Neovim Cheat Sheet

Neovim Cheat Sheet — v0.12.3

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Modes

Key	Mode	Purpose
Esc	Normal	Navigate, edit, command mode
i	Insert	Type text
a	Insert	Insert after cursor
o	Insert	Open new line below
O	Insert	Open new line above
v	Visual	Character selection
V	Visual Line	Line selection
Ctrl+v	Visual Block	Block/column selection
:cmd	Command	Run Ex commands

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Movement

Key	Action
h j k l	Left, Down, Up, Right
w	Next word start
b	Previous word start
e	Next word end
0	Start of line
$	End of line
^	First non-whitespace
gg	Top of file
G	Bottom of file
5G	Line 5
f<char>	Find char on line (forward)
F<char>	Find char on line (backward)
;	Repeat find
,	Repeat find reverse
]f	Next function (Treesitter)
[f	Previous function (Treesitter)
]] / [[	Next/previous section
Ctrl+d	Scroll half-page down
Ctrl+u	Scroll half-page up
zz	Center current line

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Editing

Key	Action
i	Insert before cursor
a	Insert after cursor
I	Insert at start of line
A	Insert at end of line
o	Open line below
O	Open line above
dd	Delete (cut) line
yy	Yank (copy) line
p	Paste after cursor
P	Paste before cursor
x	Delete character
u	Undo
Ctrl+r	Redo
.	Repeat last change
ci"	Change inside quotes
ci(	Change inside parentheses
ci{	Change inside braces
di"	Delete inside quotes
da{	Delete a brace block
>	Indent
<	Outdent
>>	Indent line
<<	Outdent line
J	Join lines
gw	Format paragraph (LSP)
gc	Comment/uncomment (Comment.nvim)
gcc	Comment line
gci	Change inner (Treesitter textobject)
af	Select around function (Treesitter)
if	Select inner function (Treesitter)

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Search & Replace

Key	Action
/pattern	Search forward
?pattern	Search backward
n	Next match
N	Previous match
*	Search word under cursor
Esc	Clear search highlights
:%s/old/new/g	Replace all in file
:%s/old/new/gc	Replace all with confirm
:vimgrep /pattern/ **/*	Grep project (uses ripgrep)

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Windows & Tabs

Key	Action
:sp	Split horizontal
:vsp	Split vertical
Ctrl+w h/j/k/l	Navigate windows
Ctrl+w =	Equalize windows
Ctrl+w q	Quit window
tn	New tab (Space-leader)
tc	Close tab (Space-leader)
tx	Move current buffer to new tab
Ctrl+w <	Shrink window
Ctrl+w >	Grow window

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LSP Keymaps

Key	Action
gd	Go to definition
gr	Find references
gi	Go to implementation
K	Hover documentation
gD	Go to declaration
Space rn	Rename symbol
Space ca	Code action
Space ff	Format document
Space si	Signature help
[d	Previous diagnostic
]d	Next diagnostic
gl	Line diagnostics (float)

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Completion (blink.cmp)

Key	Action
Ctrl+Space	Open completion menu
Ctrl+n / Down	Next item
Ctrl+p / Up	Previous item
Ctrl+y	Accept completion
Ctrl+e	Close menu
Ctrl+k	Signature help

Sources: LSP, path, snippets, buffer. Fuzzy: Rust-based, typo-resistant.

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Telescope (Fuzzy Finder)

Key	Action
Space f f	Find files
Space f g	Live grep (ripgrep)
Space f b	Buffers
Space f h	Help tags
Space f k	Keymaps
<C-d> / <C-u>	Scroll preview (in Telescope)

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Git (gitsigns)

Key	Action
Space g p	Previous hunk
Space g n	Next hunk
Space g h	Preview hunk
Space g s	Stage hunk
Space g r	Reset hunk
v+Space g s	Stage visual selection
v+Space g r	Reset visual selection

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File Explorer (nvim-tree)

Key	Action
Space e	Toggle tree
Space ec	Close tree
<CR>	Open file/directory
t	Open in new tab
i	Open split
s	Open vsplit
D	Delete file
R	Rename
A	Create new

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Plugin Management (lazy.nvim)

Command	Action
:Lazy	Open plugin management UI
:Lazy sync	Sync/update plugins
:Lazy clean	Clean unused plugins
:Lazy health	Plugin health check
:Lazy profile	Startup performance profile

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Useful Commands

Command	Action
:q	Quit
:q!	Quit without saving
:w	Save
:wq	Save and quit
:e	Edit/reload file
:bd	Delete buffer
:b#	Switch to previous buffer
:ls	List buffers
:checkhealth	Check plugin health
:LspInfo	LSP server status
:TSInfo	Treesitter info
:Telescope	All Telescope pickers
:noh	Clear search highlights

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Treesitter Grammars (System-Installed)

bash, c, javascript, lua, markdown, python, query, rust, vim, vimdoc

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LSP Servers Auto-Attach

Language	Server(s)
Python	pyright, ruff
TypeScript/JS	ts_ls
Lua	lua_ls
Bash	bashls
YAML	yamlls
Tailwind CSS	tailwindcss
ESLint	eslint