How do I automatically save and restore fold states between Vim sessions using autocmds?
autocmd BufWinLeave * mkview
By default, Vim forgets your folds, cursor position, and scroll state every time you close a file.
Tag: folding
How do I create a fold that spans the current paragraph in manual fold mode?
zfap
Combining the fold-creation operator zf with the ap (around paragraph) text object gives you a quick way to collapse any paragraph into a single fold line.
How do I enable LSP and treesitter-powered code folding in Neovim with nvim-ufo?
:lua require('ufo').openAllFolds()
nvim-ufo is a Neovim plugin that replaces the built-in fold system with one powered by LSP (textDocument/foldingRange) or treesitter.
How do I open or close a fold and all its nested folds at once?
zO and zC
zO and zC are the recursive counterparts to zo and zc.
How do I change the default {{{ and }}} fold markers to custom delimiter strings?
set foldmarker=start,end
When using foldmethod=marker, Vim uses {{{ and }}} as the default fold open and close markers.
How do I jump to the start of the next or previous fold?
zj
When your file uses folds, zj and zk let you navigate directly to fold boundaries — jumping to the start of the next fold below or the end of the previous fol
How do I define custom fold marker strings instead of the default {{{ }}} in Vim?
:set foldmarker=region,endregion
When using foldmethod=marker, Vim looks for the strings in foldmarker to identify fold boundaries.
How do I display a visual column showing fold depth and fold markers on the side of the buffer?
:set foldcolumn=3
The foldcolumn option adds a narrow column on the left side of the window that visually represents the fold structure of the file.
How do I open or close folds one level at a time across the entire file?
zr and zm
The zr and zm commands let you incrementally adjust the global fold depth across the entire buffer — one level at a time.
How do I close one more level of folds without collapsing all folds at once?
zm
Instead of jumping between fully open (zR) and fully closed (zM), zm and zr let you step through fold levels one at a time.
How do I open or close every fold in the entire file at once?
zR and zM
When working with a heavily folded file, manually opening or closing each fold is tedious.
How do I delete a fold definition at the cursor without deleting the underlying text?
zd
zd removes the fold definition at the cursor position — the text inside the fold is not deleted.
How do I open all nested folds under the cursor at once in Vim?
zO
zO (uppercase O) opens the fold under the cursor and all folds nested inside it recursively.
How do I jump to the start or end of the current fold in Vim?
[z and ]z
The [z and ]z commands jump the cursor to the start and end of the innermost open fold containing the cursor.
How do I toggle all folding on and off globally with a single keystroke?
zi
Pressing zi in normal mode toggles the foldenable option, which controls whether folds are active in the current window.
How do I force Vim to recompute all folds in the current window?
zx
The zx command resets and recomputes all folds in the current window based on the current foldmethod.
How do I create custom folds to collapse specific sections of code?
zf{motion}
Vim supports several fold methods, but manual folding with zf gives you precise control over exactly which lines to collapse.
How do I create a fold from a visual selection?
zf (in visual mode)
In visual mode, pressing zf creates a manual fold from the selected lines.
How do I jump between folds in Vim without opening them?
zj and zk
How it works When working with folded code in Vim, you often want to skip from one fold to another without unfolding anything.
How do I create custom fold regions with markers in my code?
:set foldmethod=marker
Setting foldmethod=marker lets you define fold boundaries using special comment markers — {{{ to start a fold and }}} to end it.