h - Move cursor left

j - Move cursor down

k - Move cursor up

l - Move cursor right

gj - Move cursor down (multi-line text)

gk - Move cursor up (multi-line text)

H - Move to top of screen

M - Move to middle of screen

L - Move to bottom of screen

w - Jump forwards to the start of a word

W - Jump forwards to the start of a word (words can contain punctuation)

e - Jump forwards to the end of a word

E - Jump forwards to the end of a word (words can contain punctuation)

b - Jump backwards to the start of a word

B - Jump backwards to the start of a word (words can contain punctuation)

ge - Jump backwards to the end of a word

gE - Jump backwards to the end of a word (words can contain punctuation)

% - Move cursor to matching character (default supported pairs: (), {}, [] - use :h matchpairs in Vim for more info)

0 - Jump to the start of the line

_ - Jump to the first non-blank character of the line

$ - Jump to the end of the line

g_ - Jump to the last non-blank character of the line

gg - Go to the first line of the document

G - Go to the last line of the document

5gg or 5G - Go to line 5

gd - Move to local declaration

gD - Move to global declaration

fx - Jump to next occurrence of character x

tx - Jump to before next occurrence of character x

Fx - Jump to the previous occurrence of character x

Tx - Jump to after previous occurrence of character x

; - Repeat previous f, t, F or T movement

, - Repeat previous f, t, F or T movement, backwards

} - Jump to next paragraph (or function/block, when editing code)

{ - Jump to previous paragraph (or function/block, when editing code)

zz - Center cursor on screen

zt - Position cursor on top of the screen

zb - Position cursor on bottom of the screen

Ctrl + e - Move screen down one line (without moving cursor)

Ctrl + y - Move screen up one line (without moving cursor)

Ctrl + b - Move screen up one page (cursor to last line)

Ctrl + f - Move screen down one page (cursor to first line)

Ctrl + u - Move cursor and screen up 1/2 page

Ctrl + d - Move cursor and screen down 1/2 page

i - Insert before the cursor

I - Insert at the beginning of the line

a - Insert (append) after the cursor

A - Insert (append) at the end of the line

o - Append (open) a new line below the current line

O - Append (open) a new line above the current line

ea - Insert (append) at the end of the word

Ctrl + h - Delete the character before the cursor during insert mode

Ctrl + w - Delete word before the cursor during insert mode

Ctrl + j - Add a line break at the cursor position during insert mode

Ctrl + t - Indent (move right) line one shiftwidth during insert mode

Ctrl + d - De-indent (move left) line one shiftwidth during insert mode

Ctrl + n - Insert (auto-complete) next match before the cursor during insert mode

Ctrl + p - Insert (auto-complete) previous match before the cursor during insert mode

Ctrl + rx - Insert the contents of register x

Ctrl + ox - Temporarily enter normal mode to issue one normal-mode command x

Esc or Ctrl + c - Exit insert mode

r - Replace a single character

R - Replace more than one character, until Esc is pressed

J - Join line below to the current one with one space in between

gJ - Join line below to the current one without space in between

gwip - Reflow paragraph

g~ - Switch case up to motion

gu - Change to lowercase up to motion

gU - Change to uppercase up to motion

cc - Change (replace) entire line

c$ or C - Change (replace) to the end of the line

ciw - Change (replace) entire word

ci" or ci' - Change (replace) string in double quotes or quotes

cw or ce - Change (replace) to the end of the word

s - Delete character and substitute text

S - Delete line and substitute text (same as cc)

xp - Transpose two letters (delete and paste)

u - Undo

U - Restore (undo) last changed line

Ctrl + r - Redo

. - Repeat last command

Ctrl + a - Increase number

Ctrl + x - Decrease number

v - Start visual mode, mark lines, then do a command (like y-yank)

