Visual + Ex Range

Pressing : from Visual auto-fills the range.

Keys: :

When you press : while in Visual mode, Vim drops you to the command line with :'<,'> already typed — the range covering the selection. Just type your command after.

Visual mode and Ex commands plug right into each other. Press : from any Visual selection and Vim pre-types the range.

From Visual to substitute

Key	Note
`V`	Line Visual
`5j`	Extend down 5 lines
`:`	Vim shows `:'<,'>`
`s/foo/bar/g`	Operate on those lines only

Tip. Block Visual + : also gets :'<,'> — but most Ex commands are line-oriented and don't honor the column boundaries.

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📺 #0443 Block Insert (not yet published)
📺 #0443 Block Insert (not yet published)