Disable arrow keys in insert mode

Asked Jun 10 '20 at 05:32

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I am trying to disable the arrow keys in the vimrc (previously I was doing it by doing a no-op on the keyboard itself):

"Disable arrow keys
inoremap <Left> <Nop>

However, it seems to be doing nothing, as it seems like the actual keyboard code sent for an arrow key (using insert, ctrl-v) is:

^[OD

So, is there a way to disable the arrow keys from within vim? Or does this need to be done outside it?

asked Jun 10 '20 at 05:32

David542

Does this question answer yours? – Biggybi Jun 10 '20 at 05:36
@Biggybi -- no. I'm already doing noremap <Up> <Nop>, and wondering why that's not working, etc. – David542 Jun 10 '20 at 05:39
Not sure what's happening, but you could always remap them to, say, <c-o>echo "Nice try!"<cr> – Biggybi Jun 10 '20 at 05:52
Can't reproduce. Your inoremap <Left> <Nop> works for me in terminal and gui in Vim 8.2 (linux). – Ralf Jun 10 '20 at 05:53
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Your mapping should work correctly I also reproduce it in a Vim 8.0 and neovim 0.4.3. I think you might be interested in how to debug a mapping and maybe also how to debug my vimrc – statox Jun 10 '20 at 07:16

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