How to search in the Vim mapping listing?

Question

Using :map provides a list of all mappings in Vim. But, I am unable to search through the list. I am surprised to see it being opened in a different type of window

Answer 1

Don't be surprised. :map is not related at all with :help so there's no reason whatsoever to expect it to work like :help.

You can give :map an argument to narrow-down the listing:

:map ,

With the right values for wildmenu and/or wildmode, you can tab-complete :map:

:map ,

You can also list the current mappings with :

:map 

You can also use the mode-specific variants of :map to get a more manageable list:

:imap ,
:nmap ,
:xmap ,
and so on…

But keep in mind that :map only lists custom mappings (made by you or your plugins). If you want a list of default mappings, check out :help index.