Help

• :h[elp] Top-level help
• :h[elp] {pattern} Help matching a pattern
• :helpc[lose] Close one help window

Options

• :so[urce] $MYVIMRC Reload config file
• :se[t] Show all options that differ from default
• :se[t] {option}? Show value of {option}
• :se[t] {option}& Reset option to default value
• :se[t] {option} Set toggle type option to true
• :se[t] no{option} Set toggle type option to false
• :se[t] {option}={value} Set string or number type {option} to {value}

Tags

• :ta[g] {tag} Jump to tag {tag}
• Ctrl + ] Jump to tag under cursor
• Ctrl + T Jump to [count] older tag
• :[count]ta[g] Jump to [count] newer tag
• :tags Show tag stack

Files

• :w Write file
• :wqa Write all files
• :q Quit unless pending changes
• :q! Quit and ignore pending changes

Buffers

• :ls List all buffers
• :b {number|name} Go to buffer number, or buffer matching unique name (supports tab completion)
• :bn Go to next buffer in list
• :bp Go to previous buffer in list
• :bd [{number|name}] Close current or matching buffer
• :bufdo {cmd} Execute {cmd} in all buffers

Windows

• vim -o {files} Open all {files} in their own horizontally split window
• vim -O {files} Open all {files} in their own vertically split window
• CTRL-W s Split current window in two horizontally
• CTRL-W v Split current window in two vertically
• CTRL-W c Close current window
• CTRL-W o Close all windows except the current one
• CTRL-W n Create a new horizontally split window with an empty file
• :new {file} Open {file} in a new horizontally split window

Tabs

• :h tabpage Help on tabs
• vim -p {files} Open all {files} in their own tab
• :tabe Open a new tab
• :tabe {file} Open {file} in a new tab
• gt Go to next tab
• gT Go to previous tab
• {num}gt Go to tab index {num}
• :tabc Close the current tab
• :tabo Close all tabs except the current one
• :tabs List tabs

Sessions

• :mks {file} Save current state of vim to {file} (or ./Session.vim if omitted)
• vim -S {file} Restore saved session from {file} (or ./Session.vim if omitted)

Basic navigation

• h Left
• j Down
• k Up
• l Right

Words

• w Start of next word
• W Start of next word (with punctuation)
• b Start of last word
• B Start of last word (with punctuation)
• e End of next word
• E End of next word (with punctuation)

Scrolling

• Ctrl + e Scroll one line down
• Ctrl + y Scroll one line up
• Ctrl + d Scroll half screen down
• Ctrl + u Scroll half screen up
• Ctrl + f Scroll full screen down
• Ctrl + b Scroll full screen up
• zzScroll so that current line is centered

Navigate lines

• 0 Line start
• $ Line end
• ^ or _ First non-blank character of line
• g_ Last non-blank character of line
• f{char}Next occurence of {char}
• F{char}Prev occurence of {char}
• t{char}Next occurence of {char} (place cursor before)
• T{char}Prev occurence of {char} (place cursor before)
• ;Repeat last fFtT
• ,Repeat last fFtT in reverse

Navigate screen

• H Screen top
• M Screen middle
• L Screen bottom

Navigate structurally

• % Jump to matching (), {}, or [] pair
• } Next paragraph/block
• { Previous paragraph/block

Navigate file

• gg Start of file
• G End of file
• :n or nG Line n of file

Copy/Paste

• y Copy selection
• yy or Y Copy current line
• y$ Copy to end of line without newline
• d Cut selection
• dd Cut line
• D Cut to end of line
• p Paste clipboard after cursor
• P Paste clipboard before cursor
• :pu Paste to new line above
• :pu! Paste to new line below

Editing lines

• J Join next line to current, with space
• gJ Join next line to current, without space
• cc Replace line
• C Replace to end of line
• I Insert text at beginning of line
• A Insert text at end of line
• d{linenum}G Delete from the current line to {linenum}

Editing characters

• ~ Toggle case
• x Cut character
• xp Transpose

Undo/Redo

• u Undo
• Ctrl + r Redo

Search/Replace

• /pattern Search for pattern
• ?pattern Search for pattern backwards
• n Next match
• N Previous match
• ggn First match
• GN Last match
• * Search for word under cursor
• g* Search for word under cursor (without word boundaries)
• # Reverse version of *
• g$ Reverse version of g*

Selecting (visual mode)

• v Select characters
• V Select lines
• Ctrl + v Select columns
• gv Select previous range

Macros

• q{letter} Start recording to register {letter}
• q Stop recording
• {number}@{letter} Play macro {letter}, {number} times
• {number}@@ Play previously played macro
• :norm[al] @{letter} Play macro {letter} on all lines in selection
• :reg[isters] 1a Show contents of register 1 and a

VSCodeVim

• gd Jump to definition
• gh Show mouse-hover tooltip at cursor

Registers

• :reg[isters] Show all registers
• " Unnamed (most recent yank, delete etc.)
• + Clipboard X selection
• * Primary X selection
• a-zA-Z Explicitly referenced registers
• 0 Most recent yank
• 1-9 Most recent deletes and changes (lower is more recent)
• % Current file name
• _ Black hole

