vim-nvim_motions

A little cheatography

cheatsheet

Basic motions

Normal mode

Key	Action
i	Insert mode
v	visual mode
h	← (navigate left)
j	↓ (navigate down)
k	↑ (navigate up)
l	→ (navigate right)
w	jump around words
e	jumps to the end of the word
ge	jumps to the end of a word backwards
b	jump around wors back words

editing

Key	Action
d	delete
c	change
y	yank (copy)
p	paste
g~	switch case
>	shift right
<	shift left
=	format
.	repeat the last change

Vim has the concept of special words (with letters, digits and numbers) that also include special character like ., (, {. They are called WORDs.

So for example:

this is a WORD: Iam_A_WORD(WORD)
this function call sum(2, 3) is also a WORD
this array [1, 2, 3, 42, 5] is a WORD as well

If you want to move WORD by WORD you can use the capitalized equivalents of the word by word motions (W, B, E, gE).

Multipliers

Counts are numbers which let you multiply the effect of a command.

{count}{command}

Example:

• 2w moves the cursor 2 words forward.
• 5j moves the cursor to 5 lines below.
• 3; lets you go the next third occurrence of a character.
• 2/jbb sends you to the second occurrence of jbb in a document.

In general, use {count}{motion} to multiply a motion {count} times.

Advanced motions

Normal mode

Moving around

Key	Motion
gg	goes to the top of the document
{line}gg	go to {line}
G	goes all the way down to the end of the document
M	Takes you to the middle of the visble screen
zz	Scrolls the document so that the current line is at the center of the screen
CTRL-d	moves you down half a page by scrolling the page
CTRL-u	moves you up half a page by scrolling
$	go to the end of the line
0	go to the beginning of the line
^	Line’s first character
g_	Moves to the non-blank character at the end of a line
}	jumps entire paragraphs downwars
{	jumps entire paragraphs upwards
gd	Go to the definition (of the word under the cursor)
gf	Go to file (for file under the cursor)

Searching

Key	Motion
f{character}	find
F{character}	find backwards of the cursor
;	repeat find
,	repeat find backwards
t{character}	Find the next occurrence of character and place cursor just before it
T{character}	Find previous occurrence of character and place cursor just before it
%	Will take you to the matching counterpart of the selected pair
/{pattern}	Search for {pattern}
?{pattern}	Search for {pattern} backwards
n	go to next match
N	go to prevoius match

Inserting

Key	Motion
a	Insert after cursor
A	Insert after line
I	Insert before the line
o	Inser new line below current line and go into insert mode
O	Insert new line above current line and go into insert mode
gi	go to the last place you left insert mode

linewise operators

Key	Motion
dd	delete a line
cc	change a line
yy	yank (copy) a line
g~~	switch case of a line
>>	shift line right
<<	shift line left
==	format line

text objects

Key	Action
diw	delete inner word
daw	delete a word
dis	delete inner sentece
das	delete a sentence
dip	delete inner paragraph
dap	delete a paragraph
di( (or: dib)	delete inside parentheses
da( (or : dab)	delete text inside parentheses (including the parentheses)
di{ (or: diB)	delete inside braces
da{ (or: daB)	delete text inside braces (including braces)
di[	delete inside brackets
da[	delete text inside brackets (including brackets)
di”	delete inside quotes
da”	delete a quoted text (including quotes)

Visual mode

Key	Motion
v	go into character-wise visual mode
V	go into line-wise visual mode
CTRL-v	go into block-wise visual mode (selects rectangular blocks of text)
{trigger visual mode}{motion}{operator}	First you specify the motion to select text, and then you apply the operator