Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE Describe the Bug Using h/j/k/l to navigate is so slow it’s basically unusable :frowning:. The cursor moves slowly, lags, and jumps around instead of scrolling smoothly. Steps to Reproduce Install vscodevim.vim extension and try to move your …

Hey, thanks for the report. Vim navigation lag can have different causes. Help us narrow it down: Please share: Check Extension Monitor Cmd+Shift+P → “Developer: Open Extension Monitor” what’s the CPU/memory usage for VSCodeVim? What file type and size are you editing when this happens? Do you ha…

[image] deanrie: “Developer: Open Extension Monitor” this command doesn’t exists. Any file size, and any file type. Markdown file 50 lines, or Typescript file with few hundred lines, all laggy. Yeah, I have so many other extensions installed, but it was there for all the time. And it was fi…

Ah, sorry, you need to enable the experimental feature. [image]

It says zero for everything :melting_face: [image]

I have the same problem. It started happenning due to recent Cursor update I believe. 2 months ago vim mode is pretty smooth.

Same issue, also started recently. Looking at the cursor tab logs: When I hold down the down key to scroll through a file, cursor doesn’t send a tab completion request until I let go When I hold down j instead to scroll down, cursor tab repeated fires requests for almost every line. Just tried it …

does disabling Cursor Tab fix the issue for you? it’s still pretty laggy for me even when I disable Cursor Tab

in latest cursor, it’s still not fixed (even though it does seem to get better). I really hope it gets fixed.

FWIW, I’m on current latest Cursor on Mac and having this issue while navigating around a file with jk and other vim motions. I also want to repeat what @hicder_rbx said above, it wasn’t happening a few months ago and some update along the way started to cause this issue. It’s sadly a productivity…

@deanrie should we create a new post for this issue or keep this one to track it? I’m worried by the fact that this post was created at October 2023 and one way or another, the issue still exists - makes me think it’s not tracked or prioritized at all :confused:

Vim mode navigation is very laggy

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mohitjain (Mohit) April 7, 2026, 9:59am 17

Hey @degi, @hicder_rbx, @dmarkow, @0xFA11!

The Vim mode navigation lag has been addressed in a recent Cursor update. Updating to the latest version should resolve this.

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Vim mode navigation is very laggy

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