I recommend the EasyMotion plugin. It allows you to do this via ,j or ,k (assuming your leader key is set to ,). If you want to move to a specific character in

I recommend the EasyMotion plugin. It allows you to do this via ,j or ,k (assuming your leader key is set to ,). If you want to move to a specific character in a line you can also use the w/b and f/F motions (with a leading comma). https://github.com/Lokaltog/vim-easymotion https://github.com/Lokaltog/vim-easymotion (there's an animated demonstration on the bottom of the readme)