With layers as supported by https://docs.qmk.fm/#/ https://docs.qmk.fm/#/ you won't need dedicated arrow keys (put them on the home row in a different layer), n

With layers as supported by https://docs.qmk.fm/#/ https://docs.qmk.fm/#/ you won't need dedicated arrow keys (put them on the home row in a different layer), nor would you need to switch to vim necessarily. That is at least my experience.