Commands

On startup, Neovide registers some commands for interacting with the os and platform window. These are neovim commands accessible via :{command name}.

Register/Unregister Right Click

On windows you can register a right click context menu item to edit a given file with Neovide. This can be done at any time by running the NeovideRegisterRightClick command. This can be undone with the NeovideUnregisterRightClick command.

Focus Window

Running the NeovideFocus command will bring the platform window containing Neovide to the front and activate it. This is useful for tools like neovim_remote which can manipulate neovim remotely or if long running tasks would like to activate the Neovide window after finishing.

Force Click (macOS) (Nightly)

On macOS, :NeovideForceClick triggers native force-click behaviours for whatever is under the cursor. Plain text falls back to the usual "Look Up" popover; file paths and URLs both open in the Quick Look panel, so you get previews in-place instead of being kicked to a browser. Trackpad force presses call this command automatically and you can bind it manually if you want to trigger it from another input.

Mouse button:

vim.keymap.set("n", "<X1Mouse>", "<Cmd>NeovideForceClick<CR>", { silent = true })

Keyboard shortcut:

vim.keymap.set("n", "<leader>k", "<Cmd>NeovideForceClick<CR>", { silent = true })

Vimscript equivalents:

nnoremap <silent> <X1Mouse> :NeovideForceClick<CR>
nnoremap <silent> <leader>k :NeovideForceClick<CR>

Open Config File (Nightly)

Running the NeovideConfig command will open your Neovide configuration file for editing. This provides a simple and discoverable way to access your settings without needing to know the platform-specific path to the file.