Move to the beginning of line while in Insert mode

Question

I know that I can use either:

1. Home in insert mode
2. Esc + i to exit insert mode and enter it again, effectively going to th

Answer 1

You could enter insert mode using I (capital i).

It will put the cursor at the beginning of the line.

Similarly you can use A to add something at the end of the line.

Though, it does not really solve the problem of moving while already being in Insert mode.

I have just checked help on Insert mode, there is no key combination in insert mode to move at the beginning of the line.

Other idea : Remap a new command only in insert mode

inoremap <C-i> <Home>

Answer 2

Your best course of action is to remap the action to a different key (see How to remap <Ctrl-Home> to go to first line in file? for ideas)

I'd think of how often I use this "feature" and map it to a keystroke accordinly

Answer 3

Ctrl+O whilst in insert mode puts you in command mode for one key press only. Therefore Ctrl+O then Shift+I should accomplish what you're looking for.

Answer 4

If you are using MacOS Terminal go to Preferences...>Settings>Keyboard and map the end key to Ctrl-O$ (it is displayed as \017$) and then use fn+left to simulate the end key. Do the same for the home key. Escape sequence \033[H also works for home.

Answer 5

ctrl+o then 0
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  letter  number

Answer 6

I've got Ctrl+a and Ctrl+e mapped to beginning and end of line, respectively. This matches the behavior of most bash command lines. Works well for me.

inoremap <C-e> <Esc>A
inoremap <C-a> <Esc>I