Following are the four navigation that can be done line by line.
- k – navigate upwards
- j – navigate downwards
- l – navigate right side
- h – navigate left side
By using the repeat factor in VIM we can do this operation for N times. For example, when you want to
go down by 10 lines, then type “10j”.
Within a line if you want to navigate to different position, you have 4 other options.
- 0 – go to the starting of the current line.
- ^ – go to the first non blank character of the line.
- $ – go to the end of the current line.
- g_ – go to the last non blank character of the line.
2. Vim Screen Navigation
Following are the three navigation which can be done in relation to text shown in the screen.
- H – Go to the first line of current screen.
- M – Go to the middle line of current screen.
- L – Go to the last line of current screen.
- ctrl+f – Jump forward one full screen.
- ctrl+b – Jump backwards one full screen
- ctrl+d – Jump forward (down) a half screen
- ctrl+u – Jump back (up) one half screen
3. Vim Special Navigation
You may want to do some special navigation inside a file, which are:
- N% – Go to the Nth percentage line of the file.
- NG – Go to the Nth line of the file.
- G – Go to the end of the file.
- `” – Go to the position where you were in NORMAL MODE while last closing the file.
- `^ – Go to the position where you were in INSERT MODE while last closing the file.
- gg – Go to the beginning of the file.
4. Vim Word Navigation
You may want to do several navigation in relation to the words, such as:
- e – go to the end of the current word.
- E – go to the end of the current WORD.
- b – go to the previous (before) word.
- B – go to the previous (before) WORD.
- w – go to the next word.
- W – go to the next WORD.
5. Vim Paragraph Navigation
- { – Go to the beginning of the current paragraph. By pressing { again and again move to the previous paragraph beginnings.
- } – Go to the end of the current paragraph. By pressing } again and again move to the next paragraph end, and again.
6. Vim Search Navigation
- /i – Search for a pattern which will you take you to the next occurrence of it.
- ?i – Search for a pattern which will you take you to the previous occurrence of it.
- * - Go to the next occurrence of the current word under the cursor.
- # - Go to the previous occurrence of the current word under the cursor.
7. Vim Code Navigation
% – Go to the matching braces, or parenthesis inside code.
8. Vim Navigation from Command Line
Vim +N filename: Go to the Nth line of the file after opening it.
vim +10 /etc/passwd
An easy way to browse the file system is the command:
:Sex
Really!
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