Is it easy to toggle the vim plugin if you want to disable it?

Question

I really want to use the vim plugin but before I install it I just want to know how easy it is to toggle it on/off?

Does it mess up any of the key bindings or when I toggle it on/off it will revert things nicely without issue?

Answer 1

It's very easy to toggle the Vim plugin on or off. There will be an option under the Tools menu that will allow you to do so. Your previous keybindings shouldn't be affected if you decide to turn the Vim emulator off.

Answer 2

Old post, but I was still looking for the answer, so here goes. Not enough rep to comment on the accepted answer, so I will expand on it here. It would appear that my IntelliJ did not have shortcut defined by default (maybe this has changed through the years). You must go into your settings and define a keyboard shortcut.

[IntelliJ IDEA 2020.3.3]
Settings -> Keymap -> Plugins -> IdeaVim. There should be a Vim Emulator option (which corresponds to the Tools menu option pictured above). Right-click on that item and select Add Keyboard Shortcut. Make the shortcut whatever you like...as long as it is not already assigned.

The shortcut keys will be reflected in the Tools menu if you later forget what you assigned.