Mapping <c-h> behaves like <c-s-h>

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I am adding the basic config to mi vim

nnoremap <C-h> <C-W>h
nnoremap <C-j> <C-W>j
nnoremap <C-k> <C-W>k
nnoremap <C-l> <C-W>l

but I see the weird behavior that I must press Ctrl-Shift-{hjkl} for this to take effect ( it doesn't work without shift)

I can't figure out what causes this. Any idea?

asked Jan 18, 2023 at 16:34

e.ad

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Does this answer your question? Can I map a Ctrl + upper-case letter separately from Ctrl + lower-case letter?
– Vivian De Smedt
Jan 18, 2023 at 17:09
Welcome to Vim :-). Depending on your terminal, terminal configuration and version of Vim this could be indeed not possible on some cases. Here another answer that give more details. Please read also the comment of @ChristianBrabandt that gives more information about recent developments.
– Vivian De Smedt
Jan 18, 2023 at 17:12
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Hi and thanks! I read the above, but its a bit different if i'm not mistaking. For me, I don't care if the version with shift will be mapped too. My problem is that it does not work without shift for some reason
– e.ad
Jan 18, 2023 at 17:44
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Thanks. I read your question too fast :-| It works for me on gVim on Windows and Vim 9.0. Maybe could you share some information about your setup: OS, gVim vs. Vim? Did you try with a bare configuration of Vim?
– Vivian De Smedt
Jan 18, 2023 at 17:52
Sure, I'm using vim 8.1 on linux ubunto, and my .vimrc doesm't contain any suspicious stuff as far as I can see. I thought that maybe set ignorecases could somehow impact, but it was not looking like this. I will try later to map other random command with ctrl and I will see if this behavior happens there too
– e.ad
Jan 18, 2023 at 18:00

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