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I just added this note because I am using vimium on my personal browser and my work browser. You can also use
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while the extension is active, and you can get a cheatsheet popup of your shortcuts.
- @ This information is generated and formatted with ChatGPT, using information from the documentation of Vimium.
The Hackerâs Browser
Vimium provides keyboard shortcuts for navigation and control in the spirit of Vim.
NOTE: Google does not allow Vimium to run on this Chrome Web Store page and the Chrome New Tab page, by design. Sorry about that!
NOTE: Chrome has some alarmist messaging around the permissions that Vimium needs to run. Really, all itâs asking for is that Vimiumâs JavaScript be loaded into every page. Donât be alarmed. Vimium never talks to any servers and does absolutely nothing with your data. Read the open source code if youâre curious.
For more information about rebinding your keys and how to use many of Vimiumâs features, see the Vimium README.
Modifier keys are specified as <c-x>
, <m-x>
, <a-x>
for ctrl+x
, meta+x
, and alt+x
respectively.
Navigating the Current Page
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- Show the help dialog for a list of all available keys h
- Scroll leftj
- Scroll downk
- Scroll upl
- Scroll rightgg
- Scroll to the top of the pageG
- Scroll to the bottom of the paged
- Scroll down half a pageu
- Scroll up half a pagef
- Open a link in the current tabF
- Open a link in a new tabr
- Reloadgs
- View sourcei
- Enter insert mode â all commands will be ignored until you hitesc
to exityy
- Copy the current URL to the clipboardyf
- Copy a link URL to the clipboardgf
- Cycle forward to the next frame
Navigating to New Pages
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- Open URL, bookmark, or history entryO
- Open URL, bookmark, or history entry in a new tabb
- Open bookmarkB
- Open bookmark in a new tab
Using Find
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- Enter find mode â type your search query and hitenter
to search oresc
to canceln
- Cycle forward to the next find matchN
- Cycle backward to the previous find match
Navigating Your History
H
- Go back in historyL
- Go forward in history
Manipulating Tabs
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,gT
- Go one tab leftK
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- Go one tab rightg0
- Go to the first tabg$
- Go to the last tabt
- Create tabx
- Close current tabX
- Restore closed tab (i.e., unwind the âxâ command)T
- Search through your open tabs
Additional Advanced Browsing Commands
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- Follow the link labeled ânextâ or â>â. Helpful for browsing paginated sites.[[
- Follow the link labeled âpreviousâ or â<â. Helpful for browsing paginated sites.<a-f>
- Open multiple links in a new tabgi
- Focus the first (or n-th) text input box on the pagegu
- Go up one level in the URL hierarchy
Vimium supports command repetition, so, for example, hitting 5t
will open 5 tabs in rapid succession. ESC
(or <c-[>
) will clear any partial commands in the queue and will also exit insert and find modes.
For release notes, see Vimiumâs GitHub.