:h visual-mode !!! a lot of usefull stuff :h v_ Help on all the keys in visual-mode :h v_b_ Help on all the keys in visual-block-mode vit-patter-without-first-v use a/i and motion (w, ...) to select inside visual mode o Toggle position of cursor in selection O Switch to the other corner (for Visual-Block mode). u Lowercase selection U Uppercase selection r Replace the selected text by single symbol ! Replace the selection by the -results = Indent the selection ~ Change the case in selection gq Format/Wrap the selected text *CTRL-V-alternative* *CTRL-Q* Since CTRL-V is used to paste, you can't use it to start a blockwise Visual selection. You can use CTRL-Q instead. You can also use CTRL-Q in Insert mode and Command-line mode to get the old meaning of CTRL-V. But CTRL-Q doesn't work for terminals when it's used for control flow. NOTE: The clipboard support still has a number of bugs. See |todo|.