Vim / Neovim Cheatsheet

Vim modes, navigation, editing, macros and splits

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Vim / Neovim Cheatsheet

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⌨️ Modes

Insert before cursor

Insert at start of line

Append after cursor

Append at end of line

New line below, insert

New line above, insert

Visual mode (character)

Visual line mode

Visual block mode

Return to Normal mode

Enter Command mode

🧭 Navigation

Left / Down / Up / Right

Next / previous word start

End of current word

Start of line / first non-blank

End of line

First / last line of file

Go to line 50

Half page down / up

Full page down / up

Previous / next paragraph

Jump to matching bracket

Jump back to last position

✏️ Editing

Delete character under cursor

Delete (cut) current line

Delete to end of line

Change entire line

Change word

Change to end of line

Yank (copy) line

Yank word

Paste after / before cursor

Undo

Redo

Repeat last change

Indent / de-indent line

Auto-indent to end of file

Join line below to current

🎯 Text Objects

Change inner word

Change inside double quotes

Change inside parentheses

Change inside braces

Delete inside HTML tag

Delete around parentheses (incl. brackets)

Select inner sentence

Select around paragraph

🔍 Search & Replace

Search forward

Search backward

Next / previous match

Search for word under cursor

Replace all in file

Replace all with confirmation

Replace in lines 5–10

Clear search highlight

📂 Files & Buffers

Save file

Save and quit

Quit without saving

Open file

List open buffers

Next / previous buffer

Close buffer

Horizontal / vertical split

Switch between splits

Equalize split sizes

New tab

Next / previous tab

⚡ Macros & Advanced

Record macro into register a

Stop recording macro

Play macro in register a

Play macro 10 times

Delete all lines matching pattern

Yank matching lines to register A

Sort lines

Sort and remove duplicates

Increment / decrement number

Uppercase / lowercase (motion)

Toggle case of char under cursor