How do I get back to where I was before after hitting gg in Vim?

Question

For example, let's say I am happily editing a document in Vim when I accidentally hit gg. I then end up on the first row of the document, and of course I have no idea which was the exact row that I last edited. Is there any way of magically get back to the last edited row before the gg jump?

Answer 1

The shortcut is Ctrl+O (that's the letter 'O') to move back to previous position.

And Ctrl+I to undo that (move back to the position before you pressed Ctrl+O).

These can be used multiple times like the back and forward buttons on your browser to travel to previously "jumped to" positions.

Answer 2

To bounce back and forth between your current position and the last place you jumped from, you can use `` (two backticks). See :h `` for a list of this and other shortcuts for jumping around.