VimTeX#

VimTeX v2.18 and later ships with native Galley support. Add the following to your vimrc or init.vim:

let g:vimtex_view_method = 'galley'

That is the whole configuration — VimTeX drives the galleypdf:// URL scheme for you.

Run :VimtexView to execute Forward Search (default mapping: <localleader>lv).

Options#

Galley is opened and updated in the background, so a forward search never takes focus away from Vim. To bring it to the foreground instead:

let g:vimtex_view_galley_activate = 1