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Vimium for Brave

Vimium browser extension used in Brave, a Chromium-based browser.

These tables document the default Vimium key mappings together with the custom mappings used in this setup. Rows marked (custom) are specific to this configuration and are not Vimium defaults. Rows marked (unmapped) are defaults configuration disabled.

Shortcut Action
J / Ctrl+E Scroll down
K / Ctrl+Y Scroll up
D Scroll a half page down (unmapped)
U Scroll a half page up
H Scroll left
L Scroll right
G then G Scroll to the top of the page
Shift+G Scroll to the bottom of the page
Z then Shift+H Scroll all the way to the left
Z then Shift+L Scroll all the way to the right
R Reload the page
Shift+R Reload the page (hard)
Shortcut Action
F Open a link in the current tab
Shift+F Open a link in a new tab
Alt+F Open multiple links in a new tab
Y then F Copy a link URL to the clipboard
[ then [ Follow the link labeled previous or <
] then ] Follow the link labeled next or >

URLs and clipboard

Shortcut Action
Y then Y Copy the current URL to the clipboard
P Open the clipboard's URL in the current tab
Shift+P Open the clipboard's URL in a new tab
G then U Go up the URL hierarchy
G then Shift+U Go to the root of the current URL hierarchy

Frames and marks

Shortcut Action
G then F Select the next frame on the page
G then Shift+F Select the page's main/top frame
M Create a new mark
` Jump to a mark

Modes

Shortcut Action
I Enter insert mode
V Enter visual mode
Shift+V Enter visual line mode
G then I Focus the first text input on the page

Tabs

Shortcut Action
T Create new tab
Shift+J / G then Shift+T Go one tab left (previous tab)
Shift+K / G then T Go one tab right (next tab)
^ Go to previously-visited tab
G then 0 Go to the first tab
G then $ Go to the last tab
Y then T Duplicate current tab
Alt+P Pin or unpin current tab
Alt+M Mute or unmute current tab
Shift+W Move tab to a new window
< then < Move tab to the left
> then > Move tab to the right
X Close current tab
Shift+X Restore closed tab (undo close)
Ctrl+X Close other tabs (custom)
D then ++$++ Close tabs to the right (custom)
D then 0 Close tabs to the left (custom)

Zoom

Shortcut Action
Z then I Zoom in
Z then O Zoom out
Z then 0 Reset zoom

History navigation

Shortcut Action
Shift+H Go back in history
Shift+L Go forward in history

Vomnibar

Shortcut Action
O Open a URL, bookmark, or history entry
Shift+O Open a URL, bookmark, or history entry in a new tab
B Open a bookmark in the current tab
Shift+B Open a bookmark in a new tab
Shift+T Search through your open tabs
G then E Edit the current URL
G then Shift+E Edit the current URL and open in a new tab

Find

Shortcut Action
/ Enter find mode
N Cycle forward to the next find match
Shift+N Cycle backward to the previous find match
* Find the selected text
# Find the selected text, searching backwards

Miscellaneous

Shortcut Action
G then S View page source
? Show help

Vimium Backup and Restore options

To restore custom configuration defined above, save below as json file and restore it using extension options.

{
  "keyMappings": "map <c-x> closeOtherTabs\nunmap d\nmap d$ closeTabsOnRight\nmap d0 closeTabsOnLeft",
  "settingsVersion": "2.4.2"
}