Keymaps

The following descriptions are the default keymaps. You can configure keymaps in the add-on’s preferences by navigating to about:addons and selecting “Extensions”.

In the following descriptions, Ctrl+x means “press x with Ctrl”, and gx means “press g, then press x”. Some commands may be preceded by a decimal number, such as 3d deletes three tabs.

Scrolling

k: scroll up
j: scroll down
h: scroll left
l: scroll right
Ctrl+u: scroll up half a page
Ctrl+d: scroll down half a page
Ctrl+b: scroll up a page
Ctrl+f: scroll down a page
gg: scroll to the top of a page
G: scroll to the bottom of a page
0: scroll to the leftmost part of a page
$: scroll to the rightmost part of a page
m: set a mark for the current position
': jump to a marked position

Lowercase marks ([a-z]) store the position of the current tab. Uppercase and numeric marks ([A-Z0-9]) store the position and the tab.

Select and manage tabs

d: delete the current tab and select the tab to its right
D: delete the current tab and select the tab to its left
!d: delete a pinned tab
u: reopen a closed tab
r: reload the current tab
R: reload the current tab, bypassing the cache
K or gT: select the previous tab
J or gt: select the next tab
g0: select the first tab
g$: select the last tab
Ctrl+6: open the previously-selected tab
zp: pin the curent tab tab
zd: duplicate the current tab

Console

:: open the console
o, t, w: open a page in the current tab, a new tab, or new window
O, T, W: similar to o, t, w, but using the current URL
b: select tabs by URL or title
a: add the current page to your bookmarks

See the console commands section for a more detailed description.

Zoom

zi: zoom in
zo: zoom out
zz: zoom neutral (reset)

H: go back in history
L: go forward in history
[[, ]]: find a link to the previous/next page and open it
gu: go to the parent directory
gU: go to the root directory
gi: focus the first input field

Vimmatic can be configured to follow links opened in tabs in the background instead of switching to a new tab immediately. To do this, you’ll need to update the config file: change the "background" property of the "follow.start" action to true, e.g.:

{
    "keymaps": {
        "F": { "type": "follow.start", "newTab": true, "background": true }
    }
}

Hints

Hint mode is a way to follow links or select elements on a page by typing characters. Users can type the sequence of characters to select a hint, or press. Enter selects the hint which is currently typed, and Esc or Ctrl+[ cancels hint mode.

The following keymaps are available in hint mode:

f: start a quick hint mode to open links in the current tab or select elements
F: start a quick hint mode to open links in a new tab
;i: open an image in the current tab
;I: open an image in a new tab
;y: copy a link URL to the clipboard
;Y: copy a link text to the clipboard
;v: open a source URL in the current tab
;V: open a source URL in a new tab
;o: open a URL in the current tab
;t: open a URL in a new tab
;w: open a URL in a new window
;O: open the console with :open and the selected URL
;T: open the console with :tabopen and the selected URL
;W: open the console with :winopen and the selected URL

Misc

y: copy the URL of the current tab to the clipboard
p: open the clipboard’s URL in the current tab
P: open the clipboard’s URL in new tab
Shift+Esc: enable or disable the add-on in the current tab
/: start searching for text in the page
n: find the next search result in the page
N: find the previous search result in the page
gf: view the source of the current tab