Updated on 21 Jan 2026
Vimium C is a fantastic browser extension that enables you to set custom keyboard shortcuts for navigating the internet.
I am a big fan of single keyboard shortcuts that were initially a part of the Opera browser during 2010s and still use most of them to this day in Brave, thanks to Vimium C.
| Keyboard shortcut | Function |
| c | close tab |
| t | open new tab |
| z | go back |
| x | go forward |
| a | previous tab |
| s | next tab |
| u | copy url |
| v | view source |
| f3 | switch to the last active tab |
| o | tab switcher |
Vimium C is available for all Chromium-based and Firefox-based browsers.
My Vimium C custom key mappings:
map c removeTab
map z goBack
map x goForward
map a previousTab
map s nextTab
map v toggleViewSource
map u copyCurrentUrl
map yy copyCurrentUrl
map yt LinkHints.activateCopyLinkText
map <f3> visitPreviousTab
# map T Vomnibar.activateTabs tree currentWindow
unmap o
# map o Vomnibar.activate :h
map o Vomnibar.activateTabSelectionIn addition to these custom ones, we can click (follow) links out of the box by pressing f and typing the identifiers.
To copy any link (in the visible part of the webpage) text, type yt (yank text) and type the identifier of the link whose text you want to copy.
My exclude URLs list:
2 comments
Lou Plummer,
This is just so golden. It simplifies keyboard usage in one of my most used apps and it can be duplicated between browsers. Got any more jewels like this?
Sridhar Katakam
yeah, not many people know about this.
Here’s a video I made on Vimium in 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyGgYTSCPCM
Vimium C is better than Vimium.