sVim is a Safari extension with shortcuts similar to Vim. The functionality of sVim will mostly follow the Chrome extension cVim.

Get it

• Download the latest release
• Releases and release notes are all uploaded to Github on the releases page
• The extension will update via Safari Extension Updates

Help

Shortcuts

Keyboard Command	Description	Mapping Name
Movement
"j"	scroll down	scrollDown
"k"	scroll up	scrollUp
"h"	scroll left	scrollLeft
"l"	scroll right	scrollRight
"d"	scroll half-page down	scrollPageDown
"e", "u"	scroll half-page up	scrollPageUp
"shift+d"	scroll full-page down	scrollFullPageDown
"shift+e"	scroll full-page up	scrollFullPageUp
"shift+g"	scroll to bottom of the page	scrollToBottom
"g g"	scroll to top of the page	scrollToTop
"0"	scroll to the left of the page	scrollToLeft
"$"	scroll to the right of the page	scrollToRight
"g i"	go to the first input box	goToInput
"g n"	find a "next page" link and navigate to it	gotoNextPage
"g p"	find a "previous page" link and navigate to it	gotoPrevPage
Miscellaneous
"r"	reload the current tab	reloadTab
"z i"	zoom page in	zoomPageIn
"z o"	zoom page out	zoomPageOut
"z 0"	zoom page to original size	zoomOrig
"g r"	toggle Safari reader if possible	toggleReader
"g v"	show sVimrc page	showsVimrc
"g ?"	open help page in new tab	help
Tab Navigation
"g t", "shift+k"	navigate to the next tab	nextTab
"g shift+t", "shift+j"	navigate to the previous tab	previousTab
"g 0"	go to the first tab	firstTab
"g $"	go to the last tab	lastTab
"g l"	go to the last active tab that's still open	lastActiveTab
"x"	close the current tab	quit
"g x shift+t"	close the tab to the left of the current tab	closeTabLeft
"g x t"	close the tab to the right of the current tab	closeTabRight
"g x 0"	close all tabs to the left of the current tab	closeTabsToLeft
"g x $"	close all tabs to the right of the current tab	closeTabsToRight
"shift+x"	open the last closed tab	lastClosedTab
"ctrl+shift+x"	open the last closed tab in background	lastClosedTabBackground
"t"	open new tab	newTab
"shift+h"	go back in history	goBack
"shift+l"	go forward in history	goForward
"shift+,"	move current tab left	moveTabLeft
"shift+."	move current tab right	moveTabRight
"g u"	navigate to parent directory	parentDirectory
"g shift+u"	navigate to top directory	topDirectory
"g d"	navigate to parent domain	parentDomain
"g h"	navigate to home page	homePage
Window Navigation
"w"	open new window	newWindow
"g w"	navigate to the next window	nextWindow
"g shift+w"	navigate to the previous window	previousWindow
Modes
"escape", "ctrl+["	enter normal mode	normalMode
"i"	enter insert mode	insertMode
Link Hints
"f"	open link in current tab	createHint
"shift+f"	open link in new background tab	createTabbedHint
"ctrl+shift+f"	open link in new foreground tab	createForegroundHint
Clipboard
"y y"	copy current URL to clipboard	yankDocumentUrl

sVimrc

• The sVimrc page is where you can customize sVim settings and css.
• You can access the page by pressing g v or via the extension settings in Safari.
• The sVimrc and sVimcss files can be synced via gist.
  • The gist id is found at the end of the url when viewing the gist.
  • Note it does not matter the name of your gist or the file, sVim will just grab the first file from the gist id supplied. I use sVim.rc and sVim.css.
• For simplicity, strings in sVimrc should be wrapped in ".
• Save the sVimrc page with command+s.
• Goto or switch between sVimrc and sVimcss with ctrl+w.

sVimrc Commands

• set
  • Used for boolean settings.
  • Prepend no to setting name to unset.
  • Set smooth scroll with set smoothscroll and unset with set nosmoothscroll.
• let
  • Used to set non-boolean settings.
  • These settings can be of type integer, string or array.
  • Set new tab url like let newtaburl = "http://google.com".
  • Set scroll step like let scrollstep = 100.
  • Set black lists like let blacklists = ["*://example.com/stuff/*", "*://mail.google.com/*"].
• map
  • Used to set/overwrite shortcuts.
  • sVim uses Mousetrap for shortcuts and keyboard commands should follow it's format.
  • You can use leader with <Leader> in the keyboard command.
  • Set the down arrow key to scroll down with map "down" scrollDown.
  • Set the leader key + the J key to scroll down with map "<Leader> j" scrollFullPageDown.
• unmap
  • Used to remove a shortcut.
  • Remove j shortcut with unmap "j".
• unmapAll
  • Used to remove all current shortcuts with unmapAll.
• "
  • Used to add comments to sVimrc.
  • Comment by adding " to the beginning of the line (inline not supported).
  • Add comment like " This is a comment.

sVimrc Settings

Setting Name	Description	Type	Default
preventdefaultesc	prevent escape from exiting full screen, if unset then only prevent when not in normal mode	boolean	true
smoothscroll	use smooth scrolling	boolean	true
fullpagescrollpercent	percent of the page to scroll by when using scrollFullPageUp and scrollFullPageDown	integer	85
lastactivetablimit	number of last active tabs to remember	integer	25
lastclosedtablimit	number of closed tabs to remember	integer	25
scrollduration	duration of smooth scrolling	integer	30
scrollstep	amount of pixels scrolled when using scrollUp and scrollDown	integer	60
zoomstep	percent to zoom when using zoomPageIn and zoomPageOut	integer	10
hintcharacters	characters to be used in link hint mode	string	"asdfgqwertzxcvb"
homeurl	url to use as home page	string	"topsites://"
mapleader	key	string	""
newtaburl	url to use as the default new tab url	string	"topsites://"
blacklists	disable sVim on the sites matching one of the patterns	array	[]
nextpagetextpatterns	a list of regex patterns used to find the "next page" link on the page	array	["Next"]
prevpagetextpatterns	a list of regex patterns used to find the "prev page" link on the page	array	["Previous"]

sVimrc Example

" Settings
set nosmoothscroll
let fullpagescrollpercent = 100
let lastactivetablimit = 50;
let lastclosedtablimit = 50;
let scrollduration = 25
let scrollstep = 65
let zoomstep = 15
let hintcharacters = "1234567890";
let homeurl = "http://google.com";
let mapleader = ","
let newtaburl = "http://google.com"
let blacklists = ["*://example.com/stuff/*", "*://mail.google.com/*"]
let nextpagetextpatterns = ["Next"]
let prevpagetextpatterns = ["Prev(ious)?"]

" Shortcuts
map "q" nextTab
map "shift+q" previousTab
map "<Leader> h" closeTabLeft
map "<Leader> l" closeTabRight
map "down" scrollDown
map "up" scrollUp
map "left" scrollLeft
map "right" scrollRight
map "space" scrollFullPageDown