Vim Keyboard Shortcuts

Modes

Shortcut	Action
`i`	Enter Insert mode (before cursor)
`a`	Enter Insert mode (after cursor)
`I`	Insert at beginning of line
`A`	Insert at end of line
`o`	Open new line below and enter Insert mode
`O`	Open new line above and enter Insert mode
`v`	Enter Visual mode (character)
`V`	Enter Visual mode (line)
`Ctrl+V`	Enter Visual Block mode
`R`	Enter Replace mode
`Esc`	Return to Normal mode
`:`	Enter Command-line mode

Shortcut	Action
`h` / `j` / `k` / `l`	Left / Down / Up / Right
`w`	Jump to start of next word
`W`	Jump to start of next WORD (whitespace-delimited)
`e`	Jump to end of word
`b`	Jump to start of previous word
`0`	Jump to beginning of line
`^`	Jump to first non-blank character
`$`	Jump to end of line
`gg`	Go to first line
`G`	Go to last line
`{number}G`	Go to line number
`{`	Jump to previous paragraph
`}`	Jump to next paragraph
`Ctrl+D`	Scroll down half page
`Ctrl+U`	Scroll up half page
`Ctrl+F`	Scroll down full page
`Ctrl+B`	Scroll up full page
`H`	Move to top of screen
`M`	Move to middle of screen
`L`	Move to bottom of screen
`%`	Jump to matching bracket
`f{char}`	Find next char on line
`F{char}`	Find previous char on line
`t{char}`	Jump to before next char on line
`*`	Search for word under cursor (forward)
`#`	Search for word under cursor (backward)

Shortcut	Action
`x`	Delete character under cursor
`X`	Delete character before cursor
`dd`	Delete (cut) entire line
`dw`	Delete word from cursor
`d$` / `D`	Delete to end of line
`d0`	Delete to beginning of line
`yy`	Yank (copy) entire line
`yw`	Yank word
`y$`	Yank to end of line
`p`	Paste after cursor
`P`	Paste before cursor
`cc`	Change (delete and enter Insert) entire line
`cw`	Change word
`c$` / `C`	Change to end of line
`ciw`	Change inner word
`ci"`	Change inside quotes
`ci(`	Change inside parentheses
`ca{`	Change around curly braces
`r{char}`	Replace single character
`~`	Toggle case
`>>`	Indent line
`<<`	Outdent line
`.`	Repeat last command
`u`	Undo
`Ctrl+R`	Redo
`J`	Join line below with current

Shortcut	Action
`/{pattern}`	Search forward
`?{pattern}`	Search backward
`n`	Next search result
`N`	Previous search result
`:%s/old/new/g`	Replace all in file
`:%s/old/new/gc`	Replace all with confirmation
`:s/old/new/g`	Replace all on current line
`:noh`	Clear search highlighting

Shortcut	Action
`v`	Start character selection
`V`	Start line selection
`Ctrl+V`	Start block selection
`d`	Delete selected text
`y`	Yank selected text
`>`	Indent selection
`<`	Outdent selection
`=`	Auto-indent selection
`gv`	Reselect last visual selection
`o`	Move to other end of selection

Shortcut	Action
`:w`	Save file
`:q`	Quit
`:wq` / `ZZ`	Save and quit
`:q!` / `ZQ`	Quit without saving
`:wa`	Save all buffers
`:x`	Save and quit (only writes if changed)
`:!{cmd}`	Execute shell command
`:r {file}`	Read file into buffer
`:set number`	Show line numbers
`:set paste`	Enable paste mode