[molloy]

> but what about "I want to move the cursor to the open brace character right there"?

Check out avy-goto-char! In my setup, `<SPC> j j {` and then one or two homerow keys would move the cursor there. And the rest of the avy functions are useful as well: https://github.com/abo-abo/avy/blob/master/README.md

There are other options too that can be situationally more efficient, but avy-goto-char is faster than reaching for your mouse (at least anecdotally) and you don't have to think about.

[chipotle_coyote]

Someone else mentioned avy above, too. I should definitely give it a look.