Neovim

Neovim Cheatsheet

• :w ++p - save a file and create all necessary directories
• :f ./newfile - copy currently opened file and give it a new name
• :e %:h/file - edit a file relative to the currently opened buffer parent directory
• :cq - quits Neovim with 1 error code (useful for aborting git commits)
• :reg - show contents of the registers
• :%! - filter the entire buffer through an external command
• gv - reselects the last selection
• ga - information about a character under cursor
• gU{motion} - convert to uppercase
• gu{motion} - convert to lowercase
• <C-a> - increment number
• <C-x> - decrement number
• <C-g> - print full file path
• o - jump between the start and the end of a visual selection
• q{A-Z} - append to a macro
• * - searches forward for the word nearest to the cursor

Marks (via me)

• mx - toggle mark 'x' and display it in the leftmost column
• dmx - remove mark 'x'
• dm; - delete all marks on the current line
• dm<Space> - delete all marks in the current buffer
• m] - jump to next mark
• m[ - jump to previous mark

Surround (via nvim-surround)

• ys{motion}{char} - surrounds a {motion} with a {char}
• ds{char} - delete a {char} surround
• cs{char1}{char2} - changes a {char1} surround to {char2}

Examples

Old text	Command	New text
surr*ound_words	ysiw)	(surround_words)
*make strings	ys$"	"make strings"
[delete ar*ound me!]	ds]	delete around me!
remove <b>HTML t*ags</b>	dst	remove HTML tags
'change quot*es'	cs'"	"change quotes"
<b>or tag* types</b>	csth1<CR>	<h1>or tag types</h1>
delete(functi*on calls)	dsf	function calls

Motions

• gj - go one visual line down
• gk - go one visual line up
• gm - go to the middle of the screen

Line motions

• D delete till the end of line
• C change till the end of line
• Y yank till the end of line
• S replace the whole line

Objects

• w - a word
• W - a WORD
• s - a sentence
• p - a paragraph
• t - a <tag>
• []/<> - a []/<> block
• ()/b - a () block
• {}/B - a {} block

Modifiers

• i - inner
• a - "a" (around)

All text objects

Additional text objects (via nvim-various-textobjs)

textobject	description	inner / outer	keymaps
indentation	lines with same or higher indentation		ii, ai, aI, (iI)
restOfIndentation	lines down with same or higher indentation	-	R
greedyOuterIndentation	outer indentation, expanded to blank lines; useful to get functions with annotations	o: a blank, like ap/ip	ag/ig
subword	segment of a camelCase, snake_case, and kebab-case words.	o: trailing/leading _,-	iS/aS
toNextClosingBracket	from cursor to next closing ], ), or }	-	C
toNextQuotationMark	from cursor to next unescaped ", ', or `	-	Q
anyQuote	between any unescaped ", ', or ` in a line	o: quotation marks	iq/aq
anyBracket	between any (), [], or {} in a line	o: brackets	io/ao
restOfParagraph	like }, but linewise	-	r
entireBuffer	entire buffer as one text object	-	gG
nearEoL	from cursor position to end of line, minus one character	-	n
lineCharacterwise	current line, but characterwise	o: indentation and trailing spaces	i_/a_
column	column down until indent or shorter line. Accepts {count} for multiple columns.	-	|
value	value of key-value pair, or right side of a assignment, excl. trailing comment (in a line)	o: trailing commas or semicolons	iv/av
key	key of key-value pair, or left side of a assignment	o: includes the = or :	ik/ak
url	works with http[s] or any other protocol	-	L
number	numbers, similar to <C-a>	i: digits, o: including -, , and .	in/an
diagnostic	LSP diagnostic (requires built-in LSP)	-	!
closedFold	closed fold	o: one line after the last folded line	iz/az
chainMember	field with optional call, like .foo(param) or .bar	o: leading . (or :)	im/am
visibleInWindow	all lines visible in the current window	-	gw
restOfWindow	from the cursorline to the last line in the window	-	gW
lastChange	Last non-deletion-change, yank, or paste.[^2]	-	g;
notebookCell	cell delimited by double percent comment, such as # %%	o: includes the bottom cell border	iN/aN
emoji	single emoji (or Nerdfont glyph)	- .
argument	comma-separated argument	o: includes the ,	i,/a,
filepath	UNIX-filepath; supports ~ or $HOME, but not spaces in the filepath.	i: only the filename	iF/aF
color	HEX; RGB or HSL in CSS format; ANSI color code.	i: only color value	i#/a#

Jumping

• ( and ) - moves between sentences
• { and } - moves between paragraphs
• [ and ] - jumps between objects
• % - jumps between matching braces
• <C-]>, K - jump to a tag
• <C-o> - move backwards through the jump list
• <C-i> - move forward through the jump list
• [[ and ]] - jumps between shell prompts in :terminal
• H - jump to the top of the view
• L - jump to the bottom of the view
• g. - jump to the next change
• g; - jump to the last change
• gi - insert at the last insert position

Splits

• <C-hjkl> - move between splits

• <C-W> HJKL - move split

• <C-W> = - make all splits equally high and wide

• <C-W>[count]_ - set window height

• <C-W>[count]+ - increase window height

• <C-W>[count]- - decrease window height

• <C-W>[count]| - set window width

• <C-W>[count]> - increase window width

• <C-W>[count]< - decrease window width

• :vert[ical] {cmd} - Execute {cmd}. If it contains a command that splits a window, it will be split vertically. (Useful for vertical help)

See more All window commands

Tabs

• :tabnew - create a new tab page with an empty window
• gt - go to the next tab page.
• gT - go to the previous tab page.

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Sessions

• :mksession [file] - creates a session file
• :source [file] - reads a session file
• -S [file] - loads a session (cmdline option)
• :wshada! [file] - writes to shada file
• :rshada! [file] - reads from shada file
• :mkview [file] - creates a view
• :loadview [file] - loads a view

Regex

• :g/pattern/d - remove lines matching pattern
• :g!/pattern/d - remove lines that do NOT match
• .\{-} - not greedy version of .*
• & - inserts the matched text in a replacement pattern

Command-line

• <C-b> - cursor to begin of command-line
• <C-e> - cursor to end of command-line
• <C-r>{register} - insert the contents of a numbered or named register
• :!{cmd} - execute {cmd}
• :r!{cmd} - execute {cmd} and insert its standard output below the cursor
• '<,'>w !{cmd} - pass selection to {cmd} and print its output in viminfo
• q: - open command history (in normal mode). Hit <CR> to execute.

Ranges

• :* - uses last visual area after visual mode has already ended

Repeats

• . - repeats last change
• ; - repeats latest f, t, F or T
• , - repeats latest f, t, F or T in opposite direction
• @: - repeats last command-line

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Insert mode

• <C-u> - delete till the start of the line
• <C-o> - go to normal mode only for the next command

Git (using gitsigns.nvim)

• :Gitsigns stage_hunk - toggle stage the current hunk (works with visual selection)

Tips

• v<text-object><Esc> - to go to the text object
• :verbose set <value>? - get which file changes a variable
• :'<,'>t'a - to copy last selection under mark a
• :'<,'>norm A; - run normal mode command on each line
• :s/someWord/\r/ - replace someWord with new line
• :doautocmd <group> <event> - run an autocmd group
• :put x - to paste the contents of register x to current buffer
• [/]<Space> - insert a new line above / below the cursour

All Neovim mappings Signing Git commits in NeoVim Vim Cheat Sheet

For differences between NeoVim and Vim, see :h vim_diff