move.nvim

Commands for moving line-wise and block-wise lines and characters, both vertically and horizontally.

Demo

move_block_horizontally.mp4

move_block_vertically.mp4

move_line_vertically.mp4

Requirements

This plugin works with NeoVim v0.5 or later.

Installation

packer.nvim

use "hinell/move.nvim"

vim-plug

Plug "hinell/move.nvim"

paq

"hinell/move.nvim";

lazy

"hinell/move.nvim"

Usage

The plugin provides the following commands. Every command accept [0-9]+ number:

Command	Description	Modes
MoveLine	Moves a line up or down	Normal
MoveBlock	Moves a selected block of text, up or down	Visual
MoveWord	Moves the word under the cursor forwards or backwards	Normal
MoveHChar	Moves the character under the cursor, left or right	Normal
MoveHBlock	Moves a visual area, left or right	Visual

Setup

NO keybindings are setup by default.

Lua

Alternatively, you can setup ALT+... hotkeys manually:

local opts = { noremap = true, silent = true }
-- Normal-mode commands
vim.keymap.set('n', '<A-Up>'      ,':MoveLine 1<CR>', opts)
vim.keymap.set('n', '<A-Down>'    ,':MoveLine -1<CR>', opts)
vim.keymap.set('n', '<A-S-Left>'  ,':MoveWord -1<CR>', opts)
vim.keymap.set('n', '<A-S-Right>' ,':MoveWord 1<CR>', opts)

-- Visual-mode commands
vim.keymap.set('x', '<A-Up>'   , ':MoveBlock 1<CR>', opts)
vim.keymap.set('x', '<A-Down>' , ':MoveBlock -1<CR>', opts)
vim.keymap.set('v', '<A-Left>' , ':MoveHBlock -1<CR>', opts)
vim.keymap.set('v', '<A-Right>', ':MoveHBlock 1<CR>', opts)

...

VimScript

Not recommended.

" Normal-mode commands
nnoremap <silent> <A-j> :MoveLine 1<CR>
nnoremap <silent> <A-k> :MoveLine -1<CR>
nnoremap <silent> <A-l> :MoveHChar 1<CR>
nnoremap <silent> <A-h> :MoveHChar -1<CR>

" Visual-selection-mode commands
xnoremap <silent> <A-j> :MoveBlock 1<CR>
xnoremap <silent> <A-k> :MoveBlock -1<CR>
vnoremap <silent> <A-l> :MoveHBlock 1<CR>
vnoremap <silent> <A-h> :MoveHBlock -1<CR>

Thanks

There is an original and more feature rich plugin (written in VimScript):

vim-move.

Original author: thanks to fedepujol@github.com. Most of the code can be is attributed to him. I made a few impromements over fedepujol's work: added plugin/init.lua for better compatibility and updated media.

See also

• nvim-treesitter-textobjects

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September 15, 2023