Vim Key Combinations
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| id | Description | Keys | Keys (macOS) | Context | Category | Modifiers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54194 | open help for keyword | ":h keyword" | ":h keyword" | Vim | Global | ||
| 54195 | save file as | ":sav file" | ":sav file" | Vim | Global | ||
| 54196 | close current pane | ":clo" | ":clo" | Vim | Global | ||
| 54197 | open a terminal window | ":ter" | ":ter" | Vim | Global | ||
| 54198 | open man page for word under the cursor | "K" | "K" | Vim | Global | ||
| 54199 | move cursor left | "h" | "h" | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54200 | move cursor down | "j" | "j" | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54201 | move cursor up | "k" | "k" | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54202 | move cursor right | "l" | "l" | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54203 | move to top of screen | "H" | "H" | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54204 | move to middle of screen | "M" | "M" | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54205 | move to bottom of screen | "L" | "L" | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54206 | jump forwards to the start of a word | "w" | "w" | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54207 | jump forwards to the start of a word (words can contain punctuation) | "W" | "W" | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54208 | jump forwards to the end of a word | "e" | "e" | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54209 | jump forwards to the end of a word (words can contain punctuation) | "E" | "E" | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54210 | jump backwards to the start of a word | "b" | "b" | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54211 | jump backwards to the start of a word (words can contain punctuation) | "B" | "B" | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54212 | move to matching character (default supported pairs: '()', '{}', '[]' - use :h matchpairs in vim for more info) | "%" | "%" | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54213 | jump to the start of the line | "0" | "0" | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54214 | jump to the first non-blank character of the line | "^" | "^" | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54215 | jump to the end of the line | "$" | "$" | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54216 | jump to the last non-blank character of the line | "g_" | "g_" | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54217 | go to the first line of the document | "gg" | "gg" | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54218 | go to the last line of the document | "G" | "G" | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54219 | go to line 5 | "5gg" | "5gg" | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54220 | jump to next occurrence of character x | "fx" | "fx" | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54221 | jump to before next occurrence of character x | "tx" | "tx" | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54222 | jump to previous occurence of character x | "Fx" | "Fx" | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54223 | jump to after previous occurence of character x | "Tx" | "Tx" | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54224 | repeat previous f, t, F or T movement | ";" | ";" | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54225 | repeat previous f, t, F or T movement, backwards | "," | "," | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54226 | jump to next paragraph (or function/block, when editing code) | "}" | "}" | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54227 | jump to previous paragraph (or function/block, when editing code) | "{" | "{" | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54228 | center cursor on screen | "zz" | "zz" | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54229 | move screen down one line (without moving cursor) | ctrl+e | ctrl+e | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54230 | move screen up one line (without moving cursor) | ctrl+y | ctrl+y | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54231 | move back one full screen | ctrl+b | ctrl+b | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54232 | move forward one full screen | ctrl+f | ctrl+f | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54233 | move forward 1/2 a screen | ctrl+d | ctrl+d | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54234 | move back 1/2 a screen | ctrl+u | ctrl+u | Vim | Cursor movement | ||
| 54235 | insert before the cursor | "i" | "i" | Vim | Insert mode | ||
| 54236 | insert at the beginning of the line | "I" | "I" | Vim | Insert mode | ||
| 54237 | insert (append) after the cursor | "a" | "a" | Vim | Insert mode | ||
| 54238 | insert (append) at the end of the line | "A" | "A" | Vim | Insert mode | ||
| 54239 | append (open) a new line below the current line | "o" | "o" | Vim | Insert mode | ||
| 54240 | append (open) a new line above the current line | "O" | "O" | Vim | Insert mode | ||
| 54241 | insert (append) at the end of the word | "ea" | "ea" | Vim | Insert mode | ||
| 54242 | delete the character before the cursor during insert mode | ctrl+h | ctrl+h | Vim | Insert mode | ||
| 54243 | delete word before the cursor during insert mode | ctrl+w | ctrl+w | Vim | Insert mode | ||
| 54244 | begin new line during insert mode | ctrl+j | ctrl+j | Vim | Insert mode | ||
| 54245 | indent (move right) line one shiftwidth during insert mode | ctrl+t | ctrl+t | Vim | Insert mode | ||
| 54246 | de-indent (move left) line one shiftwidth during insert mode | ctrl+d | ctrl+d | Vim | Insert mode | ||
| 54247 | insert (auto-complete) next match before the cursor during insert mode | ctrl+n | ctrl+n | Vim | Insert mode | ||
| 54248 | insert (auto-complete) previous match before the cursor during insert mode | ctrl+p | ctrl+p | Vim | Insert mode | ||
| 54249 | exit insert mode | esc | esc | Vim | Insert mode | ||
| 54250 | replace a single character | "r" | "r" | Vim | Editing | ||
| 54251 | join line below to the current one with one space in between | "J" | "J" | Vim | Editing | ||
| 54252 | join line below to the current one without space in between | "gJ" | "gJ" | Vim | Editing | ||
| 54253 | reflow paragraph | "gwip" | "gwip" | Vim | Editing | ||
| 54254 | switch case up to motion | "g~" | "g~" | Vim | Editing | ||
| 54255 | change to lowercase up to motion | "gu" | "gu" | Vim | Editing | ||
| 54256 | change to uppercase up to motion | "gU" | "gU" | Vim | Editing | ||
| 54257 | change (replace) entire line | "cc" | "cc" | Vim | Editing | ||
| 54258 | change (replace) to the end of the line | "C" | "C" | Vim | Editing | ||
| 54259 | change (replace) to the end of the line | "c$" | "c$" | Vim | Editing | ||
| 54260 | change (replace) entire word | "ciw" | "ciw" | Vim | Editing | ||
| 54261 | change (replace) to the end of the word | "cw" | "cw" | Vim | Editing | ||
| 54262 | delete character and substitute text | "s" | "s" | Vim | Editing | ||
| 54263 | delete line and substitute text (same as cc) | "S" | "S" | Vim | Editing | ||
| 54264 | transpose two letters (delete and paste) | "xp" | "xp" | Vim | Editing | ||
| 54265 | undo | "u" | "u" | Vim | Editing | ||
| 54266 | restore (undo) last changed line | "U" | "U" | Vim | Editing | ||
| 54267 | redo | ctrl+r | ctrl+r | Vim | Editing | ||
| 54268 | repeat last command | "." | "." | Vim | Editing | ||
| 54269 | start visual mode, mark lines, then do a command (like y-yank) | "v" | "v" | Vim | Marking text (visual mode) | ||
| 54270 | start linewise visual mode | "V" | "V" | Vim | Marking text (visual mode) | ||
| 54271 | move to other end of marked area | "o" | "o" | Vim | Marking text (visual mode) | ||
| 54272 | start visual block mode | ctrl+v | ctrl+v | Vim | Marking text (visual mode) | ||
