Vim move line up,down,left,right

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In netbeans with CTRL+LEFT, CTRL+UP, CTRL+RIGHT, CTRL+DOWN we can move the line and it contents to LEFT, UP, RIGHT, DOWN ... how can I do this with vim !?

In linux netbeans is ALT+SHIFT ARROW LEFT, RIGHT to move !

Duplicate: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/741814/move-entire-line-up-and-down-in-vim. Also what do you mean by move a line to the left/right? — Mateusz Dymczyk, Feb 06 '12 at 00:13

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 06 '12 at 06:41

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The following key maps your indentions in a Vim way (using alt + j and k keys) and formats the moved lines as according to their new position. Code stolen from http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Moving_lines_up_or_down.

nnoremap <A-j> :m+<CR>==
nnoremap <A-k> :m-2<CR>==
inoremap <A-j> <Esc>:m+<CR>==gi
inoremap <A-k> <Esc>:m-2<CR>==gi
vnoremap <A-j> :m'>+<CR>gv=gv
vnoremap <A-k> :m-2<CR>gv=gv

answered Feb 06 '12 at 06:41

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On a Mac doesn't work using Alt key. Replace with and use Ctrl key. – Cédric NICOLAS Jun 21 '15 at 20:45

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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Well I do not have NetBeans but I guess (after googling) that by ctrl+right/left you mean to indent the selected block?

In that case you can use the >> and << commands. Just either go the line you want to indent or select a block (using "v") and press > twice (remember about the shift key :)).

The others (move up/down) are clearly described here.

Hope that's what you're looking for!

edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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answered Feb 06 '12 at 00:56

Mateusz Dymczyk

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 06 '12 at 19:42

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Adding to Zenzen's answer, you can do for example Esc+5+<< to have 5 lines below the cursor shifted to the left by a tab space.

answered Feb 06 '12 at 19:42

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Vim move line up,down,left,right

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