Added command

Rewrote command, added test

Moved keymap

Refactoring command, added test coverage

Added primary index calculation

Moving primary_index calculation

Refactored code to use fold instead of loop

Changed to use dedup_by

Removed duplicate merge call

Fix primary index calculation

helix-core/src/selection.rs

@@ -521,6 +521,31 @@ impl Selection {
         self
     }
 
+    // Merges all ranges that are consecutive
+    pub fn merge_consecutive_ranges(mut self) -> Self {
+        let mut primary = self.ranges[self.primary_index];
+
+        self.ranges.dedup_by(|curr_range, prev_range| {
+            if prev_range.to() == curr_range.from() {
+                if prev_range == &primary || curr_range == &primary {
+                    primary = curr_range.merge(*prev_range);
+                }
+                *prev_range = curr_range.merge(*prev_range);
+                true
+            } else {
+                false
+            }
+        });
+
+        self.primary_index = self
+            .ranges
+            .iter()
+            .position(|&range| range == primary)
+            .unwrap();
+
+        self
+    }
+
     // TODO: consume an iterator or a vec to reduce allocations?
     #[must_use]
     pub fn new(ranges: SmallVec<[Range; 1]>, primary_index: usize) -> Self {
@@ -1132,6 +1157,52 @@ mod test {
             &["", "abcd", "efg", "rs", "xyz"]
         );
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_merge_consecutive_ranges() {
+        let selection = Selection::new(
+            smallvec![
+                Range::new(0, 1),
+                Range::new(1, 10),
+                Range::new(15, 20),
+                Range::new(25, 26),
+                Range::new(26, 30)
+            ],
+            4,
+        );
+
+        let result = selection.merge_consecutive_ranges();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            result.ranges(),
+            &[Range::new(0, 10), Range::new(15, 20), Range::new(25, 30)]
+        );
+        assert_eq!(result.primary_index, 2);
+
+        let selection = Selection::new(smallvec![Range::new(0, 1)], 0);
+        let result = selection.merge_consecutive_ranges();
+
+        assert_eq!(result.ranges(), &[Range::new(0, 1)]);
+        assert_eq!(result.primary_index, 0);
+
+        let selection = Selection::new(
+            smallvec![
+                Range::new(0, 1),
+                Range::new(1, 5),
+                Range::new(5, 8),
+                Range::new(8, 10),
+                Range::new(10, 15),
+                Range::new(18, 25)
+            ],
+            3,
+        );
+
+        let result = selection.merge_consecutive_ranges();
+
+        assert_eq!(result.ranges(), &[Range::new(0, 15), Range::new(18, 25)]);
+        assert_eq!(result.primary_index, 0);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_selection_contains() {
         fn contains(a: Vec<(usize, usize)>, b: Vec<(usize, usize)>) -> bool {

helix-term/src/commands.rs

@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ impl MappableCommand {
         select_regex, "Select all regex matches inside selections",
         split_selection, "Split selections on regex matches",
         split_selection_on_newline, "Split selection on newlines",
+        merge_consecutive_ranges, "Merge consecutive ranges",
         search, "Search for regex pattern",
         rsearch, "Reverse search for regex pattern",
         search_next, "Select next search match",
@@ -1589,6 +1590,12 @@ fn split_selection_on_newline(cx: &mut Context) {
     doc.set_selection(view.id, selection);
 }
 
+fn merge_consecutive_ranges(cx: &mut Context) {
+    let (view, doc) = current!(cx.editor);
+    let selection = doc.selection(view.id).clone().merge_consecutive_ranges();
+    doc.set_selection(view.id, selection);
+}
+
 #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 fn search_impl(
     editor: &mut Editor,

helix-term/src/keymap/default.rs

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ pub fn default() -> HashMap<Mode, Keymap> {
 
         "s" => select_regex,
         "A-s" => split_selection_on_newline,
+        "A-_" => merge_consecutive_ranges,
         "S" => split_selection,
         ";" => collapse_selection,
         "A-;" => flip_selections,