Vim Commands Cheatsheet

Default mode for navigation and commands; press Esc from any mode to return

Esc

Enter insert mode at cursor position to type text

i

Enter visual mode to select text character by character

v

Enter command-line mode to execute Ex commands

:w

Move cursor one character left

Move cursor one line down

Move cursor one line up

Move cursor one character right

Move cursor to start of next word

Move cursor to start of previous word

Move cursor to end of current or next word

Move cursor to beginning of line

Move cursor to end of line

Move cursor to first line of file

Move cursor to last line of file

Scroll down half a page

Scroll up half a page

Move to previous paragraph or blank line

Move to next paragraph or blank line

Jump to matching bracket or parenthesis

Enter insert mode before cursor

Enter insert mode after cursor

Insert new line below and enter insert mode

Enter insert mode at first non-blank character of line

Enter insert mode at end of line

Insert new line above and enter insert mode

Delete character under cursor

Delete entire current line

Copy entire current line to register

Paste content after cursor or below current line

Paste content before cursor or above current line

Undo last change

Redo last undone change

Repeat the last editing command

Delete from cursor to start of next word

Delete entire word under cursor without surrounding spaces

Delete text including surrounding double quotes

Delete text inside double quotes without quotes

Delete from cursor up to but not including specified character

dt,

Delete content inside curly braces and enter insert mode

Delete content including square brackets and enter insert mode

Copy text inside parentheses to register

Delete content inside HTML or XML tag

Start visual mode for character-wise selection

Start visual mode for line-wise selection

Start visual block mode for column selection

Reselect the last visual selection

Search forward for pattern

/function

Search backward for pattern

?const

Jump to next search match

Jump to previous search match

Search forward for word under cursor

Search backward for word under cursor

Replace all occurrences of old with new in file

:%s/foo/bar/g

Replace all with confirmation prompt for each match

:%s/foo/bar/gc

Write current buffer to file

Quit current window

Write file and quit

Quit without saving changes

Open file for editing

:e index.js

Open file in vertical split window

:vs app.js

Open file in horizontal split window

:sp utils.js

Start recording macro into register a

qa

Stop recording current macro

Execute macro stored in register a

@a

Execute the last played macro again

Set mark a at current cursor position

ma

Jump to exact position of mark a

`a

Jump to beginning of line containing mark a

'a

Display list of all current marks