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Rafid
Rafid

Reputation: 20269

Vim: Stop Cursor Moving When The Page Scrolls

It happens to me many times that I want to look at other parts of the code while writing a statement, but whenever I scroll the page and the cursor reaches the bottom or top of the page it starts scrolling with the page, which means I have to search for the line I have been writing in. This is really annoying. Any idea if this can be disabled or not?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1544

Answers (4)

Fatih Arslan
Fatih Arslan

Reputation: 17137

All you need is these key strokes:

zz , zt and zb

The cursor is on the same position, but your windows will move. ( in normal mode of course) 

zz the cursor position is centered
zt the cursor position is at the top
zb the cursor position is at the bottom

Upvotes: 1

ajwood
ajwood

Reputation: 19057

I often split my window when I'm looking at more than one part of a file. :sp for a horizontal split, and :vs for a vertical split.

Upvotes: 2

ajwood
ajwood

Reputation: 19057

Another useful vim trick is setting marks. m{a-zA-Z} set a mark {a-zA-Z} at cursor position. You can then send the cursor (and the window) back there by `{a-zA-Z}.

Upvotes: 2

dmedvinsky
dmedvinsky

Reputation: 8356

It can't be disabled, but if you were writing a statement and want to get quickly back to where you were, just hit gi and you'll get back to where you were doing your last insert.

Upvotes: 3

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