Vimium
Vimium - The Hacker's Browser
This is a Chrome extension that provides vim navigation for chrome.
Installation
A stable version of vimium is available at Chrome Extensions Gallery
Keyboard Bindings
To access the options
press ?
or chrome extensions page
chrome://extensions
Once vimium is installed then you can see all the key bindings by pressing
?
? show the help dialog for a list of all available keys h scroll left j scroll down k scroll up l scroll right gg scroll to top of the page G scroll to bottom of the page d scroll down half a page u scroll up half a page f open a link in the current tab F open a link in a new tab r reload gs view source i enter insert mode -- all commands will be ignored until you hit Esc to exit yy copy the current url to the clipboard yf copy a link url to the clipboard gf cycle forward to the next frame gF focus the main/top frame
o Open URL, bookmark, or history entry O Open URL, bookmark, history entry in a new tab b Open bookmark B Open bookmark in a new tab
Using find
/ enter find mode
-- type your search query and hit enter to search, or Esc to cancel
n cycle forward to the next find match
N cycle backward to the previous find match
For advanced usage, see regular expressions on the wiki.
H go back in history L go forward in history
Manipulating tabs
J, gT go one tab left K, gt go one tab right g0 go to the first tab g$ go to the last tab ^ visit the previously-visited tab t create tab yt duplicate current tab x close current tab X restore closed tab (i.e. unwind the 'x' command) T search through your open tabs <a-p> pin/unpin current tab
Using Marks
ma, mA set local mark "a" (global mark "A")
`a, `A jump to local mark "a" (global mark "A")
`` jump back to the position before the previous jump
-- that is, before the previous gg, G, n, N, / or `a
Additional advanced browsing commands
]], [[ Follow the link labeled 'next' or '>' ('previous' or '<')
- helpful for browsing paginated sites
<a-f> open multiple links in a new tab
gi focus the first (or n-th) text input box on the page
gu go up one level in the URL hierarchy
gU go up to root of the URL hierarchy
ge edit the current URL
gE edit the current URL and open in a new tab
zH scroll all the way left
zL scroll all the way right
v enter visual mode; use p/P to paste-and-go, use y to yank
V enter visual line mode
Custom key mappings
You may remap or unmap any of the default key bindings in the "Custom key mappings" on the options page.
Enter one of the following key mapping commands per line:
Maps a key to a Vimium command. Overrides Chrome's default behavior (if any).
map key command:
Unmaps a key and restores Chrome's default behavior (if any).
unmap key:
Unmaps all bindings. This is useful if you want to completely wipe Vimium's defaults and start from scratch with your own setup.
unmapAll:
Examples:
Maps ctrl+d to scrolling the page down. Chrome's default behavior of bringing up a bookmark dialog is suppressed.
map <c-d> scrollPageDown
maps the r key to reloading the page.
map r reload
removes any mapping for ctrl+d and restores Chrome's default behavior.
unmap <c-d>
removes any mapping for the r key.
unmap r
Available Vimium commands can be found via the "Show available commands" link near the key mapping box on the options page. The command name appears to the right of the description in parenthesis.
You can add comments to key mappings by starting a line with " or #.
The following special keys are available for mapping:
<c-*>, <a-*>, <m-*> for ctrl, alt, and meta (command on Mac) respectively with any key. Replace * with the key of choice.
<left>, <right>, <up>, <down> for the arrow keys
<space> and <backspace> for the space and backspace keys
<f1> through <f12> for the function keys
Shifts are automatically detected so, for example, <c-&> corresponds to ctrl+shift+7 on an English keyboard.
More Documentation
Many of the more advanced or involved features are documented on Vimium's github wiki. Also see the FAQ.