| 54273 | move to other corner of block | "O" | "O" | Vim | Marking text (visual mode) | ||
| 54274 | mark a word | "aw" | "aw" | Vim | Marking text (visual mode) | ||
| 54275 | a block with () | "ab" | "ab" | Vim | Marking text (visual mode) | ||
| 54276 | a block with {} | "aB" | "aB" | Vim | Marking text (visual mode) | ||
| 54277 | a block with <> tags | "at" | "at" | Vim | Marking text (visual mode) | ||
| 54278 | inner block with () | "ib" | "ib" | Vim | Marking text (visual mode) | ||
| 54279 | inner block with {} | "iB" | "iB" | Vim | Marking text (visual mode) | ||
| 54280 | inner block with <> tags | "it" | "it" | Vim | Marking text (visual mode) | ||
| 54281 | exit visual mode | esc | esc | Vim | Marking text (visual mode) | ||
| 54282 | shift text right | ">" | ">" | Vim | Visual commands | ||
| 54283 | shift text left | "<" | "<" | Vim | Visual commands | ||
| 54284 | yank (copy) marked text | "y" | "y" | Vim | Visual commands | ||
| 54285 | delete marked text | "d" | "d" | Vim | Visual commands | ||
| 54286 | switch case | "~" | "~" | Vim | Visual commands | ||
| 54287 | change marked text to lowercase | "u" | "u" | Vim | Visual commands | ||
| 54288 | change marked text to uppercase | "U" | "U" | Vim | Visual commands | ||
| 54289 | show registers content | ":reg" | ":reg" | Vim | Registers | ||
| 54290 | yank into register x | ""xy" | ""xy" | Vim | Registers | ||
| 54291 | paste contents of register x | ""xp" | ""xp" | Vim | Registers | ||
| 54292 | yank into the system clipboard register | ""+y" | ""+y" | Vim | Registers | ||
| 54293 | paste from the system clipboard register | ""+p" | ""+p" | Vim | Registers | ||
| 54294 | list of marks | ":marks" | ":marks" | Vim | Marks and positions | ||
| 54295 | set current position for mark A | "ma" | "ma" | Vim | Marks and positions | ||
| 54296 | jump to position of mark A | "`a" | "`a" | Vim | Marks and positions | ||
| 54297 | yank text to position of mark A | "y`a" | "y`a" | Vim | Marks and positions | ||
| 54298 | go to the position where Vim was previously exited | "`0" | "`0" | Vim | Marks and positions | ||
| 54299 | go to the position when last editing this file | "`"" | "`"" | Vim | Marks and positions | ||
| 54300 | go to the position of the last change in this file | "`." | "`." | Vim | Marks and positions | ||
| 54301 | go to the position before the last jump | "``" | "``" | Vim | Marks and positions | ||
| 54302 | list of jumps | ":ju" | ":ju" | Vim | Marks and positions | ||
| 54303 | go to newer position in jump list | ctrl+i | ctrl+i | Vim | Marks and positions | ||
| 54304 | go to older position in jump list | ctrl+o | ctrl+o | Vim | Marks and positions | ||
| 54305 | list of changes | ":changes" | ":changes" | Vim | Marks and positions | ||
| 54306 | go to newer position in change list | "g," | "g," | Vim | Marks and positions | ||
| 54307 | go to older position in change list | "g;" | "g;" | Vim | Marks and positions | ||
| 54308 | jump to the tag under cursor | ctrl+] | ctrl+] | Vim | Marks and positions | ||
| 54309 | record macro a | "qa" | "qa" | Vim | Macros | ||
| 54310 | stop recording macro | "q" | "q" | Vim | Macros | ||
| 54311 | run macro a | "@a" | "@a" | Vim | Macros | ||
| 54312 | rerun last run macro | "@@" | "@@" | Vim | Macros | ||
| 54313 | yank (copy) a line | "yy" | "yy" | Vim | Cut and paste | ||
| 54314 | yank (copy) 2 lines | "2yy" | "2yy" | Vim | Cut and paste | ||
| 54315 | yank (copy) the characters of the word from the cursor position to the start of the next word | "yw" | "yw" | Vim | Cut and paste | ||
| 54316 | yank (copy) to end of line | "y$" | "y$" | Vim | Cut and paste | ||
| 54317 | put (paste) the clipboard after cursor | "p" | "p" | Vim | Cut and paste | ||
| 54318 | put (paste) before cursor | "P" | "P" | Vim | Cut and paste | ||
| 54319 | delete (cut) a line | "dd" | "dd" | Vim | Cut and paste | ||
| 54320 | delete (cut) 2 lines | "2dd" | "2dd" | Vim | Cut and paste | ||
| 54321 | delete (cut) the characters of the word from the cursor position to the start of the next word | "dw" | "dw" | Vim | Cut and paste | ||
