How to paste before the cursor after selecting a vertical block?

Question

I'm so sure that this must exist, but if it doesn't maybe there is a macro for it...

One of my most favourite features of vim is the insert before when in visual mode (<C-v>, select the lines, <C-I>, type a little, then Esc).

My issue is that I want to paste the clipboard contents before, not 'insert'. I tried <C-P> but no love.

I have read cheat sheets, searched everywhere, looked through the questions on here and haven't found it, but I could definitely be searching for the wrong thing.

Answer 1

Generally, the P command (upper case, different from p) pastes the contents of the clipboard before the cursor position. Is that what you're looking for? (I'm not quite sure what you mean when you say you press Command+I, as my keyboard doesn't have a Command key.)