Check out our release notes for more notes. The tables below are obviously an incomplete list, but show, at a glance, the current commands supported:
Keys in Insert Mode
Status
Key
Description
✅
Esc
end Insert mode, back to Normal mode
✅
Ctrl+[
Command Mode
Writing and Quitting
Status
Key
Description
✅
:
Open command palette
✅
:q
Quit current buffer, unless changes have been made. Exit Vim when there are no other non-help buffers
✅
:w
Write the current file and exit.
Motions
Left-Right Motions
Status
Key
Description
✅
h
left (also: CTRL-H, , or key)
✅
l
right (also: or key)
✅
0
to first character in the line (also: key)
✅
^
to first non-blank character in the line
✅
$
to the last character in the line (N-1 lines lower)
| g0 | to first character in screen line (differs from "0" when lines wrap)
| g^ | to first non-blank character in screen line (differs from "^" when lines wrap)
| g$ | to last character in screen line (differs from "$" when lines wrap)
| | | to column N (default: 1)
| f<char> | to the Nth occurrence of <char> to the right
| F<char> | to the Nth occurrence of <char> to the left
| t<char> | till before the Nth occurrence of <char> to the right
| T<char> | till before the Nth occurrence of <char> to the left
| ; | repeat the last "f", "F", "t", or "T" N times
| , | repeat the last "f", "F", "t", or "T" N times in opposite direction
Up-Down Motions
Status
Key
Description
✅
k
up (also: CTRL-P and )
✅
j
down (also: CTRL-J, CTRL-N, , and )
| - | up, on the first non-blank character
| + | down, on the first non-blank character (also: CTRL-M and <CR>)
| _ | down N-1 lines, on the first non-blank character
✅ | G | goto last line, on the first non-blank character
✅ | gg | goto frst line, on the firstnon-blank character
| % | goto line N percentage down in the file. N must be given, otherwise it is the % command.
matching brace | % | jump to matching brace, C-style comment, C/C++ preprocessor conditional
| gk | up N screen lines (differs from "k" when line wraps)
| gj | down N screen lines (differs from "j" when line wraps)
✅ | CTRL-F | page down
✅ | CTRL-B | page up
Word Motions
Status
Key
Description
✅
w
words forward
✅
W
N blank-separated WORDS forward
✅
e
forward to the end of the word
✅
E
forward to the end of the Nth blank-separated WORD
✅
b
words backward
✅
B
N blank-separated WORDS backward
✅
ge
backward to the end of the Nth word
✅
gE
backward to the end of the Nth blank-separated WORD
Insert Mode Commands
Status
Key
Description
✅
a
append text after the cursor
✅
A
append text at the end of the line (N times)
✅
i
insert text before the cursor (N times) (also: )
✅
I
insert text before the first non-blank in the line (N times)
✅
o
open a new line below the current line, append text (N times)
✅
O
open a new line above the current line, append text (N times)
Deleting Text
Status
Key
Description
✅
x
delete characters under and after the cursor
| <Del> | delete N characters under and after the cursor
✅ | X | delete N characters before the cursor
dw, dW, db, dB, de, dE | d{motion} | delete the text that is moved over with {motion}
| {visual}d | delete the highlighted text
✅ | dd | delete N lines
| D | delete to end-of-line (and N-1 more lines)
| J | join N-1 lines (delete newlines)
| {visual}J | join the highlighted lines
Deleting and Inserting
Status
Key
Description
✅
C
Delete from the cursor position to the end of the line and enter insert mode
✅
cw
Delete from the cursor position to the end of the word and enter insert mode
✅
cW
Delete from the cursor position to the end of the WORD and enter insert mode
✅
ciw
Delete word and enter insert mode
✅
caw
Delete word, right-side blanks and enter insert mode
Changing Text
Status
Key
Description
✅
<<
move N lines one shiftwidth left
✅
>>
move N lines one shiftwidth right
Undo/Redo
Status
Key
Description
✅
u
undo last change
✅
CTRL-R
redo last undone change
| U | restore last changed line
Contributing
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