Vim Cheat Sheet.

2026-07-15

Keyboard bindings and cheat sheet for the Vim text editor. For complete help, in Vim:

:help 
:help quickref

Download file vim.keys

program	context	action	shortcut
Vim	Help	Open help for Vim command argument (e.g., :h -r)	:h -char
Vim	Help	Open help for regular expression (e.g., :h /[)	:h /expr
Vim	Help	Open help for Normal command line command (e.g., :h :quit)	:h :cmd
Vim	Help	Open help for Normal command line command (e.g., :h c_Del)	:h c_cmd
Vim	Help	Open help for Normal mode command (e.g., :h filetype)	:h cmd
Vim	Help	Open help for Insert mode command (e.g., :h i_Esc)	:h i_cmd
Vim	Help	Open help for Vim option (e.g., :h ‘textwidth’)	:h option
Vim	Help	Open help for Visual mode command (e.g., :h v_u)	:h v_cmd
Vim	Help	See matching help entries for word (e.g., :helpgrep filepath)	:helpgrep w
Vim	Help	See matching help entries for word (after typing :h word)	Ctrl + D
Vim	Help	Jump to a subject	Ctrl + ]
Vim	Navigation	Jump to first character in the line (also: Home key)	0
Vim	Navigation	Jump back to next cursor position(s)	Ctrl + I
Vim	Navigation	Jump back to previous cursor position(s)	Ctrl + O
Vim	Navigation	Jump back to previous cursor position(s)	Ctrl + T
Vim	Navigation	Jump to first non-blank character in the line	^
Vim	Navigation	Jump to first character in screen line (differs from 0 when lines wrap)	g0
Vim	Navigation	Jump to middle of the line	gM
Vim	Navigation	Jump to first non-blank character in screen line (differs from ^ when lines wrap)	g^
Vim	Navigation	Jump to middle of the screen line	gm
Vim	Navigation	Jump to the last character in the line (N-1 lines lower)	n $
Vim	Navigation	Repeat the last f, F, t, or T N times in opposite direction (e.g., 3,)	n ,
Vim	Navigation	Repeat the last f, F, t, or T N times (e.g., 6;)	n ;
Vim	Navigation	Jump to the Nth occurrence of char to the left (e.g., 4Fo)	n F char
Vim	Navigation	Jump till before the Nth occurrence of char to the left (e.g., 6Tu)	n T char
Vim	Navigation	Jump to column N (default: 1)	n VertBar
Vim	Navigation	Jump to the Nth occurrence of char to the right (e.g., 8ft)	n f char
Vim	Navigation	Jump to last character in screen line (differs from $ when lines wrap)	n g$
Vim	Navigation	Move n characters to the left (e.g., 5h)	n h
Vim	Navigation	Move n lines down (e.g., 3j)	n j
Vim	Navigation	Go up N lines (e.g., 4k)	n k
Vim	Navigation	Move n lines up (e.g., 3k)	n k
Vim	Navigation	Move n characters to the right (e.g., 10l)	n l
Vim	Navigation	Jump till before the Nth occurrence of char to the right (e.g., 8tr)	n t char
Vim	Windows	Quit Vim	:q
Vim	Windows	Quit Vim (without saving)	:qa!