02. Default keyboard shortcuts

Neovim is a modern version of Vim, a text editor used on Unix systems. Here are some keyboard shortcuts for working with Neovim:

Basic movement:

• h - Left movement
• j - Move down
• k - Move up
• l - Move right
• w - Move to the beginning of the next word
• b - Move to the beginning of the previous word
• gg - Move to the beginning of the document
• G - Move to the end of the document

Visual mode:

I switch to it in Normal mode by moving v where the cursor was to mark text.

Normal mode - NORMAL:

I move to normal mode from other modes using ESC.

• i - Switch to insert mode before the cursor
• I - Switch to insert mode at the beginning of the line
• a - Switch to insert mode after the cursor
• A - Switch to end-of-line insertion mode
• o - Insert a new line below the current line
• O - Insert new line above the current line
• dd - Delete a line
• dw - Deleting a word
• yy - Copying a line
• p - Paste the contents of the clipboard under the cursor
• P - Insert clipboard contents before cursor
• u - Undo the last action performed
• Ctrl + r - Step forward opposite u
• q - Closes the window
• . - Last command
• Ctrl + w - Switch windows

Command mode:

Command mode is invoked with Shift + :

• :e + filename - Creates a new file - :e index.html
• :w - Save changes
• :q - Exit the editor
• :wq - Save changes and exit
• :q! - Exit the editor without saving changes
• :vs - Vertical window layout
• :sp - Horizontal window layout
• :colorscheme - Changes the theme
• :term - Opens terminal

Search and replace:

• /searched_text - Search text
• n - Skip to the next occurrence of the search text
• N - Skip to the previous occurrence of the search text
• :s/searched_text/replaced_text/g - Replacing the search text with the specified text throughout the document

Misc:

• Ctrl + r - Re-execute a cancelled action
• :help - Display help