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created April 8, 2004 · complexity basic · author Gabe Dalbec · version 5.7

It drives me crazy that frequently when I click in a window, it goes into visual mode for a few characters and thus I can't type normal command mode commands. I'm finding I always have to press "v" to exit visual mode before I can use vim again.

I finally figured out how to disable visual mode using the mouse:

noremap <LeftDrag> <LeftMouse>
noremap! <LeftDrag> <LeftMouse>

Comments

In my vimrc:

set mouse=nicr

No more visual mode from using mouse! :help 'mouse'

That doesn't quite work, as the mouse still puts you into visual mode (which is really all I was trying to avoid).

Also, with my way, you can use Shift-LeftDrag to still select visual.

What works for me is :set mouse-=a

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 It drives me crazy that frequently when I click in a window, it goes into visual mode for a few characters and thus I can't type normal command mode commands. I'm finding I always have to press "v" to exit visual mode before I can use vim again.
+I finally figured out how to disable visual mode using the mouse:
+<pre>
+noremap &lt;LeftDrag&gt; &lt;LeftMouse&gt;
+noremap! &lt;LeftDrag&gt; &lt;LeftMouse&gt;
+</pre>
+==Comments==
-I finally figured out how to disable visual mode using the mouse:
+In my vimrc:
+<pre>
+set mouse=nicr
+</pre>
+No more visual mode from using mouse! {{help|'mouse'}}
-noremap &lt;LeftDrag&gt; &lt;LeftMouse&gt;
-noremap! &lt;LeftDrag&gt; &lt;LeftMouse&gt;
-}}
-== Comments ==
-In my _vimrc,
-set mouse=nicr
-(no more viusal mode from using mouse! see :h mouse)
-maxiangjiang--AT--hotmail.com
-, April 8, 2004 16:57
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 That doesn't quite work, as the mouse still puts you into visual mode (which is really all I was trying to avoid).
 Also, with my way, you can use Shift-LeftDrag to still select visual.
-Gabe
-, April 9, 2004 16:44
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-What works for me is :set mouse-=a
+What works for me is <tt>:set mouse-=a</tt>
-bljilek--AT--yahoo.com
-, November 20, 2006 16:58
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