In ordinary vim, the lower left shows NORMAL and INSERT as I switch between those two modes.
How do I see the mode in IdeaVIM?
(I am using GoLand but it is the same in IntelliJ, PyCharm, etc.)
I tried switching back and forth between Normal and Insert mode, but cannot find any indication.
You should add set showmode to your ~/.ideavimrc.
More options can be found here: https://github.com/JetBrains/ideavim/wiki/%22set%22-commands
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Is it possible to disable vim in certain windows/modes? For instance in debugger it's a bit annoying, also when editing cell values in Database mode it's not perfect.
Another question if a tab can switch to command mode when I'm about to navigate to another tab.
Thanks
It's currently not possible in IdeaVim 0.50. There is a feature request that partially covers what you're describing: VIM-765 Option to disable plugin in dialog boxes. Feel free to vote for this feature and/or file new requests at https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issues/VIM.
You can remap <Tab> to gt using standard Vim mapping commands. Put them into your ~/.ideavimrc.
I'm new to vim and still learning it but i found the shortcuts in IntelliJ are quite easy to use.
Eg: Ctrl + b for Go to declaration, Ctrl + q Show doc
I often check docs while I'm writing code and I'd like to keep the shortcuts available in insert mode(since vim key map seems mostly work with normal mode).
I read online and saw methods about adding custom key mapping for vim. Besides that, Is there anyway that I can keep all IDE shortcuts in insert mode?
Currently each shortcut like Ctrl+B is handled by either the Vim emulation or the IDE. See the docs on how to choose the handler for a shortcut.
Feel free to file a feature request here for handling Vim commands only the normal mode.
I would like to see which Vim mode I am currently in while using IdeaVIM in PyCharm, or any other JetBrains IDE.
It happens that I select a single character with the mouse (e.g. accidental double-click on a single letter) and the cursor then doesn't distinguish properly between normal mode and visual mode, which makes for awkward situations after hitting a few keys.
Is there a way to display the current mode at all times in the status bar or somewhere else that I have missed?
Put set showmode into your ~/.ideavimrc or vote for https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/VIM-943.
I just upgraded my Intellij IDEA to version 14, but I have the problem that my cursor in the editor window is acting "different". It starts of in a sort of protected mode, which looks like the insert mode but it isn't, where I can't insert anything. After pressing some keys like a it changes back to normal except that sometimes it goes in a selection mode and by that I mean if I hit backspace instead of deleting the character as expected it just selects/highlights it. I find this behavior really annoying and I hope one of you can help me.
Additional Information:
Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite Intellij 14.0
Please ask if i can provide any additional information which might be helpful.
Disabling/Uninstalling the ideaVim plugin seemed to fix the problem for me. The plugin description hints that you can configure it via a configuration script in ~/.ideavimrc, which there may also be options to get "normal" behavior with the plugin installed but I haven't looked into that though because the plugin doesn't seems all that useful to me.
Disable Vim Emulator for Intellij.
On the top menu, go to Tools > Vim Emulator
ideaVim plug in is the problem, disable that and that misbehaviour will be gone.
Mac OS X Yosemite / IntelliJ IDEA 14 CE / us keyboard layout /
If your cursor looks like this:
Go to tools:
Turn off Vim Emulator:
Cursor should go back to normal.
Settings > IDE Settings > Editor > Appearance > Disable Use block caret
This fixed the issue for me.
It seems you have entered into insert mode. I have mac and I entered some combination of keys which somehow enabled insert mode. The use block caret was not ticked for me. I found this mentioned on JetBrains thread to get out of insert mode
In short, press on mac to get back into editing mode with the normal cursor
⌥ + ⌘ + v
Go to the Keymap section of your preferences and add your keyboard shortcut to the Toggle Insert/Override command.
I would really like to be able to use IdeaVIM but I am unable to figure out where I can set my custom vim key mappings. For example instead of using Esc I would like to use Ctrl-C and instead of using hjkl I like to use wasd.
I have all these already set in my .vimrc but IdeaVIM failed to load them. I can copy them over manually to whatever file is needed but there is no documentation on how to do this.
As of IdeaVim 0.35 (released 2014-05-15), key mappings in ~/.ideavimrc are supported. You can put source ~/.vimrc in that file if you want to include mappings from ~/.vimrc.
Release announcement
VIM-288
(Note: This question could probably be considered a duplicate of this other StackOverflow question.)
I've done this myself, and its pretty easy in IntelliJ 11. I know that in previous versions (9, maybe?) setting up keymap values is significantly different.
In IntelliJ 11 you can do the following:
Go to Settings
Select Keymap from the left menu
Search for Exit Insert Mode on the right side and associate whatever key you want to use, such as CTRL-C
If you like to have Vim plugin installed (I find it very handy for typing) and at the same time have Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V working for copy and paste actions, do the following:
In the IntelliJ Idea, click on File > Setting. On the left pane, expand Editor and click on Vim Emulation.
Here, under the Shortcut column, find Ctrl+C and change it's Handler (under Handler column) to IDE instead of Vim.
Repeat it for Ctrl+V as well and hit Apply and Ok.
Now, you should be able to use the keyboard shortcuts for copy and paste while keeping the Vim Emulator enabled.
IntelliJ 12.1:
Go to Settings
Select Keymap from the left menu
Find Escape under the Editor Actions section and add the Ctrl-C shortcut there. ("Escape" under the "IdeaVim" section didn't work for me)
Following the same steps, but replacing "Escape" with "Exit Insert Mode" only partially worked for me. It exited insert mode correctly but ignored the following keystroke. So typing Ctrl-C,j,j would exit insert but only go up one line instead of two.