Bring modal editing and Vim/Neovim power straight into the Anki Note Editor. This add-on implements a fast, responsive Python-to-JavaScript bridge to handle structural DOM manipulations natively within Anki's fields.

No more clicking around to edit your cards—keep your hands on the home row!

🛠️ Supported Vim Commands & Keybindings

Below is the list of keybindings currently parsed and supported by the internal engine:

1. Basic Motions (Movement)

Move around your text fields efficiently:

• h / j / k / l – Left, Down, Up, Right
• w / b / e – Word forward, Word backward, End of word (case-sensitive variants: W, B, E)
• 0 / ^ / $ – Start of line, First non-blank character, End of line
• G – Go to end of field
• H / M / L – Home, Middle, Last lines visible
• ( / ) – Sentences backward / forward
• { / } – Paragraphs backward / forward
• % – Jump to matching bracket or HTML tag
• + / - – Next line / Previous line

2. Standalone & Editing Actions

• x / X – Delete character under / before cursor
• p / P – Paste register text after / before cursor *(no support yet) *
• u – Undo (no support yet)
• Ctrl-R – Redo (parcial support)
• . – Repeat last change
• ~ – Toggle character case
• J – Join lines

3. Text Objects & Modifiers

Combine operators with i (inner) or a (around) to modify chunks of text:

• Words: w, W
• Sentences & Paragraphs: s, p (not implemented yet)
• Blocks & Brackets: b, B, (, ), {, }, [, ], <, > (parcially implemented)

4. Operators

• c – Change
• d – Delete (Partial support)
• y – Yank (Copy) (no support yet)
• > / < / = – Indent, Unindent, Auto-format (not yet fully implemented)

5. Entering Insert Mode

• i / I – Insert at cursor / Start of line
• a / A – Append after cursor / End of line
• o / O – Open new line below / above
• c / C – Change selection / Change to end of line
• s / S – Substitute character / Substitute entire line (Not yet implemented)

⚠️ Important: Current Work in Progress & Limitations

Please keep in mind that this add-on is under active development. The parser structures are in place, but some complex Vim features are only partially / not implemented, this is intentional:

• Yank, Delete & Paste (y, d, p): Basic register storage no not work yet.
• Visual Mode (v, V): Selection blocks are experimental for now and not fully integrated.
• Command Mode (:, /, ?): Command-line entry is NOT existing yet.
• HTML Tag Edge Cases: Due to how Anki structures rich text internally, there are known edge cases when using text objects inside HTML list elements (<ul> and <li>).

📖 New to Vim?

If you are unfamiliar with what these individual keys do or want to learn the shortcuts, check out this excellent reference tool: 👉 Vim Cheat Sheet

💻 Open Source & Contributions

Found a bug with HTML tags or want to help implement full visual mode? Check out source code, file issues, or submit PRs here: 👉 GitHub Repository