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Vim shortcuts

<leader> is mapped to Space

File & Navigation

mode	shortcut	description
NORMAL	Ctrl + p	FZF — fuzzy find files in project
NORMAL	<leader>b	FZF — switch between open buffers
NORMAL	<leader>rg	FZF — ripgrep search across project
NORMAL	<leader>/	FZF — search lines in current buffer
NORMAL	F2	toggle NERDTree panel
NORMAL	LF	reveal current file in NERDTree
NORMAL	F3	toggle Tagbar panel
NORMAL	<leader>a	search word under cursor with Ack

LSP (Language Server)

mode	shortcut	description
NORMAL	<leader>cd	go to definition
NORMAL	<leader>/cd	go to definition in vertical split
NORMAL	<leader>cr	find references
NORMAL	<leader>ci	go to implementation
NORMAL	<leader>ct	go to type definition
NORMAL	<leader>crn	rename symbol
NORMAL	K	hover documentation
NORMAL	[g	previous diagnostic
NORMAL	]g	next diagnostic

ALE (Linting)

mode	shortcut	description
NORMAL	Ctrl + k	jump to previous error/warning
NORMAL	Ctrl + j	jump to next error/warning
NORMAL	<leader>cf	find references (ALE)
INSERT	Ctrl + Space	trigger completion

Git (Fugitive)

mode	shortcut	description
NORMAL	<leader>gs	git status (fugitive)
NORMAL	<leader>gd	git diff (vertical split)
NORMAL	<leader>gp	git push
NORMAL	<leader>gP	git push --force
NORMAL	<leader>gpr	git pull --rebase
NORMAL	<leader>gDp	diffput (accept current change)
NORMAL	<leader>gDg	diffget (accept incoming change)

Debugger (Vimspector)

Requires :VimspectorInstall CodeLLDB for Rust. Copy the template to your project root: cp ~/.vim/templates/vimspector-rust.json .vimspector.json then replace ${binaryName} with your crate name.

mode	shortcut	description
NORMAL	<leader>dd	launch debugger
NORMAL	<leader>dx	stop / reset debugger
NORMAL	<leader>dc	continue execution
NORMAL	<leader>dp	pause execution
NORMAL	<leader>db	toggle breakpoint
NORMAL	<leader>dB	toggle conditional breakpoint
NORMAL	<leader>dC	clear all breakpoints
NORMAL	<leader>ds	step over
NORMAL	<leader>di	step into
NORMAL	<leader>do	step out
NORMAL	<leader>dk	navigate up in call stack
NORMAL	<leader>dj	navigate down in call stack
NORMAL	<leader>de	evaluate expression
NORMAL	<leader>dw	add watch expression

Diff mode

mode	shortcut	description
ANY	F5	diffget LOCAL
ANY	F6	diffget BASE
ANY	F7	diffget REMOTE

Testing (vim-test)

mode	shortcut	description
NORMAL	<leader>tm	run nearest test
NORMAL	<leader>tf	run tests in current file
NORMAL	<leader>tp	run full test suite

Terminal

mode	shortcut	description
NORMAL	<leader>t	open terminal in split at bottom
TERMINAL	Esc	return to previous window

EasyMotion

mode	shortcut	description
NORMAL	<leader>mw	jump forward by word
NORMAL	<leader>mW	jump forward by WORD
NORMAL	<leader>mb	jump backward by word
NORMAL	<leader>mB	jump backward by WORD
NORMAL	<leader>ms	jump to 2-char search match

Editing

mode	shortcut	description
NORMAL	;	same as : (no shift needed)
NORMAL	gcc	comment/uncomment current line
VISUAL	gc	comment/uncomment selection
VISUAL	Tab	indent selection (preserves highlight)
VISUAL	Shift + Tab	unindent selection (preserves highlight)
VISUAL	Ctrl + p	duplicate selected block
INSERT	Ctrl + e	expand UltiSnips snippet
NORMAL	Ctrl + s	save file (GUI only)

UI

mode	shortcut	description
NORMAL	F8	toggle paste mode (disable auto-indent for pasting)
NORMAL	F9	toggle dark (Sonokai) / light (PaperColor) theme

