How do I move to the start or end of a displayed (wrapped) line rather than the actual line?

Explanation

When wrap is on and a long line wraps across multiple screen rows, 0 and $ jump to the start/end of the entire logical line (possibly off-screen). The g0, g^, and g$ motions instead move to the start or end of the currently displayed row — what you actually see on screen.

Display line motions

Comparison

With a 200-character line wrapped at 80 columns:

• $ — jumps to column 200 (end of the logical line, may be two screen rows down)
• g$ — jumps to column 80 (end of the first visible row on screen)
• 0 — jumps to column 1 (same as g0 for the first row)
• If cursor is on the second wrapped row: g0 goes to column 81, 0 goes to column 1

When to use them

Useful whenever you work with long lines that wrap:

• Prose writing with textwidth=0 (no auto-wrap)
• Editing minified code
• Viewing log files with very long entries

Tips

• Enable display-line navigation globally with remaps in your vimrc:

  noremap j gj
  noremap k gk
  noremap 0 g0
  noremap $ g$
  

  (With a count-aware version: noremap <expr> j v:count ? 'j' : 'gj')
• :set nowrap makes g$ and $ identical — they only differ when wrapping is on
• gM does not exist — for screen-center movement use zH/zL to scroll instead