Shortcuts

File Navigation

Shortcut	Mode	Functionality/Description
<C-p>	Normal	Find Git files
<leader>rn	Normal	Open file explorer
<leader>a	Normal	Add file to Harpoon list
<C-e>	Normal	Toggle Harpoon quick menu
<C-c>	Insert	Exit insert mode
<C-i>	Normal/Insert	Go back
<C-o>	Normal/Insert	Go forward
<C-d>	Normal	Scroll down and center the cursor
<C-u>	Normal	Scroll up and center the cursor

| <C-h> | Normal | Scroll left | | <C-l> | Normal | Scroll right |

Search

Shortcut	Mode	Functionality/Description
gs	Normal	List document symbols
gS	Normal	List workspace symbols
gm	Normal	List workspace methods
gf	Normal	List workspace functions
gc	Normal	List workspace structs
gv	Normal	List workspace variables
gD	Normal	View type definitions
gr	Normal	View references
gi	Normal	View implementations
<leader>vp	Normal	Lists the results incl. previous picker
<leader>fh	Normal	Find recent files
<leader>ff	Normal	Find files
<leader>fs	Normal	Find symbols using live grep
<leader>fw	Normal	Find current word using grep
<leader>ps	Normal	Grep for input string
<leader>pWs	Normal	Grep for WORD under cursor
<leader>vh	Normal	View help tags

LSP

Shortcut	Mode	Functionality/Description
gh	Normal	Show hover info using LSP
gd	Normal	Go to definition using LSP
g.	Normal	Trigger code action using LSP
rn	Normal	Rename using LSP
<leader>f	Normal	Format code using LSP
<leader>zig	Normal	Restart LSP
<C-h>	Insert	Show signature help using LSP
<C-t>	Insert	Trigger completion using nvim-cmp
<C-e>	Insert	Abort completion using nvim-cmp
<CR>	Insert	Confirm completion using nvim-cmp

Diagnostics

Shortcut	Mode	Functionality/Description
<leader>vd	Normal	View diagnostics (severity: ERROR)
]d	Normal	Go to next diagnostic
[d	Normal	Go to previous diagnostic
<leader>tt	Normal	Toggle Trouble diagnostics filter (severity: ERROR)
]t	Normal	Go to next Trouble item
[t	Normal	Go to previous Trouble item

Git

Shortcut	Mode	Functionality/Description
<leader>vs	Normal	View status
<leader>vc	Normal	View commits
<leader>vb	Normal	View branches
<leader>hp	Normal	Preview hunk
<leader>hs	Normal	Stage hunk
<leader>hu	Normal	Undo hunk
[c	Normal	Jump to previous hunk
]c	Normal	Jump to next hunk
:Git diff	Normal	Show git differences
:Git log	Normal	Show git log
:Git blame	Normal	Show git blame
:Git add	Normal	Add files to the git index
:Git commit	Normal	Commit changes in git
:Git mergetool	Normal	Open git mergetool
:Git difftool	Normal	Open git difftool

Editing

Shortcut	Mode	Functionality/Description
J	Visual	Move selected line down
K	Visual	Move selected line up
J	Normal	Join lines and keep cursor position
n	Normal	Jump to next match and center the cursor
N	Normal	Jump to previous match and center the cursor
<leader>s	Normal	Replace word under cursor in the entire file
<leader>ee	Normal	Insert an error handling block in Go code
<leader>p	Visual	Paste without overwriting clipboard
<leader>y	Normal/Visual	Yank to clipboard
<leader>Y	Normal	Yank line to clipboard
<leader>d	Normal/Visual	Delete without overwriting clipboard
Q	Normal	Disable ex mode
<leader><leader>	Normal	Source the current file

