Vim Motions & Operators Cheat-Sheet

1. Basic Cursor Movement

Action	Command
Left	h
Down	j
Up	k
Right	l
Start of line	0
First non-blank of line	^
End of line	$
Column N	|N
Middle of screen line	gm
Top of file	gg
Bottom of file	G
Top of screen	H
Middle of screen	M
Bottom of screen	L

2. Word Motions

Action	Command
Move to next word	w
Move to end of word	e
Move to previous word	b
Move to next WORD (whitespace-delimited)	W
Move to end of WORD	E
Move to previous WORD	B

3. Paragraph & Sentence Motions

Action	Command
Next sentence	)
Previous sentence	(
Next paragraph	}
Previous paragraph	{

4. Search & Repeat

Action	Command
Search forward	/pattern
Search backward	?pattern
Repeat forward	n
Repeat backward	N
Find char forward	f
Till char forward	t
Find char backward	F
Till char backward	T
Repeat last find	;
Repeat opposite dir	,
Delete lines by matching	:g/http/d
Delete all do not match	:v/http/d

5. Text Objects

Text objects do not move the cursor on their own—you must combine them with an operator (d, c, y, >, <, etc.)

Object	Inner (i…)	Around (a…)
word	iw	aw
WORD (big-word)	iW	aW
sentence	is	as
paragraph	ip	ap
block (any B)	iB or ib	aB or ab
parentheses ( )	i( or i)	a( or a)
brackets [ ]	i[ or i]	a[ or a]
braces { }	i{ or i}	a{ or a}
single-quotes	i'	a'
double-quotes	i"	a"

6. Operators (combine with motions or text objects)

Operator	Description
d{motion}	Delete up to motion
c{motion}	Change (delete + enter Insert mode)
y{motion}	Yank (copy) up to motion
>{motion}	Indent selection
<{motion}	Un-indent selection
g~{motion}	Swap case
gu{motion}	Make lowercase
gU{motion}	Make uppercase

7. Operator + Text-Object Examples

Example	Effect
daw	delete a word (including surrounding space)
diw	delete inner word (just the word)
ciw	change inner word → enter Insert mode
yaw	yank a word (including any trailing space)
yip	yank inner paragraph
>ap	indent around paragraph

8. Marks, Jumps & Extended Motions

Action	Command
Set mark	m
Jump to mark (line)	'
Jump to mark (exact position)	`
Jumplist back	Ctrl-O
Jumplist forward	Ctrl-I
Jump to matching parenthesis/bracket/brace	%
Search word under cursor forward	*
Search word under cursor backward	#
Partial-word search forward	g*
Partial-word search backward	g#
Jump through change-list (newer changes)	g;
Jump through change-list (older changes)	g,
Increment number under cursor	Ctrl-a
Decrement number under cursor	Ctrl-x

9. Macros & Registers

Action	Command
Record macro into r	q r
Stop recording	q
Play macro r	@r
Repeat last macro	@@
Yank into register r	" r y{motion}
Paste from register r	" r p

10. Folding

Action	Command
Close fold	zc
Open fold	zo
Fold more (deeper)	zm
Fold less (shallower)	zr
Close all folds	zM
Open all folds	zR
Toggle fold under cursor	za
Toggle all under cursor	zA
Toggle folding feature	zi

11. Case Changes

Action	Command
Toggle case under cursor	~
Swap case via motion	g~{motion}
Lowercase via motion	gu{motion}
Uppercase via motion	gU{motion}
Lowercase entire line	guu
Uppercase entire line	gUU
Swap case on current char (repeat)	g~~

12. Scrolling & Centering

Action	Command
Half-page down	Ctrl-d
Half-page up	Ctrl-u
Center cursor on screen	zz
Top of screen	zt
Bottom of screen	zb

13. Undo/Redo & Repeat

Action	Command
Undo	u
Redo	Ctrl-r
Repeat last change	.

14. Miscellaneous

Action	Command
Save	:w
Quit	:q
Save & quit	:wq or ZZ
Quit without saving	:q! or ZQ
Search & replace in entire file	:%s/old/new/g
Search & replace with confirmation	:%s/old/new/gc
Auto-indent selection or motion	=
Format whole file	gg=G
Rename symbol	cr
Start debug	dc

15. Windows, Buffers & Tabs

Action	Command
Split horizontally	:split or :sp
Split vertically	:vsplit or :vs
Move between windows	Ctrl-W {h/j/k/l}
Open next buffer	:bnext or :bn
Open previous buffer	:bprev or :bp
List buffers	:ls
Close buffer	:bd
Next tab	gt
Previous tab	gT
Open new tab	:tabnew
Sort key unique	:sort u
Sort text asc	:sort
Sort text desc	:sort!
Add content to the buffer	:read path
Add output command to the buffer	:read !ls
Execute command select visual mode	:'<,'>! jq .city

Other

description	command
Show logs	:MasonLog
show notifier errors	:lua Snacks.notifier.show_history()
show hidden explorer and fuzzy	{ "folke/snacks.nvim",opts = {picker = { sources = {files = { hidden = true, ignored = true,},},hidden = true, ignored = true, },},},
restart lsp	:LspRestart
load session current directory	qs