Misc

• git show branch:file Show file in other branch without switching
• git commit --amend --date="$(date -R)" Amend commit with new date
• git ls-files --cached --ignored --exclude-standard List files that should be ignored, but are checked in
• git fetch origin pull/PRNUM/head:BRANCHNAME && git checkout BRANCHNAME Fetch a pull request locally (even if forked)
• git show -- . ':!package-lock.json' ':!**/package-lock.json' Show commit but exclude some file patterns
• git grep "TERM" $(git rev-list --all) Search for string across all commits
• git checkout COMMIT -- . Copy state of a commit to the working directory

Misc

• npm pack --dry-run 2<&1 | grep -Eo '[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?[kMG]?B+\s+.+' | sort -k2 Dry-run pack, sorted by filename

Misc

• rg -tts PATTERN Only search TypeScript files
• rg -Tts PATTERN Don't search TypeScript files
• rg --no-ignore PATTERN Don't respect .gitignore etc.
• rg -g '**/*test*' PATTERN Only search files with test in their name
• rg --files -g '**/*test*' List all files with test in their names

Misc

• sudo update-alternatives --get-selections List defaults
• sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator Update default terminal

Focus window

• Super + h Focus left
• Super + j Focus down
• Super + k Focus up
• Super + l Focus right

Move window

• Super + Shift + h Move left
• Super + Shift + j Move down
• Super + Shift + k Move up
• Super + Shift + l Move right

Resize window

• Super + Right Click + Drag Resize
• Super + Alt + k Move top edge up
• Super + Alt + j Move top edge down
• Super + Alt + l Move right edge right
• Super + Alt + h Move right edge left
• Super + Alt + Shift + k Move bottom edge up
• Super + Alt + Shift + j Move bottom edge down
• Super + Alt + Shift + h Move left edge right
• Super + Alt + Shift + l Move left edge left

Workspaces

• Super + 0-9 Switch to workspace
• Super + Shift + 0-9 Move window to workspace
• Super + r Rename workspace

Layout

• Super + e Tiled layout (default)
• Super + s Stacked layout
• Super + w Tabbed layout

Fullscreen

• Super + f Toggle fullscreen

Floating

• Super + Shift + Space Toggle window floating
• Super + Space Toggle between floating/tiled layers
• Super + p Toggle sticky
• Super + Drag Move floating window

Container splitting

• Super + v Split vertically
• Super + b Split horizontally

Container focus

• Super + a Focus parent container
• Super + Shift + a Focus child container

Kill window

• Super + Shift + q Kill window

Launching apps

• Super + d Open dmenu launcher
• Super + Enter Open a terminal
• Super + c Open a browser

Scratchpad

• Super + Shift + Backslash Move to scratchpad
• Super + Backslash Cycle through scratchpad windows

Special scratchpad windows

• Super + ? Toggle cheat sheet
• Super + m Toggle music player
• Super + y Toggle YouTube player
• Super + ` Toggle terminal

Screenshot

• Super + Shift + s Draw region and screenshot to clipboard

Reload/Restart/Exit i3

• Super + Shift + c Reload config file
• Super + Shift + r Restart i3
• Super + Shift + e Exit i3

• Ctrl + Alt + c Copy to clipboard
• Ctrl + Alt + v Paste from clipboard
• Alt + Shift + Drag Rectangular selection
• Alt + s Search scrollback
• Up/Down arrow Next/Previous search result

Dev tools

• Ctrl + Shift + j Toggle devtools
• Ctrl + Shift + f Search all resources
• Ctrl + Shift + c Inspect element
• Ctrl + ` Focus console

Debugger

• Ctrl + \ Pause/resume
• Ctrl + ' Step over
• Ctrl + ; Step into
• Ctrl + Shift + ; Step out

Tabs

• Ctrl + Tab or Ctrl + Page Up Next tab
• Ctrl + Shift + Tab or Ctrl + Page Down Previous tab
• Ctrl + Shift + t Re-open last closed tab

URL and Search

• Ctrl + l Jump to address bar (URL)
• Ctrl + e Jump to address bar (search)
• Alt + Enter Open URL/search in new tab
• Shift + Delete Delete highlighted suggestion

Misc

• Alt + f Open Chrome menu
• Ctrl + h History
• Ctrl + j Downloads
• Ctrl + u View source
• Ctrl + 0 Reset zoom

Bookmarks

• Ctrl + d Bookmark page
• Ctrl + Shift + o Bookmarks browser
• Ctrl + Shift + b Toggle bookmarks bar

Find on page

• Ctrl + f Find on page page
• Ctrl + g Next match
• Ctrl + Shift + g Previous match

Links

• Ctrl + Left Click Open link in new tab
• Ctrl + Shift + Left Click Open link in new tab and open it

Back/Forward

• Alt + Left Arrow Back
• Alt + Right Arrow Forward