Neovim Cheatsheet

Mode Switching:

• i: Insert mode before cursor
• I: Insert mode at the beginning of line
• a: Insert mode after cursor
• A: Insert mode at the end of line
• v: Visual mode
• V: Visual line mode
• ^V (Ctrl + V): Visual block mode
• :q: Quit (add ! to force)
• :w: Save/write
• :wq or ZZ: Save and Quit

Cursor Movement:

• h: Left
• j: Down
• k: Up
• l: Right
• w: Jump by start of words
• e: Jump to end of words
• b: Jump backward by words
• 0: Start of line
• $: End of line
• G: Go to last line of document
• gg: Go to first line of document
• ^: First non-blank character of line
• : followed by a number: Go to that line number (e.g., :10)

Editing:

• u: Undo
• ^R (Ctrl + R): Redo
• yy or Y: Yank/copy line
• dd: Delete line
• D: Delete from cursor to end of line
• x: Delete character under cursor
• p: Paste after cursor
• P: Paste before cursor
• r followed by a character: Replace character under cursor with the new character
• cw: Change word

Search and Replace:

• / followed by a term: Search for term (press n to go to next and N for previous)
• :%s/old/new/g: Replace all occurrences of “old” with “new” in the entire file

Windows & Tabs:

• ^W (Ctrl + W) followed by h/j/k/l: Move cursor to another window
• :split or :sp: Split window horizontally
• :vsplit or :vsp: Split window vertically
• :tabnew or :tabn: Create a new tab
• gt: Move to next tab
• gT: Move to previous tab

Others:

• .: Repeat last command
• *: Search for word under cursor
• #: Search for word under cursor, backwards
• ~: Switch case of character under cursor
• o: Insert new line below and enter insert mode
• O: Insert new line above and enter insert mode

• : Indent line

• <<: Dedent line