Vim/Neovim

Visual Mode Commands

Master Vim's visual mode for text selection. Learn character, line, and block selection modes, and how to operate on visual selections efficiently.

8 commands

Pro Tips

Use 'v' for character selection, 'V' for line selection, and Ctrl-v for block (column) selection.

After selecting, use operators like 'd' (delete), 'y' (yank), 'c' (change), '>' (indent), or 'u'/'U' (case).

In visual block mode, use 'I' or 'A' to insert at the start or end of each line in the selection.

Commands

Character visual mode

$ v

Select text character by character.

Line visual mode

$ V

Select entire lines at once.

Block visual mode

$ Ctrl+v

Select rectangular columns across lines.

Indent selection right

$ >

Shift selected lines right (visual mode).

Indent selection left

$ <

Shift selected lines left (visual mode).

Uppercase selection

$ U

Convert selection to uppercase (visual mode).

Lowercase selection

$ u

Convert selection to lowercase (visual mode).

Block insert at start

$ I

Insert text at start of each line (block mode).