Vim HotKeys

⚙️ Modes

Mode	Key	Description
Normal	Esc	Return to default navigation mode
Insert	i	Start typing before the cursor
Append	a	Start typing after the cursor
Visual	v	Start character-based selection
Visual Line	V (Shift+V)	Select entire lines
Visual Block	Ctrl + v	Select rectangular blocks of text
## 🕹️ Navigation

Action	Hotkey
Basic Movement	h (left) j (down) k (up) l (right)
Start of line	0 (zero)
First non-blank char	^
End of line	$
Next / Previous word	w / b
Jump to line [n]	:[number] or [number]G
Top / Middle / Bottom	gg / zz (center screen) / G

🛠️ Editing & Buffer

Action	Hotkey
Delete character	x
Delete word	dw
Delete (Cut) line	dd
Copy (Yank) line	yy
Paste	p (after) or P (before)
Replace one char	r
Undo / Redo	u / Ctrl + r

⌨️ Insert Mode Shortcuts

Action	Hotkey
Insert at start of line	I (Shift+I)
Insert at end of line	A (Shift+A)
Open new line below	o
Open new line above	O (Shift+O)

🔍 Search & Replace

Action	Hotkey
Search forward	/text
Search backward	?text
Next / Previous match	n / N
Search & Replace (all)	:%s/old/new/g

🪟 Windows / Splits

Action	Hotkey
Split horizontally	:split or Ctrl+w, s
Split vertically	:vsplit or Ctrl+w, v
Switch between splits	Ctrl + w + [h/j/k/l]
Close current split	:q or Ctrl+w, c

🗂️ Tabs

Action	Hotkey
New tab	:tabnew
Next / Previous tab	gt / gT
Close tab	:tabclose

💾 Save & Quit

Action	Hotkey
Save	:w
Quit	:q
Save & Quit	:wq or ZZ
Force Quit (no save)	:q!

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