Backward search in vi-mode [closed]

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I just discovered the possibility to use vi-mode in zsh. Pretty awesome. But I used CTRL-r in emacs-mode pretty much and really really miss it. Is there something alike or can I get that functionality in vi-mode as well?

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You can bind history-incremental-search-backward to any key, for example:

bindkey -M vicmd '?' history-incremental-search-backward

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According to this answer: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/30169

you can actually bind in vim-mode to the history search:

bindkey '^R' history-incremental-search-backward

According to a comment to the answer you can also bind to history-incremental-pattern-search-backward

bindkey '^R' history-incremental-pattern-search-backward

Then you do a history pattern search with

example: <C-R> mv * /target

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This is the solution: up/down allows to either browse history (if field is empty) or search. Made my day.

bindkey '^[[A' up-line-or-search
bindkey '^[[B' down-line-or-search