Vimium
The Hacker's Browser
Vimium is a browser extension which provides keyboard shortcuts for navigation and control in
the spirit of the Vim editor. Watch this video to get a feel for how it works:
Features
- Navigate the web without touching the mouse.
- Use a clever highlighting method to click on links.
- Customize your keyboard shortcuts.
- View an in-page help dialog to see your personalized shortcuts.
Install
Install for your browser:
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Keyboard Shortcuts
Navigating the page
- jScroll down
- kScroll up
- ggScroll to the top of the page
- GScroll to the bottom of the page
- dScroll a half page down
- uScroll a half page up
- hScroll left
- lScroll right
- rReload the page
- yyCopy the current URL to the clipboard
- pOpen the clipboard's URL in the current tab
- POpen the clipboard's URL in a new tab
- iEnter insert mode
- vEnter visual mode
- giFocus the first text input on the page
- fOpen a link in the current tab
- FOpen a link in a new tab
- gfSelect the next frame on the page
- gFSelect the page's main/top frame
Using find
- /Enter find mode
- nCycle forward to the next find match
- NCycle backward to the previous find match
Using the vomnibar
- oOpen URL, bookmark or history entry
- OOpen URL, bookmark or history entry in a new tab
- bOpen a bookmark
- BOpen a bookmark in a new tab
- TSearch through your open tabs
Navigating history
- HGo back in history
- LGo forward in history
Manipulating tabs
- tCreate new tab
- JGo one tab left
- KGo one tab right
- g0Go to the first tab
- g$Go to the last tab
- ytDuplicate current tab
- xClose current tab
- XRestore closed tab
Miscellaneous
- ?Show help
More
For the latest release notes, more advanced shortcuts, and how to create custom keybindings,
see the
README.