How do I make half-page scrolling move through wrapped lines instead of jumping over them in Neovim?
set smoothscroll
By default, Neovim's half-page scroll commands (, , , ) count movement by text lines, not screen rows.
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set completeopt+=popup
Adding popup to completeopt makes Vim display extra information — such as function signatures or documentation — for the currently highlighted completion it
How do I highlight the column just past my textwidth to visually mark line length limits?
set colorcolumn=+1
The colorcolumn option highlights one or more vertical columns to help keep lines within a length limit.
How do I control how many fold levels are open when first opening a file?
set foldlevelstart=N
When Vim opens a file with folds enabled, it uses the foldlevelstart option to decide how many fold levels to open automatically.
How do I enable the built-in matchit plugin to make % jump between matching HTML tags and keywords?
:packadd! matchit
Vim's % command jumps between matching brackets by default.
plugins #navigation #plugins #text-objects #matching #normal-mode
How do I center text on the current line using a built-in Vim command?
:ce
Vim has three built-in ex commands for text alignment that most users never discover: :ce (center), :ri (right-justify), and :le (left-justify).
How do I make Vim's completion popup menu partially transparent so I can see text behind it?
:set pumblend=10
Neovim's 'pumblend' option controls the pseudo-transparency of the insert-mode completion popup menu (and other floating windows).
How do I keep concealed text hidden even on the cursor line so Markdown or LaTeX stays formatted while I navigate?
:set concealcursor=nvi
When 'conceallevel' is 2 or higher, Vim hides syntax markers—turning raw Markdown like bold into visual bold or collapsing LaTeX commands.
How do I configure a custom word list file for Vim spell checking so I can persist accepted words?
:set spellfile={path}
By default, when you use zg to add a word to Vim's spell-check dictionary, it is saved in a file in your Vim data directory.
How do I center, right-align, or left-align lines of text within a fixed column width using Ex commands?
:{range}center {width}
Vim has built-in Ex commands for text alignment: :center, :right, and :left.
command-line #ex-commands #formatting #editing #command-line
How do I make a key mapping fire immediately without waiting for longer mappings to time out?
nnoremap <nowait> {key} {action}
The flag on a mapping tells Vim not to delay waiting for a longer key sequence.
How do I jump forward and backward through all marks in the current buffer?
]' and ['
The ]' and [' motions let you traverse every lowercase mark set in the current buffer without needing to remember which registers you used.
How do I delete all lowercase marks in the current buffer at once?
:delmarks!
Marks accumulate as you work — ma, mb, mc and so on record positions for later jumps.
How do I hide the command line area in Neovim to gain an extra line of screen space?
:set cmdheight=0
Setting cmdheight=0 in Neovim 0.
How do I highlight all occurrences of a yanked word without typing a search pattern?
:let @/ = @"
After yanking text, you can promote it directly to the search register with :let @/ = @".
How do I toggle a fold and all its nested folds open or closed at once?
zA
The zA command toggles the fold under the cursor together with all nested sub-folds in one keystroke.
How do I hard-wrap or reformat a paragraph to fit the current textwidth?
gq{motion}
The gq{motion} operator reformats text to fit within Vim's textwidth setting, inserting hard line breaks where lines are too long.
How do I run a :normal command that ignores user-defined mappings?
:normal! {cmds}
:normal {cmds} executes normal-mode keystrokes from the command line, but it honors your custom key mappings — so remapped keys produce unexpected results in
command-line #ex-commands #macros #normal-mode #command-line
How do I create a self-referential recursive macro that repeats until it fails?
qqq then qq{commands}@qq
A recursive macro in Vim calls itself at the end of its body, repeating automatically until one of its commands fails.
How do I check whether a register contains characterwise, linewise, or blockwise text?
:echo getregtype('a')
The getregtype() function returns the motion type of a register's content — whether it was yanked characterwise, linewise, or as a visual block.