Console commands

Vim Vixen provides a console for ex-style commands, similar to Vimperator.

Open the console with :. Or populate it with initial values using o/O, t/T, or w/W.

:help

Open a Vim Vixen official document in a new tab.

:open

The :open command operates two different ways, depending on the parameter. When the parameter is a URL, it’s opened in the current tab.

:open http://github.com/ueokande

Otherwise, the current tab opens a search page with the supplied string (defaults to Google).

:open How to contribute to Vim-Vixen

To use a search engine other than the default, specify the search engine to use as the first parameter.

:open yahoo How to contribute to Vim-Vixen

To adjust the default search-engine and add/remove search engines, see the search engines section.

Use Tab to select from the autocomplete suggestions. To configure this, set the complete property.

:tabopen

Open a URL or search-engine query in a new tab.

:quit or :q

Close the current tab.

:quitall or :qa

Close all tabs.

:bdelete

Close a certain tab.

You can add ! to the end of the command to close a tab even if it is pinned:

:bdelete!

:bdeletes

Close tabs matching the specified keywords.

You can add ! to the end of the command to close pinned tabs:

:bdeletes!

:winopen

Open a URL or search-engine query in a new window.

:buffer

Select tabs by URL or title keywords.

:addbookmark

Create a bookmark from the current URL.

:addbookmark My bookmark title

The keymap a is a convenient way to create a bookmark for the current page. It populates the console with :addbookmark and the title of the current page.

:set

The :set command can be used to temporarily override properties in the console. See the properties section for more details on the available properties.