action.toggleAuxiliaryBar",
+    "when": "!isAuxiliaryWindowFocusedContext"
+  },
+  { // Disable default toggle sidebar visibility keybinding.
+    "key": "cmd+b",
+    "command": "-workbench.action.toggleSidebarVisibility",
+    "when": "!isAuxiliaryWindowFocusedContext"
+  },
+  { // Disable default toggle secondary (auxiliary) bar keybinding.
+    "key": "alt+cmd+b",
+    "command": "-workbench.action.toggleAuxiliaryBar",
+    "when": "!isAuxiliaryWindowFocusedContext"
+  },
+  { // Disable cmd+b keybinding for mdx.toggleStrong.
+    "key": "cmd+b",
+    "command": "-mdx.toggleStrong",
+    "when": "editorTextFocus && !editorReadonly && editorLangId == 'mdx'"
+  },
+  { // Disable cmd+b keybinding for emacs-mcx.isearchExit.
+    "key": "cmd+b",
+    "command": "-emacs-mcx.isearchExit",
+    "when": "config.emacs-mcx.useMetaPrefixMacCmd && editorFocus && findWidgetVisible && !config.emacs-mcx.cursorMoveOnFindWidget && !isComposing && !replaceInputFocussed"
+  },
+  { // Disable cmd+b keybinding for emacs-mcx.backwardWord.
+    "key": "cmd+b",
+    "command": "-emacs-mcx.backwardWord",
+    "when": "config.emacs-mcx.useMetaPrefixMacCmd && editorTextFocus"
+  },
+  { // Disable cmd+b keybinding for workbench.action.terminal.sendSequence.
+    "key": "cmd+b",
+    "command": "-workbench.action.terminal.sendSequence",
+    "when": "config.emacs-mcx.useMetaPrefixMacCmd && terminalFocus && terminalShellType != 'pwsh'"
+  },
+  {
+    "key": "cmd+b",
+    "command": "-workbench.action.terminal.sendSequence",
+    "when": "config.emacs-mcx.useMetaPrefixMacCmd && terminalFocus && terminalShellType == 'pwsh'"
+  },
   //
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   // MARK: Window Tabs