This is a work-in-progress script that aims at restoring the full functionality of the old Custom Vim Keybindings for Overleaf. Per their recent update, the legacy editor (Ace) is no longer available for some users (myself included), replaced by Code Mirror (v6?). Reassuringly, both Ace and Code Mirror use the same VIM Mode API, documented here.
Full Credits to Harutyun Amirjanyan for the jump-to-PDF script, as found on the Ace forum, in this post.
List of mappings defined here:
imap jj <esc>
, imap jk <esc>
and imap <c-]> <esc>
.
nmap j gj
and nmap k gk
(so far, we cannot mapt g0
in Ace editor.)
\lv
and ;lv
are triggering the following button

,v
to toggle the file-tree on the left.
,o
to enter editor-only mode: it hides the file panel and the PDF preview pane. (Caveat: if file-tree is hidden and PDF view is alive, this shortcut will show the file-tree and hide PDF.)
:o
in Commandline, to hide box below the editor pane, introduced by the "Omega" icon to the right of "Source | Rich Text".
:pdf
in Commandline, to toggle the PDF pane on the right. Alias include: :PDF
, :ShowPDF
, :ClosePDF
, :OpenPDF
.
And, those that need extra work, include:
:cc
in Commandline, to toggle the Comment panel. Alias include: :CC
, :CloseComment
.
:home
in Commandline, to get back to the "All Projects" view.
:log
in Commandline, to toggle the "CompileLog"
- With Writefull, use
]
and [
to jump to the next/previous spell-checking suggestion.
- With the suggestion card, use
1
, 2
, 3
to select over the options offered. It doesn't matter how the suggestion card is brought up. As long as it is visible, one can select over the candidates using 1, 2, 3.
Visually, a vertical divider is drawn at the 80th column. All lines with more than 80 cols are wrapped at 80th column.
Troubleshooting
- If the PDF fails to compile, TogglePDF won't work as intended. (This impacts the
:pdf
command and the <leader>o
mapping.)