tags: #vim , #basics
links: [[010 Vim MOC]]
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# Visual Mode
Visual mode is used to make selections of text, similar to how clicking and dragging with a mouse behaves. Selecting text allows commands to apply only to the selection, such as copying, deleting, replacing and so on.
- `v` to enter visual mode, this will also mark a starting selection point
- `V` to enter visual mode, this will make text selections by line
- `<C-v>` to enter visual block mode, this will make text selections by blocks; moving the cursor will make rectangle selections of the text