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Updated on June 14, 2022 in #vim

Reselect Your Last Selection in Vim with gv

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This is handy in case you forgot to copy something or decide you want to select a few more lines.

Quick Jump:

This behavior is built into Vim. After making your selection you can move around your file and hit gv to jump back and select what you had previously.

# Demo Video

Timestamps

  • 0:09 – Reselecting the last selection using gv
  • 0:36 – I use this a lot to reselect HTML snippets

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