put a marker at the begining of what you want to cut (mb) b is an arbitrary character but I use b becaues b = begin. find the end of the block with search, or j

put a marker at the begining of what you want to cut (mb) b is an arbitrary character but I use b becaues b = begin. find the end of the block with search, or jkl; or whatever. mark the end of the block (me) e is for end. now type `b, that will bring you back to the start. type v, that puts you in visual mode. type `e, that selects your text from begin to end. x to cut it. so all in all it's mb<search>me`bv`ex now if your say you can search your text faster with your mouse than with keystrokes you have a different problem: you don't know how to use the search features in vim efficiently.* I think it's nearly impossible to be faster with a mouse than a keyboard when it comes to search. *and yes, to be efficient at it there's a 2 month learning curve that pays dividends over the next 30 years of your programming career -- it's up to you if you think it's worth the investment or not. Use it or lose it, if you don't make an effort you'll stay at your local maximum.