| 54322 | delete (cut) to the end of the line | "D" | "D" | Vim | Cut and paste | ||
| 54323 | delete (cut) to the end of the line | "d$" | "d$" | Vim | Cut and paste | ||
| 54324 | delete (cut) character | "x" | "x" | Vim | Cut and paste | ||
| 54325 | indent (move right) line one shiftwidth | ">>" | ">>" | Vim | Indent text | ||
| 54326 | de-indent (move left) line one shiftwidth | "<<" | "<<" | Vim | Indent text | ||
| 54327 | indent a block with () or {} (cursor on brace) | ">%" | ">%" | Vim | Indent text | ||
| 54328 | indent inner block with () | ">ib" | ">ib" | Vim | Indent text | ||
| 54329 | indent a block with <> tags | ">at" | ">at" | Vim | Indent text | ||
| 54330 | re-indent 3 lines | "3==" | "3==" | Vim | Indent text | ||
| 54331 | re-indent a block with () or {} (cursor on brace) | "=%" | "=%" | Vim | Indent text | ||
| 54332 | re-indent inner block with {} | "=iB" | "=iB" | Vim | Indent text | ||
| 54333 | re-indent entire buffer | "gg=G" | "gg=G" | Vim | Indent text | ||
| 54334 | paste and adjust indent to current line | "]p" | "]p" | Vim | Indent text | ||
| 54335 | write (save) the file, but don't exit | ":w" | ":w" | Vim | Exiting | ||
| 54336 | write out the current file using sudo | ":w !sudo tee %" | ":w !sudo tee %" | Vim | Exiting | ||
| 54337 | write (save) and quit | ":wq" | ":wq" | Vim | Exiting | ||
| 54338 | quit (fails if there are unsaved changes) | ":q" | ":q" | Vim | Exiting | ||
| 54339 | quit and throw away unsaved changes | ":q!" | ":q!" | Vim | Exiting | ||
| 54340 | write (save) and quit on all tabs | ":wqa" | ":wqa" | Vim | Exiting | ||
| 54341 | search for pattern | "/pattern" | "/pattern" | Vim | Search and replace | ||
| 54342 | search backward for pattern | "?pattern" | "?pattern" | Vim | Search and replace | ||
| 54343 | search for 'very magic' pattern (auto-interpret non-alphanumeric chars as special regex symbols) | "\vpattern" | "\vpattern" | Vim | Search and replace | ||
| 54344 | repeat search in same direction | "n" | "n" | Vim | Search and replace | ||
| 54345 | repeat search in opposite direction | "N" | "N" | Vim | Search and replace | ||
| 54346 | replace all old with new throughout file | ":%s/old/new/g" | ":%s/old/new/g" | Vim | Search and replace | ||
| 54347 | replace all old with new throughout file with confirmations | ":%s/old/new/gc" | ":%s/old/new/gc" | Vim | Search and replace | ||
| 54348 | remove highlighting of search matches | ":noh" | ":noh" | Vim | Search and replace | ||
| 54349 | search for pattern 'foo' in all .js files in every sub-directory (recursively) | ":vim /foo/ **/*.js" | ":vim /foo/ **/*.js" | Vim | Search in multiple files | ||
| 54350 | jump to the next match | ":cn" | ":cn" | Vim | Search in multiple files | ||
| 54351 | jump to the previous match | ":cp" | ":cp" | Vim | Search in multiple files | ||
| 54352 | open a window containing the list of matches | ":cope" | ":cope" | Vim | Search in multiple files | ||
| 54353 | edit a file in a new buffer | ":e file" | ":e file" | Vim | Working with multiple files | ||
| 54354 | go to the next buffer | ":bn" | ":bn" | Vim | Working with multiple files | ||
| 54355 | go to the previous buffer | ":bp" | ":bp" | Vim | Working with multiple files | ||
| 54356 | delete a buffer (close a file) | ":bd" | ":bd" | Vim | Working with multiple files | ||
| 54357 | go to a buffer by # | ":b#" | ":b#" | Vim | Working with multiple files | ||
| 54358 | go to a buffer by file | ":b file" | ":b file" | Vim | Working with multiple files | ||
| 54359 | list all open buffers | ":ls" | ":ls" | Vim | Working with multiple files | ||
| 54360 | open a file in a new buffer and split window | ":sp file" | ":sp file" | Vim | Working with multiple files | ||
| 54361 | open a file in a new buffer and vertically split window | ":vs file" | ":vs file" | Vim | Working with multiple files | ||
| 54362 | edit all buffers as vertical windows | ":vert ba" | ":vert ba" | Vim | Working with multiple files | ||
