Vim cursor jumps to beginning of the line after buffer switch

Question

When I switch buffer and then go back to it(basically when I get back to any buffer that was previously opened), cursor is placed at the start of the line, loosing previous position in line. This is very annoying.

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Answer 1

You can use the setting

:se nostartofline

or short:

:se nosol

Documentation:

           *'startofline'* *'sol'* *'nostartofline'* *'nosol'*
'startofline' 'sol' boolean (default on)`

        global
        {not in Vi}
When "on" the commands listed below move the cursor to the first
non-blank of the line.  When off the cursor is kept in the same column
(if possible).  This applies to the commands: CTRL-D, CTRL-U, CTRL-B,
CTRL-F, "G", "H", "M", "L", gg, and to the commands "d", "<<" and ">>"
with a linewise operator, with "%" with a count and to buffer changing
commands (CTRL-^, :bnext, :bNext, etc.).  Also for an Ex command that
only has a line number, e.g., ":25" or ":+".
In case of buffer changing commands the cursor is placed at the column
where it was the last time the buffer was edited.
NOTE: This option is set when 'compatible' is set.

Chorography

Whenever I save a buffer, the cursor jumps to the start of the buffer, this answer also solved the problem I encountered. Thanks. – Eulalia

Answer 2

I had to disable autosave on insert mode. It was autosaving while in insert mode, which caused the cursor to jump to the beginning:

Add

let g:auto_save_in_insert_mode = 0 " do not save while in insert mode

to your .vimrc.

Documentation: https://github.com/vim-scripts/vim-auto-save.

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