Allow for quickpick commandline usage

README.md

@@ -597,6 +597,25 @@ Are you on a Mac? Did you go through our [mac-setup](#mac-setup) instructions?
 
 Press `shift+<esc>` to close all of those boxes.
 
+### How can I use the commandline when in Zen mode or when the status bar is disabled?
+
+This extension registers a command pallete of visual studio code exists to show a quickpick version of the commandline. This can be remapped as follows in visual studio keybindings.json settings file.
+```
+{
+    "key": "shift+;",
+    "command": "vim.showQuickpickCmdLine",
+    "when": "editorTextFocus && vim.mode != 'Insert'"
+}
+```
+Or for Zen mode only:
+```
+{
+    "key": "shift+;",
+    "command": "vim.showQuickpickCmdLine",
+    "when": "inZenMode && vim.mode != 'Insert'"
+}
+```
+
 ## Contributing
 
 This project is maintained by a group of awesome [people](https://github.com/VSCodeVim/Vim/graphs/contributors) and contributions are extremely welcome :heart:. For a quick tutorial on how you can help, see our [contributing guide](/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md).

extension.ts

@@ -196,6 +196,14 @@ export async function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
   });
 
   // register extension commands
+  registerCommand(context, 'vim.showQuickpickCmdLine', async () => {
+    let [modeHandler] = await ModeHandlerMap.getOrCreate(
+      new EditorIdentity(vscode.window.activeTextEditor).toString()
+    );
+    commandLine.PromptAndRun('', modeHandler.vimState);
+    modeHandler.updateView(modeHandler.vimState);
+  });
+
   registerCommand(context, 'vim.remap', async (args: ICodeKeybinding) => {
     taskQueue.enqueueTask(async () => {
       const mh = await getAndUpdateModeHandler();

package.json

@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@
       {
         "command": "toggleVim",
         "title": "Vim: Toggle Vim Mode"
+      },
+      {
+        "command": "vim.showQuickpickCmdLine",
+        "title": "Vim: Show Command Line"
       }
     ],
     "keybindings": [

src/cmd_line/commandLine.ts

@@ -77,6 +77,24 @@ class CommandLine {
     }
   }
 
+  public async PromptAndRun(initialText: string, vimState: VimState): Promise<void> {
+    if (!vscode.window.activeTextEditor) {
+      logger.debug('commandLine : No active document');
+      return;
+    }
+    let cmd = await vscode.window.showInputBox(this.getInputBoxOptions(initialText));
+    await this.Run(cmd!, vimState);
+  }
+
+  private getInputBoxOptions(text: string): vscode.InputBoxOptions {
+    return {
+      prompt: 'Vim command line',
+      value: text,
+      ignoreFocusOut: false,
+      valueSelection: [text.length, text.length],
+    };
+  }
+
   public async ShowHistory(initialText: string, vimState: VimState): Promise<string | undefined> {
     if (!vscode.window.activeTextEditor) {
       logger.debug('commandLine : No active document.');