V - Start linewise visual mode

o - Move to other end of marked area

Ctrl + v - Start visual block mode

O - Move to other corner of block

aw - Mark a word

ab - A block with ()

aB - A block with {}

at - A block with <> tags

ib - Inner block with ()

iB - Inner block with {}

it - Inner block with <> tags

i" - Inner block with double quotes

i' - Inner block with quotes

Esc or Ctrl + c - Exit visual mode

> - Shift text right

< - Shift text left

y - Yank (copy) marked text

d - Delete marked text

~ - Switch case

u - Change marked text to lowercase

U - Change marked text to uppercase

:register - Show registers content

"xy - Yank into register x

"xp - Paste contents of register x

"+y - Yank into the system clipboard register

"+p - Paste from the system clipboard register

:marks - List of marks

ma - Set current position for mark a

`a - Jump to position of mark a

y`a - Yank text to position of mark a

`0 - Go to the position where Vim was previously exited

`" - Go to the position when last editing this file

`. - Go to the position of the last change in this file

`` - Go to the position before the last jump

:jumps - List of jumps

Ctrl + i - Go to newer position in jump list

Ctrl + o - Go to older position in jump list

:changes - List of changes

g, - Go to newer position in change list

g; - Go to older position in change list

Ctrl + ] - Jump to the tag under cursor

qa - Record macro a

q - Stop recording macro

@a - Run macro a

@@ - Rerun last run macro

gc - Toggle comment for selection

gcc - Toggle comment for the current line

yy - Yank (copy) a line

2yy - Yank (copy) 2 lines

yw - Yank (copy) the characters of the word from the cursor position to the start of the next word

yiw - Yank (copy) word under the cursor

yaw - Yank (copy) word under the cursor and the space after or before it

y$ or Y - Yank (copy) to end of line

p - Put (paste) the clipboard after cursor

P - Put (paste) before cursor

gp - Put (paste) the clipboard after cursor and leave cursor after the new text

gP - Put (paste) before cursor and leave cursor after the new text

dd - Delete (cut) a line

2dd - Delete (cut) 2 lines

dw - Delete (cut) the characters of the word from the cursor position to the start of the next word

diw - Delete (cut) word under the cursor

daw - Delete (cut) word under the cursor and the space after or before it

d$ or D - Delete (cut) to the end of the line

x - Delete (cut) character

:3,5d - Delete lines starting from 3 to 5

:g/{pattern}/d - Delete all lines containing pattern

:g!/{pattern}/d - Delete all lines not containing pattern

>> - Indent (move right) line one shiftwidth

<< - De-indent (move left) line one shiftwidth

>% - Indent a block with () or {} (cursor on brace)

<% - De-indent a block with () or {} (cursor on brace)

>ib - Indent inner block with ()

>at - Indent a block with <> tags

3== - Re-indent 3 lines

=% - Re-indent a block with () or {} (cursor on brace)

=iB - Re-indent inner block with {}

gg=G - Re-indent entire buffer

]p - Paste and adjust indent to current line

:w - Write (save) the file, but don't exit

:w !sudo tee % - Write out the current file using sudo

:wq - Write (save) and quit

:x - Write (save) and quit

:q - Quit (fails if there are unsaved changes)

:q! or ZQ - Quit and throw away unsaved changes

:wqa - Write (save) and quit all

/pattern - Search for pattern

?pattern - Search backward for pattern

\vpattern - Non-alphanumeric characters are interpreted as special regex symbols (no escaping needed)

n - Repeat search in same direction

N - Repeat search in opposite direction

:%s/old/new/g - Replace all old with new throughout file

:%s/old/new/gc - Replace all old with new throughout file with confirmations

:%s/old/new/gci - Replace all old with new throughout file with confirmations (case insensitive)

:%s/old/new/gcI - Replace all old with new throughout file with confirmations (case sensitive)

