Apple - Why don't my arrow keys work in vim under iTerm?

The following worked for me.

In iTerm2:

  • Profiles -> Open Profiles...
  • Edit Profiles...
  • Keys tab
  • From Load Preset... drop-down, pick Terminal.app compatibility

Try the following:

  1. From the Bookmarks menu item, select Manage Bookmarks....
  2. Choose the Default bookmark and click the edit icon.
  3. Change the Keyboard setting to Global.

This is how I fixed:

nnoremap <silent> <ESC>^[A <Nop>
nnoremap <silent> <ESC>^[B <Nop>
nnoremap <silent> <ESC>^[D <Nop>
nnoremap <silent> <ESC>^[C <Nop>

Note:

The "^[" characters must not be typed, instead you get them by doing: -V and pressing the corresponding cursor arrow position (up,down,left,right).

Tested with: iTerm2 (Build 1.0.0.20140629)