FZF

mode	shortcut	description
NORMAL	Ctrl + p	open FZF file finder
NORMAL	<leader>rg	search file contents with ripgrep
NORMAL	<leader>b	search across open buffers
NORMAL	<leader>/	search lines in current buffer
FZF	type anything	fuzzy filter results
FZF	Enter	open in current window
FZF	Ctrl + t	open in new tab
FZF	Ctrl + v	open in vertical split
FZF	Ctrl + x	open in horizontal split
FZF	Ctrl + j / k	move down/up in results
FZF	Esc	close without opening

NERDTree

mode	shortcut	description
NORMAL	F2	toggle NERDTree panel
NORMAL	LF	reveal current file in NERDTree
NORMAL	Ctrl + w h	move focus into NERDTree (left)
NORMAL	Ctrl + w l	move focus out of NERDTree (right)
NORMAL	Ctrl + w w	toggle focus between NERDTree and file
NERDTREE	Enter	open file / expand folder
NERDTREE	o	open file in horizontal split
NERDTREE	v	open file in vertical split
NERDTREE	t	open file in new tab
NERDTREE	m	open menu (create, rename, delete)
NERDTREE	R	refresh tree
NERDTREE	q	close NERDTree

Tabs

mode	shortcut	description
ANY	Ctrl + l	next tab
ANY	Ctrl + h	previous tab
ANY	Ctrl + n	new tab
NORMAL	gt	next tab (vim native)
NORMAL	gT	previous tab (vim native)
NORMAL	2gt	jump to tab number 2
NORMAL	:tabnew filename	open file in new tab
NORMAL	:tabclose	close current tab
NORMAL	:tabonly	close all other tabs
FZF	Ctrl + t	open FZF result in a new tab

Splits

mode	shortcut	description
NORMAL	:sp filename	horizontal split (file below)
NORMAL	:vsp filename	vertical split (file on right)
NORMAL	Ctrl + w h	move to split on the left
NORMAL	Ctrl + w l	move to split on the right
NORMAL	Ctrl + w j	move to split below
NORMAL	Ctrl + w k	move to split above
NORMAL	Ctrl + w w	cycle through splits
NORMAL	Ctrl + w =	equalize all split sizes
NORMAL	Ctrl + w +	increase split height
NORMAL	Ctrl + w -	decrease split height
NORMAL	Ctrl + w >	increase split width
NORMAL	Ctrl + w <	decrease split width
NORMAL	Ctrl + w o	close all other splits
NORMAL	<leader>/cd	open LSP definition in vertical split
NORMAL	<leader>-cd	open LSP definition in horizontal split
NORMAL	<leader>gd	open git diff in vertical split
FZF	Ctrl + v	open FZF result in vertical split
FZF	Ctrl + x	open FZF result in horizontal split

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Vim reference

Cursor movement

key	action
h	left
j	down
k	up
l	right
w	jump to start of next word
W	jump to start of next WORD
e	jump to end of word
b	jump to start of previous word
0	start of line
^	first non-blank character
$	end of line
G	last line
5G	go to line 5
''	position before last jump

Insert mode

key	action
i	insert before cursor
I	insert at beginning of line
a	insert after cursor
A	insert at end of line
o	new line below
O	new line above
ea	insert at end of word
Esc	exit insert mode

Editing

key	action
r	replace single character
J	join line below
cc	replace entire line
cw	replace to end of word
c$	replace to end of line
s	delete character and substitute
u	undo
Ctrl+r	redo
.	repeat last command

Visual mode

key	action
v	start visual mode
V	linewise visual mode
Ctrl + v	visual block mode
aw	select word
ab	select block with ()
aB	select block with {}
>	indent
<	unindent
y	yank
d	delete
~	switch case

Cut & paste

key	action
yy	yank line
yw	yank word
y$	yank to end of line
p	paste after cursor
P	paste before cursor
dd	delete line
dw	delete word
D	delete to end of line
x	delete character

Search & replace

command	action
*	search word under cursor
/pattern	search forward
?pattern	search backward
n	repeat search forward
N	repeat search backward
:%s/old/new/g	replace all in file
:%s/old/new/gc	replace all with confirmation

Exiting

command	action
:w	save
:wq	save and quit
:q	quit (fails if unsaved)
:q!	quit discarding changes