:noh or ESC - Remove highlighting of search matches

:cope[n] - Open the quickfix window

:ccl[ose] - Close the quickfix window

:chi[story] - Show list of quickfix lists

:cnew[er] - Go to newer quickfix list

:col[der] - Go to older quickfix list

:#chi[story] - Go to quickfix list number #

[q - Go to previous item in quickfix list

]q - Go to next item in quickfix list

:e[dit] file - Edit a file in a new buffer

:%!xxd - Switch to binary format for existing file

:bn[ext] - Go to the next buffer

:bp[revious] - Go to the previous buffer

:ls or :buffers - List all open buffers

:bd[elete] - Delete a buffer (close a file)

:b[uffer]# - Go to a buffer by index #

:b[uffer] file - Go to a buffer by file

:sp[lit] file - Open a file in a new buffer and split window

:vs[plit] file - Open a file in a new buffer and vertically split window

:vert[ical] ba[ll] - Edit all buffers as vertical windows

Ctrl + ws - Split window

Ctrl + wv - Split window vertically

Ctrl + ww - Switch windows

Ctrl + wq - Quit a window

Ctrl + wx - Exchange current window with next one

Ctrl + w+ and Ctrl + w- - Increase / decrease window height

Ctrl + w> and Ctrl + w< - Increase / decrease window width

Ctrl + w_ - Maximize window height

Ctrl + w| - Maximize window width

Ctrl + w= - Make all windows equal height & width

Ctrl + wo - Make current window the only window

Ctrl + wh - Move cursor to the left window (vertical split)

Ctrl + wl - Move cursor to the right window (vertical split)

Ctrl + wj - Move cursor to the window below (horizontal split)

Ctrl + wk - Move cursor to the window above (horizontal split)

Ctrl + wH - Make current window full height at far left (leftmost vertical window)

Ctrl + wL - Make current window full height at far right (rightmost vertical window)

Ctrl + wJ - Make current window full width at the very bottom (bottommost horizontal window)

Ctrl + wK - Make current window full width at the very top (topmost horizontal window)

:tabnew - Open a new tab

Ctrl + wT - Move the current split window into its own tab

gt - Go to the next tab

gT - Go to the previous tab

#gt - Move to tab number #

:tabm[ove] # - Move current tab to the #th position (indexed from 0)

:tabc[lose] - Close the current tab and all its windows

:tabo[nly] - Close all tabs except for the current one

zf - Manually define a fold up to motion

zd - Delete fold under the cursor

za - Toggle fold under the cursor

zo - Open fold under the cursor

zc - Close fold under the cursor

zr - Reduce (open) all folds by one level

zm - Fold more (close) all folds by one level

zi - Toggle folding functionality

]c - Jump to start of next change

[c - Jump to start of previous change

do or :diffg[et] - Obtain (get) difference (from other buffer)

dp or :diffpu[t] - Put difference (to other buffer)

:diffthis - Make current window part of diff

:dif[fupdate] - Update differences

:diffo[ff] - Switch off diff mode for current window

:h default-mappings - Show default key mappings

:h motion.txt - Show available motions

:h vim_diff.txt - Show differences between Vim and Neovim

Shift + Up and Shift + Down - Increase / decrease window height

Shift + Right and Shift + Left - Increase / decrease window width

Ctrl + Left - Move cursor to the left window (vertical split)

Ctrl + Right - Move cursor to the right window (vertical split)

Ctrl + Down - Move cursor to the window below (horizontal split)

Ctrl + Up - Move cursor to the window above (horizontal split)

Alt + j - Move line down

Alt + k - Move line up

gs( or gs) - Surround selection with ()

gs{ or gs} - Surround selection with {}

gs[ or gs] - Surround selection with []

gs< or gs> - Surround selection with <>

gs" - Surround selection with ""

gs' - Surround selection with ''

