"kill_to_line_end" only bound in insert mode: is this by design?

[jeanas]

In the keymap, I see that the (to me very useful) command kill_to_line_end has a key bound by default in insert mode (Ctrl k), but there is no key in normal mode. Yet it seems the insert mode bindings are discouraged: “💡 New users are strongly encouraged to learn the modal editing paradigm to get the smoothest experience.”

Is it intentional that this binding has no counterpart in normal mode?

[the-mikedavis]

Normal mode encourages making selections and then acting on them, so you would use something like t<ret> to select until the end of the line and d instead of a single action like kill_to_line_end

[jeanas]

OK, thanks. I use this often so I'll just bind k to kill_to_line_end in my config.

[markstos]

I have bound kill_to_end_of_line to D in normal mode, but I appreciate the overall consistent design of the Helix bindings and don't mind that it's not bound by default.

Also good to discover the t<ret>d shortcut. I had been using vgld and this saves a character!