Vim navigation stopped working as expected

[darnok]

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Vim plugin (vscodevim) the h, j, k, l navigation stopped working as expected. Holding j no longer moves the cursor continuously — I have to press it repeatedly to navigate.

Steps to Reproduce

Hold h, j, k or l. Cursor doesn’t move.

Expected Behavior

Hold j moves cursor

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.2.20 (Universal)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: b3573281c4775bfc6bba466bf6563d3d498d1070
Date: 2025-12-12T06:29:26.017Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.5.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

[deanrie]

Hey, thanks for the report.

This is standard macOS behavior. By default, holding a key shows the accents menu instead of repeating the character. To change it, run in Terminal:

defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -NO

Then restart Cursor or sign out and back in to macOS.

For more details, see the vscodevim docs: GitHub - VSCodeVim/Vim: ⭐ Vim for Visual Studio Code

Let me know if this helps.

[darnok]

@deanrie ty!