Questions tagged [key-bindings]
Doing an action when pressing a key. These are also called key mappings or mappings. For questions about default key bindings, as well as creating or redefining key bindings.
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Vim - edit last action before using (.)
Related to but not duplicate¹ of Bundling command sequences together for repeat (.).
The point (.) command is really useful to redo the last action (insertion, replacement, etc.).
Sometimes I find ...
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Is it possible to map one key to two commands, doing 2nd command only if first fails
I want to map the tab key to <c-w>w to switch windows when there is more than one window open. But if there is only one window but multiple tabs, I want it to detect that there is only one ...
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mapleader & <Nop>: strange timeout behavior [duplicate]
I use <Space> as my leader key, with a short timeoutlen:
let mapleader = ' '
set timeout timeoutlen=300 ttimeoutlen=5
Sometimes in normal mode, I hit <Space> then hesitate (maybe I ...
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Vim mapping to auto-indent when entering inside braces, brackets etc
Which vim mapping/ plugin will help me in auto-indenting when entering inside braces, brackets or any similar characters. For example:
Input {press enter}
Output
{
cursor here
}
I want ...
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How can I make a single mapping take effect for both Normal mode, Insert mode, and Visual mode?
I want to disable the arrow keys in Normal mode, Insert mode, and Visual mode.
To achive this, I've created 12 mappings (see below) - 4 mappings for each mode.
Is there a way to achieve the same using ...
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Strangely slow key bindings
I defined these maps, to yank into system clipboard.
noremap <leader>y "*y
noremap <leader>Y "*Y
noremap <leader>yy "*yy
But when I use the first one (<leader>y), I find it ...
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Shortcut to open definition of variable in a vertical split with Neovim mapping
This is a follow up question to this post where I would jump to the definition of a variable in a vertical split for ctags. I’m currently using an lsp language server like so:
local bufopts = { ...
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vim split horizontal resize shortcut
I can resize horizontal split windows by ctrl-w-shift-< and ctrl-w-shift->. I would like to have a shortcut for that.
Close to the topic, recently I learned about the following maps:
nnoremap &...
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How can I open MDN link in coc.css popup?
Sorry for my English. I installed coc-nvim plugin in my vim (gvim in windows) after that I insert CocInstall coc-css command for css snippets.
In this picture I highlighted MDN Reference.
How can I ...
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search a pattern preceding cursor position, modify it and insert the modified string
I am writing a mapping to autocomplete tags
Pattern: <.*?>, matches complete HTML tags only.
The goal is to lookbehind and see if there exists a text like <html>.
Mapping: inoremap <...
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Automatically reindent lines filtered through formatprg
I have following xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<graph id="G" edgedefault="undirected">
<edge id="e6" source="n5" target="n4"> <data key="d1">1.1</...
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Autocmd and key mapping with a conditional expression
I am currently running the following configuration for latex: NVim 0.9, Vmitex and Evince.
I have been trying to map a key to open <current-file>.log, while the current-file is a name taken ...
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How can I detect which way vim is going into visual mode (from up to down or from down to up)?
This is related to better copy-paste multiple lines in visual mode where vim pastes after that visual chunk of code.
I need to be able to detect which way vim is going into visual mode so that I can ...
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How to delete a WORD in insert mode?
I know that I can press Ctrl-W to delete a word in insert mode, but how would I delete a WORD?
For example, with this text
foo.bar.baz
^ (cursor position)
the command should delete all the ...
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How to make a toggle function in .vimrc that toggles multiple configs of almost same type?
My .vimrc code
autocmd FileType cpp nnoremap <F4> :RunWithFile
autocmd FileType cpp nnoremap <F4> :RunWithFile ~/Downloads/ > output.txt && cat output.txt<s-left><s-...
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How to load method definition in a popup?
This is a followup to this question, where I would like to load the method definition in a pop-up rather than a split screen (or the whole screen for that matter).
Attempt 1: using nui.vim
I’m using ...
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Can I map a netrw command and its arguments to a key?
I have this map:
nmap <buffer> <F3> mX
So one I press <F3> it opens a prompt so I can type a command. Can I give the command also in the map above? something like:
nmap <buffer&...
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What's the best way to swap words?
I'm familiar with ddp to swap lines, but what if I want to swap words on the same line? I found a Reddit post that linked to this wiki page that suggests dawbP as a word swap method, but this seems ...
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How do I evenly distribute GVim windows started from a key-binding? [closed]
Code
% http://vi.stackexchange.com/a/7627/2923
if has("win32") || has("win64")
:vnoremap <Leader>gf :<C-U>'<,'>g/^/silent! exec "!START /B gnvim " . shellescape('<cfile>') &...
