IdeaVim is a Vim emulation plug-in for IDEs based on the IntelliJ IDEA platform.
Questions tagged [ideavim]
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How to use {hjkl} to repeatedly move cursor in ideavim
I am using the ideavim plugin for PyCharm (mac), but it seems that I cannot move the cursor continuously with {hjkl}. When I press down the keys, it can only make one move and then stuck. But what I expect is it moves repeatedly like using arrow…

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how do i replay macros in ideavim like regular vim?
Record my macro the usual way: qa ..do stuff.. q
Try to replay it 5 times but it only runs once: "5@a
How do I run it multiple times?
Opened bug report: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/VIM-1402

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How do I get the EasyClip vim plugin like functionality in Ideavim plugin of Jetbrains?
I want the following features of EasyClip vim plugin to incorporate in ideavim plugin:
dd - Delete the line and do not change clipboard
D - Delete from cursor to the end of the line and do not change clipboard
dD - Delete the contents of line…

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IdeaVim: How to cycle through list items without using arrow keys?
Is there a way to move through list of suggestions without leaving keyboard home row? I am looking for some kind of vim-style analog to up/down arrow actions.

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IdeaVim : Navigate through project file
Is it possible with the plugin IdeaVim for IntelliJ to navigate thourgh project file (in the window below) using hjkl key ? Like the CtrlP plugin for Vim.

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How to map keys for IdeaVim's normal mode to editor's action?
I am using JetBrains' phpstorm with the IdeaVim plugin.
I am wondering if I can bind keys in normal mode to editor actions.
For example, I used to have mapped Ctrl+B to Navigate > Declaration. Yet Ctrl+B is a vi motion to go one page backwards and…

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IntelliJ IDEA Vim emulator's regex behaviour with newlines
For example, to transform:
List(
User(1)
into:
UserQuery ++= List(
User(1)
where the User is matched and used in forming UserQuery.
I've had some difficulty getting newlines in regex to work with IntelliJ's Vim emulator (at the bottom of the…

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Intellij IdeaVim plugin - run current file
Is it possible to call Intellij IDE actions with IdeaVim plugin (via some bindings maybe)?
For example:
:runfile
Will run current Java class.
I know about Quick Action Menu Cmd+Shift+A, but I want to use IDE in Vim style.

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Intellij IdeaVim: access IDE shortcuts without making vim give up control of that shortcut
ctrl-O is used to jump to the previous entry in the jump list.
But in the IDE, according to the documentation, ctrl-O helps you override methods declared in a base class, kind of like ctrl-enter in Eclipse when the cursor is on an empty line.
One…

Mike
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IntelliJ IDEA 13: Keyboard shortcuts to navigate stack trace after running tests?
When I run a test in IntelliJ IDEA 13.01 Ultimate, with any luck it just passes. In those rare cases (ha!) when I get an exception, though, it displays that exception on the right side of the Run context, as is shown below:
The up and down arrows…

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Ideavim, use custom keys
I am using PyCharm + Ideavim and I am pretty happy with it.
However, is there any way I can change from INSERT to NORMAL mode using 'jk' instead of ESC or Ctrl-C?

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Setting number of characters for IdeaVIM indentation (<< and >>)
(Can someone with more karma please create an "ideavim" tag?)
Right now, indenting is always 4, I'm looking for the equivalent of vim's shiftwidth variable.
It seems to honour the IntelliJ preference for indentation in CoffeeScript, but the same is…

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How to turn off a bell in IntelliJ IDEA?
Is there any way to turn off the sound which rings when a line is uncommented?
I find many ways to turn off sounds in IDEAvim, but I am asking about the sound above, not about a plugin. Default editor in Idea.

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PyCharm + IdeaVim -- How to Rebind Ctrl-C?
I'm using pycharm with ideavim. I realized I can't control c. This affects normal copy paste flow, but more importantly it means I can't control c from the python console. If I have an infinitely looping program, I'm screwed
Is there anyway to fix…

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use vim macros in Intellij idea
I am using ideavim in pycharm. I want to use macros when writing code. But vim mapping macros does not work. I want to record with q and easy to use macros which repeat with @.
How can I solve this problem?

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