Vim and NeoVim Shortcut Filter

Delete (cut) current line

Delete (cut) word

Delete (cut) to end of line

Delete (cut) character under cursor

Delete (cut) to end of line (same as d$)

Yank (copy) current line

Yank (copy) word

Yank (copy) to end of line

Yank (copy) current line (same as yy)

Paste after cursor

Paste before cursor

Paste from register "a"

"ap

Paste from system clipboard

"*p

Paste and leave cursor after new text

Paste before and leave cursor after new text

Indent line right

Indent line left

Join lines

Move cursor left

Move cursor down

Move cursor up

Move cursor right

Move to next word

Move to beginning of word

Move to beginning of line

Move to end of line

Find character forward in line

f<char>

Move to before character in line

t<char>

Repeat last f/t command

;

Go to beginning of file

Go to end of file

Delete current line

Delete to end of file

Delete to beginning of file

dgg

Delete all lines in the file

Delete to end of line and enter insert mode

Change entire line

Change word

Quit (close current window/buffer)

Quit without saving

:q!

Write and quit

:wq

Write and quit (only if changes were made)

Save and quit (shortcut for :wq)

Quit without saving (shortcut for :q!)

Write (save) the current file

Save to a new file

:w new_file

Save all open files

:wa

Search forward

Search backward

Next search result

Previous search result

Replace all occurrences of "old" with "new" globally

:%s/old/new/g

Replace all occurrences with confirmation

:%s/old/new/gc

Search for word under cursor forward

Search for word under cursor backward

Start diffing current buffer with another

:diffthis

Open a new window with diff of current file

:diffsplit

Jump to next diff hunk

Jump to previous diff hunk

Open a new tab

:tabnew

Go to next tab

Go to previous tab

Close current tab

:tabclose

List all tabs

:tabs

Set mark "a" at current position

Jump to mark "a" (exact position)

Jump to mark "a" (beginning of line)

Jump to last edit position (exact)

Jump to last edit position (beginning of line)

Start visual mode (character-wise)

Start visual line mode (line-wise)

Start visual block mode (block-wise)

Ctrl+v

Yank (copy) visual selection

Delete visual selection

Start recording macro into register (e.g., qa)

q<register>

Stop recording macro

Execute macro from register (e.g., @a)

@<register>

Repeat last executed macro

Search for pattern in files

:grep <pattern> <files>

Vim-specific grep

:vimgrep <pattern> <files>

List files in argument list

:args

Go to next file in argument list

:next

Go to previous file in argument list

:prev

Insert before cursor

Insert at beginning of line

Append after cursor

Append at end of line

Open new line below and insert

Open new line above and insert

Delete character and insert

Delete line and insert

Replace characters (overwrite)

Replace single character

Auto-indent current line

Auto-indent entire file

gg=G

Indent selected text (visual mode)

Unindent selected text (visual mode)

Page down (forward)

Ctrl+f

Page up (backward)

Ctrl+b

Scroll down half page

Ctrl+d

Scroll up half page

Ctrl+u

Center screen on cursor

Move cursor line to top of screen

Move cursor line to bottom of screen

Yank into register "a"

"ay

Paste from register "a"

"ap

Display contents of all registers

:reg

Display content of register "a"

:reg a

Yank to system clipboard

"+y

Paste from system clipboard

"+p

Undo last change

Redo last change

Ctrl+r

Undo all changes on current line

Go back in time (e.g., :earlier 1h)

:earlier <time>

Go forward in time

:later <time>

Split window horizontally

:sp

Split window vertically

:vsp

Move to left window

Ctrl+w h

Move to lower window

Ctrl+w j

Move to upper window

Ctrl+w k

Move to right window

Ctrl+w l

Close current window

Ctrl+w q

Close all other windows

Ctrl+w o

Make all windows equal size

Ctrl+w =

Rotate windows

Ctrl+w r