How do I jump forward by paragraph in Vim?
Answer
}
Explanation
The } motion moves the cursor forward to the next blank line, effectively jumping to the next paragraph. This is a fast way to skip through blocks of text or code.
How it works
}jumps forward to the next empty line (paragraph boundary)- In code, paragraphs are separated by blank lines
- A count like
3}skips forward three paragraphs
Example
first paragraph
with two lines
second paragraph
with two lines
third paragraph
With the cursor on first, pressing } jumps to the blank line after with two lines. Pressing } again jumps to the next blank line.
Tips
{jumps backward by paragraphd}deletes from the cursor to the end of the current paragraphv}selects the current paragraph in visual mode- In code, this is useful for jumping between function definitions