| Keybinding | Description |
|---|---|
| ESC | Normal mode. |
| A | Appending mode. |
| I | Insert mode. |
| V | Simple visual mode. |
| SHIFT + V | Multi-line visual mode. |
| Keybinding / Command | Description |
|---|---|
| CTRL + W, H | Move to the window to the left. |
| CTRL + W, J | Move to the window below. |
| CTRL + W, K | Move to the window above. |
| CTRL + W, L | Move to the window to the right. |
| Keybinding / Command | Description |
|---|---|
| G, T | Move to the next tab. |
| G, SHIFT + T | Move to the previous tab. |
| :tabs | List all tabs. |
:tabedit FILE |
Open FILE in a new tab. |
:tabfind FILE |
Find the tab which holds FILE. |
| :tabclose | Close the current tab. |
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
:res [+|-] HEIGHT |
Changes the split height to the given HEIGHT. If + or - is given increase / reduce it by height |
:vertical SPLIT_COMMAND |
Prefix a SPLIT_COMMAND and so it applies to a vertical split. |
| CTRL + W, T, CTRL + W, SHIFT + K | Turn a vertical split into a horizontal split |
| CTRL + W, T, CTRL + W, SHIFT + H | Turn a horizontal split into a vertical split |
| Keybinding | Description |
|---|---|
| H | Move the cursor to the left. |
| J | Move the cursor down. |
| K | Move the cursor up. |
| L | Move the cursor to the right. |
| $ | Move the cursor to the end of the line. |
| 0 | Move the cursor to the beginning of the line. |
| Command / Keybinding | Description |
|---|---|
:m TARGETLINE |
Moves the current line below the TARGETLINE. |
| X | Delete character under the cursor. |
| Keybinding | Description |
|---|---|
| O | open in prev window |
| G, O | preview |
| T | open in new tab |
| SHIFT + T | open in new tab silently |
| I | open split |
| G, I | preview split |
| S | open vsplit |
| G, S | preview vsplit |
| R | To refresh the current directory listing |
| SHIFT + R | To refresh the directoy listing of the root directory |
| M | Open the NerdTree filesystem menu |