normal mode

This is the main mode from where you can interact with the editor. It’s probably where you’ll be most of the time. From here you can enter any other mode and it’s where other modes normally get back to. It’s also from where you do most of code navigation and seleciton manipulation.

navigation

keys	action
h, j, k, l	move cursors
w, b	move cursors forward/back by word
e	move cursors forward to the end of the word
n, p	move main cursor to next/previous search match
N, P	add cursor to the next/previous search match if inside a search range or make a new one
<c-n>, <c-p>	go to next/previous cursor position in history
gg	go to line
gh, gl, gi	move cursors to first/last/first-non-blank columns
gk, gj	move cursors to first/last line
gm	move cursors to matching bracket
go	fuzzy pick an opened buffer
gb	open previous buffer (if any)
gB, GB	open the buffer that is open in the previously focused client, then that client opens its previous buffer
gf	if the filepath under the cursor exists, open it as a buffer
gF, GF	if the filepath under the cursor exists, open it as a buffer, then close the current buffer
xx	toggle breakpoints on all lines covered by cursors
xX, XX	remove breakpoints on all lines covered by cursors
xB, XB	remove all breakpoints on current buffer
xA, XA	remove all breakpoints on all buffers
]]<char>, [[<char>	move cursors to next/previous <char> (inclusive)
][<char>, []<char>	move cursors to next/previous <char> (exclusive)
}, {	repeat last find char in forward/backward mode
<c-d>, <c-u>	move cursors half page down/up
<c-j>, <c-k>	move cursors to next/previous blank line
s	enter search mode
zz, zj, zk	scroll to center main cursor or frame the main cursor on the bottom/top of screen
q<char>	begin recording macro to register <char>
Q<char>	executes keys recorded in register <char>
m<char>	save current buffer and main cursor position as a marker on register <char>
M<char>	go to marker on register <char> (if it’s a valid marker)
rn, rp	move to next/previous lint (provided by a plugin)

NOTE: the register a always contains the last selection+edit keys.

binding	expands to	action
<space>o	:<space>-find-file<enter>	fuzzy pick a file
<space>f	:<space>-find-pattern<enter>	workspace wide search

text-object

keys	action
aw, aW	select word object
a(, a), a[, a], a{, a}, a<, a>	select region inside brackets (exclusive)
a|, a", a', a`	select region delimited by a pair of these brackets on the same line (exclusive)
Aw, AW	select word object including surrounding whitespace
A(, A), A[, A], A{, A}, A<, A>	select region inside brackets (inclusive)
A|, A", A', A`	select region delimited by a pair of these brackets on the same line (inclusive)

selection

keys	action
v	toggle selection mode
V	expand selections to either start or end of lines depending on their orientation
cv	force enter selection mode
cV, CV	force exit selection mode

cursor manipulation

keys	action
cc	swap the anchor and position of all cursors
cC, CC	orientate all cursors such that their anchors come before their positions
cd	remove main cursor if there’s more than one cursor
cD, CD	clear all extra cursors and keep only the main cursor
cl	splits all selection in lines
cj, ck	add a new cursor to the line below/above the bottom/top cursor
cn, cp	set next/previous cursor as main cursor
cs	search inside selections and only keep those ranges
cS, CS	search inside selections and remove those ranges
cf	filter selections and keep the ones that contain the search
cF, CF	filter selections and keep the ones that do not contain the search

binding	expands to	action
<esc>, <c-c>	cdcVs<esc>	keep only main cursor, remove selections, exit selection mode and clears search highlight
.	Qa	executes auto recorded macro

editing

keys	action
d	delete selected text
i	delete selected text and enter insert mode
<, >	indent/dedent selected lines
=	fix indent on selected lines
y	copy selected text to clipboard
Y	delete selected text and paste from clipboard
<c-y><lowercase-char>	copy selected text to register <char>
<c-y><uppercase-char>	delete selected text and paste the contents of register <char>
u, U	undo/redo

binding	expands to	action
I, <c-i>	dgii, dgli	move cursors to first non-blank/last column and enter insert mode
ci	cvcCglccgii	delete all lines touching a selection and enter insert mode
o, O	dgli<enter>, dgii<enter><up>	create an empty line below/above each cursor and enter insert mode
J	djgivkgli<space><esc>	join one line below each cursor
!	:<space>-spawn<enter>	execute a command line (with closed stdin and ignoring its output)
|	:<space>-replace-with-output<enter>	pass each selection as stdin to a command line and substitute each for its stdout

insert mode

Insert new text to the current buffer.

keys	action
<esc>, <c-c>	enter normal mode
<left>, <down>, <up>, <right>	move cursors
<char>	insert <char> to the left of every cursor
<enter>, <c-m>	insert line break to the left of every cursor
<backspace>, <c-h>	delete char backward
<delete>	delete char forward
<c-w>	delete word backward
<c-n>, <c-p>	apply next/previous completion

command mode

Perform actions not directly related to editing such as: open/save/close buffer, change settings, execute external programs, etc. In order to enter command mode, type : while in normal mode.

When the input is empty, you can navigate through history with <c-n> and <c-p>.

NOTE: if a command starts with a space, it will not be recorded to the command history.

Also, <c-n> and <c-p> will choose from the autocomplete entries.

See the command reference.