Code Editor Vim Keybindings

Warp's built-in code editor supports native Vim keybindings for keyboard-driven navigation and editing. Enable Vim mode to use familiar motions, text objects, visual mode, registers, and editing commands directly in Warp without switching to an external editor.

About Vim keybindings

The Vi family of programs (including Vim and Neovim) are modal text editors that allow for keyboard-driven text editing. Vi-style keybindings are especially popular among developers for their speed and precision in navigating and manipulating code. Warp’s code editor now includes native support for Vim keybindings (also known as Vim mode), offering a familiar editing experience directly within your coding workflows.

How to enable Vim keybindings

Vim mode in the code editor uses the same setting toggle as the input editor. To enable:

• Through the Command Palette, search for "Vim Keybindings".
• Through Settings > Features > Text Editing, toggle "Edit code and commands with Vim keybindings".

Unlike the input editor, the Vim implementation in the code editor starts in Normal mode.

Customizing keybindings

At the moment, Warp only supports default Vim keybindings.

One exception is the keyboard shortcut for exiting insert mode, which can be rebound under Settings > Keyboard shortcuts > Exit Vim Insert Mode, or through the Command Palette search for "Exit Vim Insert Mode".

Supported keybindings

Below is a list of the vim functionality implemented in Warp so far.

Movement

See Vim docs: motion for more information.

Basic

| Command(s) | Description | | ---------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- | | h, j, k, l | single-char movement | | <space>, <backspace> | single-char movement with line wrap | | w, W, b, B, e, E | word movement | | ge, gE | end of previous word | | $ | end of line | | 0 | beginning of line | | ^ | first non-whitespace character of line | | % | jump to matching bracket | | [, ] | prev/next unmatched bracket | | _ | beginning of the current line | | + | first non-whitespace character of the next line | | - | first non-whitespace character of the previous line | | {, } | prev/next paragraph |

Multi-line-related

| Command(s) | Description | | ---------- | ----------------------- | | gg, G | jump to first/last line |

Editing

| Command(s) | Description | | ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | r | replace character under cursor | | d, D | delete a range or object | | c, C | change a range or object (delete, then go to insert mode) | | s, S | substitute (like change, but can only delete at the cursor) | | x, X | delete under cursor | | y, Y | yank (copy) into the clipboard | | p, P | paste from the clipboard | | u, ⌃r | undo, redo | | ~ | toggle upper/lowercase under cursor | | gu | lowercase under cursor (u in visual mode) | | gU | uppercase under cursor (U in visual mode) | | J | join current and following lines | | . | repeat last edit | | gcc | toggle comments on current line | | gc | toggle comments on visual selection |

See Vim docs: editing for more information.

Text objects

| Command(s) | Description | | ---------------- | ------------------------------------------ | | i | inner (exclude delimiters in text object) | | a | around (include delimiters in text object) | | w, W | whitespace-delimited string (word) | | ", ', ``` | quote-delimited string | | (, {, [ | parenthesized/bracketed string |

See Vim docs: text objects for more information.

Search

Character search

| Command(s) | Description | | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------ | | t, T, f, F | find next/prev matching character on line | | ; | repeat last character search in the same direction | | , | repeat last character search in the opposite direction |

See Vim docs: left-right motions for more information.

General search

Unlike Vim, general search commands don't search within the buffer. Instead, they open Warp's native command search.

| Command(s) | Description | | ------------------ | ------------------------ | | /, ?, *, # | open Warp command search |

Mode switching

| Command(s) | Description | | ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | | i | insert text before the cursor | | I | insert text before the first non-whitespace character in the line | | a | append text after the cursor | | A | append text at the end of the line | | o | begin new line below the cursor and insert text | | O | begin new line above the cursor and insert text | | v | visual character mode | | V | visual line mode |

See Vim docs: insert and Vim docs: visual mode for more information.

Registers

| Command(s) | Description | | ---------- | --------------- | | " | register prefix |

Warp currently supports the following registers:

| Register name | Description | | ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | | a–z, A–Z | named registers | | + | system clipboard | | * | system clipboard | | " | unnamed register, containing the text of the last delete or yank |

See Vim docs: registers for more information.

Feedback

The best way to report bugs and request features is through Warp's GitHub Issues page. Please note that the issue or request is for Vim keybindings.