Inline Edits

NexusIDE supports AI-powered inline edits that apply changes directly in your editor with a visual diff for review.

How It Works

1. Select code in the editor (or place your cursor on a line)
2. Press Ctrl+I / Cmd+I to open the inline chat
3. Describe the change you want (e.g., "add error handling", "convert to async/await")
4. The agent generates the edit and displays it as an inline diff — green for additions, red for deletions
5. Review the diff and click Accept or Reject

Inline Diff View

When the agent proposes a change, you see it directly in the editor:

• Green highlighted lines — New or modified code the agent wants to add
• Red highlighted lines — Code the agent wants to remove
• Accept button — Apply the change
• Reject button — Discard the change and restore the original code

The diff is rendered as editor decorations, so you can scroll through the change in context with the surrounding code.

Use Cases

• Refactoring — "Rename this function and update the docstring"
• Bug fixes — "Fix the off-by-one error in this loop"
• Type annotations — "Add TypeScript types to these parameters"
• Error handling — "Wrap this in a try/catch with proper error messages"
• Documentation — "Add JSDoc comments to this class"
• Conversion — "Convert this callback to async/await"

Tips

• Be specific about what you want changed — the more context, the better the result
• Use inline edits for focused, single-file changes
• For multi-file or complex refactoring, use the Agent Panel in Edit or Agent mode
• You can undo an accepted edit with Ctrl+Z / Cmd+Z like any other editor change
• Inline edits create a checkpoint automatically, so you can always roll back

Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+I / Cmd+I	Open inline chat
Escape	Close inline chat
Enter	Send the inline chat message