Visual mode (experimental)

"visual" mode is by default entered whenever non-text-area text is selected and left whenever it is deselected. It can be manually entered with

• v
• by using the mouse to select text
• by selecting text with ;h hint mode
• by searching with /
• using Firefox's "caret" mode on F7

The default behaviour can be modified with :set visual{enter,exit}auto {true,false}.

The visual mode keybinds:

• Text selection using common movement keys:
  • h,j,k,l,e,w,b moves the cursor and expands or reduces the selection
  • 0 expands or reduces the selection to the beginning of the line
  • $ expands or reduces the selection to the end of the line
  • = expands the selection successively until the whole web page is selected
  • o moves the (invisible) cursor to the other end of the selection
• y yanks selected text to the clipboard
• s and S searches for selected text

See ":help vmaps" to see all the binds.

The next page will cover the command mode.