| 54363 | edit all buffers as tabs | ":tab ba" | ":tab ba" | Vim | Working with multiple files | ||
| 54364 | split window | ctrl+w s | ctrl+w s | Vim | Working with multiple files | ||
| 54365 | split window vertically | ctrl+w v | ctrl+w v | Vim | Working with multiple files | ||
| 54366 | switch windows | ctrl+w w | ctrl+w w | Vim | Working with multiple files | ||
| 54367 | quit a window | ctrl+w q | ctrl+w q | Vim | Working with multiple files | ||
| 54368 | exchange current window with next one | ctrl+w x | ctrl+w x | Vim | Working with multiple files | ||
| 54369 | make all windows equal height & width | ctrl+w = | ctrl+w = | Vim | Working with multiple files | ||
| 54370 | move cursor to the left window (vertical split) | ctrl+w h | ctrl+w h | Vim | Working with multiple files | ||
| 54371 | move cursor to the right window (vertical split) | ctrl+w l | ctrl+w l | Vim | Working with multiple files | ||
| 54372 | move cursor to the window below (horizontal split) | ctrl+w j | ctrl+w j | Vim | Working with multiple files | ||
| 54373 | move cursor to the window above (horizontal split) | ctrl+w k | ctrl+w k | Vim | Working with multiple files | ||
| 54374 | open a file in a new tab | ":tabnew" | ":tabnew" | Vim | Tabs | ||
| 54375 | move the current split window into its own tab | ctrl+w t | ctrl+w t | Vim | Tabs | ||
| 54376 | move to the next tab | "gt" | "gt" | Vim | Tabs | ||
| 54377 | move to the previous tab | "gT" | "gT" | Vim | Tabs | ||
| 54378 | move to tab number # | "#gt" | "#gt" | Vim | Tabs | ||
| 54379 | move current tab to the #th position (indexed from 0) | ":tabm #" | ":tabm #" | Vim | Tabs | ||
| 54380 | close the current tab and all its windows | ":tabc" | ":tabc" | Vim | Tabs | ||
| 54381 | close all tabs except for the current one | ":tabo" | ":tabo" | Vim | Tabs | ||
| 54382 | run the command on all tabs (e.g. :tabdo q - closes all opened tabs) | ":tabdo command" | ":tabdo cmd" | Vim | Tabs | ||
| 54383 | jump to start of next change | "]c" | "]c" | Vim | Diff | ||
| 54384 | jump to start of previous change | "[c" | "[c" | Vim | Diff | ||
| 54385 | obtain (get) difference (from other buffer) | "do" | "do" | Vim | Diff | ||
| 54386 | put difference (to other buffer) | "dp" | "dp" | Vim | Diff | ||
| 54387 | make current window part of diff | ":diffthis" | ":diffthis" | Vim | Diff | ||
| 54388 | update differences | ":dif" | ":dif" | Vim | Diff | ||
| 54389 | switch off diff mode for current window | ":diffo" | ":diffo" | Vim | Diff | ||
| 54390 | manually define a fold up to motion | "zf" | "zf" | Vim | Folding | ||
| 54391 | delete fold under the cursor | "zd" | "zd" | Vim | Folding | ||
| 54392 | toggle fold under the cursor | "za" | "za" | Vim | Folding | ||
| 54393 | open fold under the cursor | "zo" | "zo" | Vim | Folding | ||
| 54394 | open all folds at the cursor | "zO" | "zO" | Vim | Folding | ||
| 54395 | close fold under the cursor | "zc" | "zc" | Vim | Folding | ||
| 54396 | reduce (open) all folds by one level | "zr" | "zr" | Vim | Folding | ||
| 54397 | open all folds | "zR" | "zR" | Vim | Folding | ||
| 54398 | fold more (close) all folds by one level | "zm" | "zm" | Vim | Folding | ||
| 54399 | close all open folds | "zM" | "zM" | Vim | Folding | ||
| 54400 | delete all folds | "zE" | "zE" | Vim | Folding | ||
| 54401 | toggle folding functionality | "zi" | "zi" | Vim | Folding | ||
| 54402 | move to start of open fold. | "[z" | "[z" | Vim | Folding | ||
| 54403 | move to end of open fold. | "]z" | "]z" | Vim | Folding | ||
| ID | Description | Keys | Keys (macOS) | Context | Category | Modifiers |
A Public Collection
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Use this and other public collections to quickly build your own shortcut collections. The -icon shows at first glance which shortcuts are already in your collections. Hover over the icon to see the names of your collections that contain the respective shortcut.
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