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Start character visual mode

V

Mac Desktop app Vim default commands

Practice this

To start character visual mode in Vim, press V.

Where it works: Normal mode

Press the small letter, without Shift. Vim is case sensitive, and the capital letter is a different command.

Every documented variant

Variants of this shortcut
System	Environment	Keys
Linux	Desktop app	`V`
Mac	Desktop app	`V`

Where this comes from

Vim help: index.txt - vim/vim

Documentation checked on 2026-09-14. That is a documentation review, not a test run inside the application.

More Vim shortcuts

Start line visual mode Shift + V
Start block visual mode Ctrl + V
Reselect the last visual area G then V
Search forward /
Search backward ?
Repeat the search in the same direction N
Repeat the search in the other direction Shift + N
Search forward for the word under the cursor *

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