TOOL » VIM
Movement
Cursor movement
| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
h | Move one character left |
j | Move one row down |
k | Move one row up |
l | Move one character right |
w | Move to beginning of next word |
b | Move to previous beginning of word |
e | Move to end of word |
W | Move to beginning of next WORD |
B | Move to beginning of previous WORD |
E | Move to end of next WORD |
Inline movements
| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
fX | To next 'X' after cursor, in the same line (X is any character) |
FX | To previous 'X' before cursor (f and F put the cursor on X) |
tX | Til next 'X' (similar to above, but cursor is before X) |
TX | Til previous 'X' |
; | Repeat above, in same direction |
, | Repeat above, in reverse direction |
0 | Move to beginning of line |
$ | Move to end of line |
_ | Move to first non-blank character of the line |
^ | Move to first non-blank character of the line |
g_ | Move to last non-blank character of the line |
File movements
| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
H | Move to top of screen |
M | Move to middle of screen |
L | Move to bottom of screen |
% | Jump to matching bracket { } [ ] ( ) |
gg | Move to first line |
G | Move to last line |
ngg | Move to n'th line of file (n is a number; 12gg moves to line 12) |
nG | Move to n'th line of file (n is a number; 12G moves to line 12) |
* | Next whole word under cursor |
# | Previous whole word under cursor |
gd | Go to definition/first occurrence of the word under cursor |
gf | Go to file under cursor |
Screen scroll
| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
zz | Move cursor to center of screen |
zt | Move cursor to top of screen |
zb | Move cursor to bottom of screen |
Ctrl-B | Scroll backward (up) |
Ctrl-F | Scroll forward (down) |
Ctrl-U | Scroll half up |
Ctrl-D | Scroll half down |
Ctrl-Y | Scroll up (one line) |
Ctrl-E | Scroll down (one line) |
Ctrl-I | Redo cursor movement |
Ctrl-O | Undo cursor movement |