nvim-shortcuts.md

NeoVim Keyboard Shortcuts Reference

Insert Mode Navigation

• Ctrl + B: Move to beginning of line
• Ctrl + E: Move to end of line
• Ctrl + H: Move left
• Ctrl + L: Move right
• Ctrl + J: Move down
• Ctrl + K: Move up

Buffer Navigation

• <leader>bn: Next buffer
• <leader>bp: Previous buffer
• <leader>bb: Switch to other buffer
• ` (backtick): Switch to other buffer
• Tab: Go to next buffer
• Shift + Tab: Go to previous buffer
• <leader>x: Close current buffer

File/Directory Navigation

• Ctrl + N: Toggle NvimTree
• <leader>m: Focus NvimTree
• <leader>e: Toggle NvimTree

Window/Pane Navigation

Normal Mode

• Ctrl + H: Switch window left
• Ctrl + J: Switch window down
• Ctrl + K: Switch window up
• Ctrl + L: Switch window right

Terminal Mode

• Ctrl + H: Switch window left
• Ctrl + J: Switch window down
• Ctrl + K: Switch window up
• Ctrl + L: Switch window right
• Ctrl + X: Escape terminal mode

Tmux Integration

• Ctrl + H: Navigate left (Tmux-aware)
• Ctrl + J: Navigate down (Tmux-aware)
• Ctrl + K: Navigate up (Tmux-aware)
• Ctrl + L: Navigate right (Tmux-aware)

Window Management

• <leader>sv: Split window vertically
• <leader>sh: Split window horizontally

File Operations

• <leader>b: Create new buffer
• <leader>pa: Show full file path

Number Line Toggles

• <leader>n: Toggle line numbers
• <leader>rn: Toggle relative line numbers

Indentation

• <: Shift selected text left in visual mode
• >: Shift selected text right in visual mode

Editing

• Ctrl + S: Save file
• Ctrl + C: Copy entire file
• Esc: Clear highlights

Zen Mode (TZ Plugin)

• <leader>zn: Narrow mode (normal and visual)
• <leader>sm: Focus mode
• <leader>zm: Minimalist mode
• <leader>za: Ataraxis mode

Commenting

• Ctrl + /: Toggle comment (normal mode)
• Ctrl + /: Toggle comment (visual mode)

Terminal

• <leader>h: New horizontal terminal
• <leader>v: New vertical terminal
• Alt + V: Toggle vertical terminal
• Alt + H: Toggle horizontal terminal
• Alt + I: Toggle floating terminal

Telescope (Fuzzy Finder)

• <leader>fw: Live grep
• <leader>ff: Find files
• <leader>fb: Find buffers

Formatting

• <leader>fm: Format file

WhichKey

• <leader>wK: Show all keymaps
• <leader>wk: Lookup specific keymap

LSP Navigation

• fd: Go to definition (Lspsaga finder)
• gd: Peak definition
• gD: Go to definition
• ca: See available code actions
• rn: Smart rename
• D: Show diagnostics for line
• d: Show diagnostics for cursor
• pd: Jump to previous diagnostic in buffer
• nd: Jump to next diagnostic in buffer
• K: Show documentation for what is under cursor

Additional General Vim Shortcuts

Text Navigation

• w: Move forward by word
• b: Move backward by word
• 0: Move to start of line
• $: Move to end of line
• gg: Go to first line
• G: Go to last line

Moving Between Lines

Page up and down

• ctrl + b to move a page screen back or “up”
• ctrl + f to move a page screen front or “down”
• ctrl + u to move a ½ page screen up
• ctrl + d to move a ½ page screen down
• ctrl + y to move the screen up one line
• ctrl + e to move the screen down one line
• z + z to move the current line to the center of the screen
• z + t to move the current line to the top of the screen
• z + b to move the current line to the bottom of the screen

Visual Mode

• v: Enter visual mode
• V: Enter visual line mode
• Ctrl + v: Enter visual block mode

Editing

• dd: Delete current line
• yy: Yank (copy) current line
• p: Paste after cursor
• P: Paste before cursor
• u: Undo
• Ctrl + r: Redo

Search and Replace

• /: Search forward
• ?: Search backward
• n: Next search result
• N: Previous search result
• :%s/old/new/g: Replace all occurrences in file

Marks and Jumps

• ma: Set mark 'a'
• `a: Jump to mark 'a'
• '': Jump to last edit position

Note: Many of these shortcuts can be customized in your NeoVim configuration. Always refer to your specific setup.