--- title: Vim Vixen --- # Vim Vixen Vim Vixen is a Firefox add-on which allows you to easily navigate the web by keyboard. Since version 57, Firefox has migrated to the WebExtensions API and has dropped support for legacy add-ons. Vim Vixen is a new choice for Vim users since it uses the WebExtensions API. ## Getting started ### Install Vim Vixen Vim Vixen is supported on Firefox 68 ESR. Please latest version of stable ESR from the [download page](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/). You can install Vim Vixen from [Firefox add-ons (addons.mozilla.org)][AMO], and manage installed addon-ons on Firefox preferences `about:preferences`. ### Quick start After installation, you can control Firefox with vim-like keymaps. To scroll a page in the browser, press <kbd>k</kbd>, <kbd>j</kbd>, <kbd>h</kbd> and <kbd>l</kbd> keys. You can scroll to the top or the bottom of a page by <kbd>g</kbd><kbd>g</kbd> and <kbd>G</kbd>. To select a left and right of current tab, use <kbd>K</kbd> and <kbd>J</kbd> respectively. To close current tab, use <kbd>d</kbd> and to restore closed tabs, use <kbd>u</kbd>. To open a link, press <kbd>f</kbd> to enter the **follow mode** to select a link. Then you can select links by alphabetic keys. See also [Keymaps](./keymaps.html) for more detailed of keymaps. ### Using commands Vim Vixen supports command line to run commands that control tabs and opens a tab. To open command line, press <kbd>:</kbd>. To open a tab with URL, use `open` command as the following: ``` :open https://github.com/ueokande/vimvixen ``` or search keywords with search engine (such as Google) like: ``` :open How to use Vim ``` You can see completed commands on [Console commands](./console_commands.html). ## Copyright Copyright © 2017-2019 by Shin'ya Ueoka [AMO]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/vim-vixen/