Updated on July 21, 2026.
Keyboard bindings for the Vim text editor.
For complete references, review quickref.txt
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 | :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 | :helpgrep word |
| 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 | n , |
| Vim | Navigation | Repeat the last f, F, t, or T N times | n ; |
| Vim | Navigation | Jump to the Nth occurrence of char to the left | n F char |
| Vim | Navigation | Jump till before the Nth occurrence of char to the left | 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 | 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 | n h |
| Vim | Navigation | Move n lines down | n j |
| Vim | Navigation | Go up N lines | n k |
| Vim | Navigation | Move n lines up | n k |
| Vim | Navigation | Move n characters to the right | n l |
| Vim | Navigation | Jump till before the Nth occurrence of char to the right | n t char |
| Vim | Windows | Quit Vim | :q |
| Vim | Windows | Quit Vim (without saving) | :qa! |