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    Vim mode

    Modal editing in the editor, with Vim keys in the file tree and between tabs.

    Turn on Vim mode in Settings → Editor → Vim mode, with editor: toggle vim, or in settings.json:

    settings.json
    { "editor": { "vim": true } }

    The status bar shows the current mode on the right.

    Supported

    Area Keys
    Modes Normal, Insert, Visual, Visual line
    Motions h j k l 0 ^ $ _ g_ | + -, w b e W B E ge gE, ( ) { } %, gg G H M L, f t F T ; ,
    Search / ? n N * #
    Operators d c y > < gu gU g~, with counts such as 2d3w
    Text objects iw aw iW aW is as ip ap, quotes, brackets, b, B
    Editing i a I A o O x X s S r D C J gJ ~ p P Y gp gP gi, ctrl-a ctrl-x
    Undo and repeat u ctrl-r U .
    Registers "a to "z, uppercase appends. The unnamed register is the system clipboard.
    Marks m{a-z}, ` and '
    Jumps and changes ctrl-o ctrl-i g; g,
    Scrolling ctrl-e ctrl-y ctrl-d ctrl-u ctrl-f ctrl-b zz zt zb

    Workspace keys

    Keys Action
    gt / gT Next / previous tab
    ctrl-w v Add a pane column
    ctrl-w c, ctrl-w q Close the pane
    ctrl-^, ctrl-6 Previously used tab
    gd, ctrl-] Go to definition
    gD Go to declaration
    gy Go to type definition
    gI, gri Go to implementation
    K Hover information

    In the Files panel, h j k l move, R renames, D deletes, ]c and [c jump between changed files, and { and } jump between folders.

    Remap keys

    Bind keys to editor::VimKeys in keymap.json. Every mapping behaves like noremap.

    keymap.json
    [
  {
    "context": "Editor && vim_mode == normal && vim_idle",
    "bindings": { "space space": ["editor::VimKeys", "zz"] }
  }
]

    Not supported

    • Macros (q, @) and the : command line, including :w.
    • Visual block and Replace modes.
    • Folding keys, gc, ctrl-w h/j/k/l/s/o, ]d and [d, gf, gx, ZZ.
    • Uppercase marks, numbered registers, and the it / at tag objects.