How do I jump to any visible text on screen with a two-character search using flash.nvim in Neovim?

Explanation

flash.nvim by folke is a motion plugin that supercharges navigation by highlighting all matches for characters you type and letting you jump directly to any of them with a single label keystroke. It integrates tightly with Neovim's search, Treesitter, and operator-pending mode.

How it works

Install with lazy.nvim and set up default keymaps:

{
  'folke/flash.nvim',
  event = 'VeryLazy',
  keys = {
    { 's',     function() require('flash').jump()            end, mode = { 'n', 'x', 'o' } },
    { 'S',     function() require('flash').treesitter()       end, mode = { 'n', 'x', 'o' } },
    { 'r',     function() require('flash').remote()           end, mode = 'o'                },
    { '<C-s>', function() require('flash').toggle()           end, mode = { 'c' }            },
  },
}

Key modes:

• s — type characters to highlight all matches, then press a label to jump
• S — select a Treesitter node visually by jumping to it
• r (operator-pending) — perform an operation on a remote match, e.g., yr<label> yanks text anywhere on screen
• <C-s> — toggle flash while typing a / search pattern

Example

To yank the word config visible elsewhere on screen without moving the cursor:

Press: yr, then type the first letters of 'config'
Flash highlights matches and shows labels → press the label → yanks 'config'

Tips

• ds{label} deletes remote text using the operator-pending remote mode
• flash.nvim replaces both vim-sneak and leap.nvim for most workflows
• Set opts.search.multi_window = true to jump across all visible windows
• Treesitter mode (S) is ideal for selecting function bodies or blocks without typing motion commands