Vimium Options

Excluded URLs and keys

Patterns

Keys to exclude

Disable Vimium on URLs.
"Patterns" are URL regular expressions. * will match zero or more characters.
"Keys": Vimium will exclude these keys and pass them through to the page.

Custom key mappings

Example syntax:

map j scrollDown
map z2 setZoom level=2
unmap j
unmapAll
" this is a comment
# this is also a comment

See all available commands.

Custom search engines

Add search-engine shortcuts to the Vomnibar. Format:

a: http://a.com/?q=%s
b: http://b.com/?q=%s description
" this is a comment
# this is also a comment

%s is replaced with the search terms.
For search completion, see here.

New tab URL

Vimium blank new tab page

Open the Vomnibar when the page loads

Browser's default new tab page Custom URL

The page to open when using Vimium's "create new tab" command. To have Vimium commands work on all new tab pages opened by the browser, a separate Vimium new tab extension is required. See the full details here.

Advanced Options

Scroll step size

The size for basic movements (usually j/k/h/l).

Characters used for link hints

Reset

The characters placed next to each link after typing "f" to enter link-hint mode.

Numbers used for link hints

Reset

The characters placed next to each link after typing "f" to enter link-hint mode.

Use smooth scrolling

Use the link's name and characters for link-hint filtering

In link-hint mode, this option lets you select a link by typing its text.

Require Enter when filtering hints

You activate the link with Enter, always; so you never accidentally type Vimium commands.

Don't let pages steal the focus on load

Prevent pages from focusing an input on load (e.g. Google, Bing, etc.).

Hide the Heads Up Display (HUD) in insert mode

When enabled, the HUD will not be displayed in insert mode.

Hide update notifications

When enabled, "Vimium has been updated" notifications will not be shown.

Treat find queries as JavaScript regular expressions

Switch back to plain find mode by using the \R escape sequence.

Ignore keyboard layout

This forces the use of en-US QWERTY layout and can be helpful for non-Latin keyboards.

Previous patterns

Reset

The "navigate to previous page" command uses these patterns to find the link to follow.

Next patterns

Reset

The "navigate to next page" command uses these patterns to find the link to follow.

CSS for Vimium UI

Reset

These styles are applied to link hints, the Vomnibar, the help dialog, the exclusions pop-up and the HUD.
By default, this CSS is used to style the characters next to each link hint.

These styles are used in addition to and take precedence over Vimium's default styles.

Backup and Restore

Backup

Download backup

Download a backup of your settings.

Restore

Choose a backup file to restore.