gs` - Surround selection with ``

gs* - Surround selection with **

gs_ - Surround selection with __

Q + Q - Record a macro for a selected pattern

Ctrl + q - Replay a macro for a selected pattern

Space + qo - Open the quickfix window

Space + qc - Close the quickfix window

Space + qh - Show list of quickfix lists

Space + qn - Go to newer quickfix list

Space + qp - Go to older quickfix list

Space + qf - Filter the quickfix list

Space + q# - Go to quickfix list number #

[q - Go to previous item in quickfix list

]q - Go to next item in quickfix list

dd - Delete item from quickfix list

d - Delete visual selected items from quickfix list

Space + ee - Open :edit command in current directory

Space + ec - Copy current file

Space + em - Move current file

Space + er - Remove current file

Space + ey - Copy relative path of current file to clipboard

Space + ew - Save current file

Space + eW - Save current file without running auto commands

Space + eg - Change directory to the git root directory

Space + ff - Find files

Space + fF - Find files and send results to quickfix list

Space + fc - Find files in current directory

Space + fC - Find files in current directory and send results to quickfix list

Space + fb - Find buffers

Space + fr - Find recently opened files

Space + fm - Find marks

Space + ss - Search for a pattern

Space + sc - Search for a pattern in the current directory

Space + s/ - Search for a pattern in the current file

Space + sw - Search for the word under the cursor

Space + sv - Search for the visual selection

Space + st - Search for all todo comments

Space + rr - Replace in buffer

Space + rw - Replace word under cursor in buffer

Space + rv - Replace visual selection in buffer

Space + rR - Replace in quickfix list

Space + rW - Replace word under cursor in quickfix list

Space + rV - Replace visual selection in quickfix list

Space + pss - Save the session for the project

Space + psl - Load the session for the project

]c - Jump to next hunk

[c - Jump to previous hunk

Space + gss - Stage hunk

Space + gsr - Reset hunk

Space + gsS - Stage all hunks in current buffer

Space + gsR - Reset all hunk in current buffer

Space + gsu - Undo last hunk

Space + gsp - Preview hunk

Space + gsb - Git blame line

Space + gsB - Git blame file

Space + gsd - Diff

Space + gsd - Diff against ~

Space + gsq - Show hunks in quickfix list

Space + gsl - Show hunks in location list

Space + gst - Toggle word diff and deleted lines

GitDiff <base> <head> - Open diff between <base> and <head>

grn - Rename

gra - Code actions

grf - Format

grr - Go to references

gri - Go to implementation

grt - Go to type definition

gd or gD - Go to definition (in vertical split)

K - Hover documentation in floating window

Ctrl + s - Hover signature help in floating window

Ctrl + w + d - Hover diagnostics in floating window

grq - Show diagnostics in quickfix list

gO - Show document symbols in location list

gry - Toggle inlay hints

[d - Go to previous diagnostic

]d - Go to next diagnostic

[D - Go to first diagnostic

]D - Go to last diagnostic

an - Incremental selection (outwards)

in - Incremental selection (inwards)

Ctrl + Space or Ctrl + x + Ctrl + o - Trigger completion

Ctrl + x + Ctrl + f - Trigger file path completion

Ctrl + e - Hide completions

Enter or Ctrl + y - Accept completion

Ctrl + n or Down - Select next completion

Ctrl + p or Up - Select previous completion

Ctrl + Enter - Accept inline completion

Ctrl + n - Add cursor for next word

Ctrl + a - Add cursor for all words

Ctrl + j - Add cursor below

Ctrl + k - Add cursor above

Ctrl + m - Match cursors in visual selection

Tab - Jump to / accept next edit suggestion

Space + aa - Ask AI

Space + at - Toggle AI chat window

Space + ap - Select a predefined prompt

Esc + Esc - Enter normal mode

q or Ctrl + q - Hide AI chat window

Ctrl + w + p or Ctrl + o - Leave the AI chat window

Ctrl + p - Insert prompt or context

The Vim Cheat Sheet is inspired by the Vim Cheat Sheet from rtorr.

The configuration for the plugins with the mentioned keymaps can be found in my personal dotfiles.

More Neovim related links:

• Website
• GitHub Repository
• Collections of Awesome Neovim Plugins
• Download Cheat Sheet as PDF | PNG