Basic Navigation

Shortcut	Mode	Functionality/Description
0	Normal	Move to the beginning of the line
^	Normal	Move to the first non-whitespace character of the line
$	Normal	Move to the end of the line
w	Normal	Move to the start of the next word
b	Normal	Move to the start of the previous word
e	Normal	Move to the end of the current word
CTRL+o	Normal	Jump to the older position in the jump list
CTRL+i	Normal	Jump to the newer position in the jump list
gg	Normal	Move cursor to the first line
#G	Normal	Move cursor to line # (replace # with line number)
GG	Normal	Move cursor to the last line
CTRL+f	Normal	Move cursor forward by a full page
CTRL+b	Normal	Move cursor backward by a full page
CTRL+u	Normal	Move cursor up by half a page
CTRL+d	Normal	Move cursor down by half a page
zt	Normal	Move screen so cursor is at the top
zb	Normal	Move screen so cursor is at the bottom
zz	Normal	Center screen on cursor
f{char}	Normal	Move cursor to the next occurrence of {char}
F{char}	Normal	Move cursor to the previous occurrence of {char}
t{char}	Normal	Move cursor to before the next occurrence of {char}
;f	Normal	Repeat the last f command
;F	Normal	Repeat the last F command

Editing Text

Shortcut	Mode	Functionality/Description
x	Normal	Delete the character under the cursor
dw	Normal	Delete from the cursor to the start of the next word
dd	Normal	Delete the current line
d$	Normal	Delete from the cursor to the end of the line
D	Normal	Delete from the cursor to the end of the line
yw	Normal	Yank (copy) from the cursor to the start of the next word
yy	Normal	Yank the current line
y$	Normal	Yank from the cursor to the end of the line
p	Normal	Paste after the cursor
P	Normal	Paste before the cursor
u	Normal	Undo the last change
Ctrl+r	Normal	Redo the undone change
r<char>	Normal	Replace the character under the cursor with <char>
R	Normal	Enter replace mode
ci"	Normal	Change inside double quotes
ci)	Normal	Change inside curved brackets
ci}	Normal	Change inside curly brackets

Insert Mode

Shortcut	Mode	Functionality/Description
i	Insert	Insert before the cursor
I	Insert	Insert at the beginning of the line
a	Insert	Append after the cursor
A	Insert	Append at the end of the line
o	Insert	Open a new line below the current line
O	Insert	Open a new line above the current line
Esc	Insert	Exit insert mode

Visual Mode

Shortcut	Mode	Functionality/Description
v	Visual	Start visual mode (select characters)
V	Visual	Start visual line mode (select lines)
Ctrl+v	Visual	Start visual block mode (select block of text)
y	Visual	Yank (copy) the selected text
d	Visual	Delete the selected text
~	Visual	Toggle case of the selected text

Treesitter

Shortcut	Mode	Functionality/Description
]x	Normal	Select a smaller syntax node
[x	Normal	Select a larger syntax node

Search and Replace

Shortcut	Mode	Functionality/Description
/pattern	Normal	Search forward for pattern
?pattern	Normal	Search backward for pattern
n	Normal	Repeat the search in the forward direction
N	Normal	Repeat the search in the backward direction
:%s/old/new/g	Normal	Replace all occurrences of old with new in the file
:s/old/new/g	Normal	Replace all occurrences of old with new in the line

File Operations

Shortcut	Mode	Functionality/Description
:w	Normal	Save the current file
:q	Normal	Quit Vim
:wq	Normal	Save and quit Vim
:q!	Normal	Quit without saving
:e filename	Normal	Open filename
:sav filename	Normal	Save as filename

Miscellaneous

Shortcut	Mode	Functionality/Description
Ctrl+o	Normal	Jump to the previous location
Ctrl+i	Normal	Jump to the next location
.	Normal	Repeat the last command
:%y+	Normal	Yank the entire file to the clipboard

Windows Command Mode

Shortcut	Mode	Functionality/Description
Ctrl+w R	Normal	Rotate windows up/left
Ctrl+w r	Normal	Rotate windows down/right
Ctrl+w L	Normal	Move the current window to the far right
Ctrl+w H	Normal	Move the current window to the far left
Ctrl+w J	Normal	Move the current window to the very bottom
Ctrl+w K	Normal	Move the current window to the very top
:help window-moving	Normal	More information on window-moving commands
:tabnew	Normal	Open a new tab
:tabclose	Normal	Close the current tab
:tabn	Normal	Move to the next tab
:tabp	Normal	Move to the previous tab
gt	Normal	Move to the next tab
gT	Normal	Move to the previous tab
:tabv	Normal	Split the current tab vertically
:tabh	Normal	Split the current tab horizontally