On Windows, new users may notice that the arrow keys end visual mode rather than extending the selection.

If this happens, it is because of the behave mswin line in the default _vimrc installed on a Windows system.

The best solution is to simply remove this line from the global _vimrc, or to create your own _vimrc without it.

However, if you like most of the effects of behave mswin (see :help behave) and only want to "fix" the visual selection behavior, simply put this into your vimrc after the behave mswin:

set keymodel-=stopsel

ReferencesEdit

• :help :behave
• :help 'keymodel'

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