How do I move the cursor to a specific column on the current line?

Explanation

The | command moves the cursor to a specific screen column on the current line. With a count, it goes directly to that column number.

How it works

• {count}| moves to column N (e.g., 20| moves to column 20)
• | without a count moves to column 1
• Columns are 1-indexed

Example

const value = calculateResult(x, y);

Pressing 15| moves the cursor to column 15, which is the = character.

Tips

• Useful for aligning text or navigating fixed-width formats
• Works with operators: d20| deletes from cursor to column 20
• virtcol('.') in Vimscript returns the current virtual column
• Different from 0{count}l because | counts from column 1