Editing & Navigation

This page is just a reference for your convenience. You are not expected to memorize what’s listed here.

Key	Description
`w`	Forward one word, start at next word
`e`	Forward one word, stop at end of current word
`b`	Back to nearest word start

Key	Description
`W`	Same as `w`, but only use spaces for a word boundaries
`E`	Same as `e`, but only use spaces for a word boundaries
`B`	Same as `b`, but only use spaces for a word boundaries

Key	Description
`f<letter>`	Move cursor on top of next instance of `<letter>` in current line
`t<letter>`	Move cursor right before next instance of `<letter>` in current line
`F<letter>`	Move cursor on top of previous instance of `<letter>` in current line
`T<letter>`	Move cursor right before previous instance of `<letter>` in current line

Key	Description
`0`	Go to start of line
`^`	Go to first non-whitespace character of line
`$`	Go to end of line
`%`	Go to matching paren or brace

Inserting

Key	Description
`i`	Insert right before current character
`a`	Insert right after current character
`I`	Insert at the beginning of the line (skipping whitespace)
`A`	Insert at the end of the line
`o`	Insert new line below this line
`O`	Insert new line above this line

Key	Description
`d`	Delete
`dd`	Delete the entire line
`c`	“Change”: delete and enter insert mode
`cc`	Change the entire line

Operators can be combined with motions to operate on a certain hunk of text.

Key	Description
`cw`	Change one word
`ct)`	Change until the next `)`
`df.`	Delete everything up to and including `.`
`d4l`	Delete the next four letters
`d}`	Delete until the next empty line

Each Vim resource is a little bit different. Another one you may want to look at is Vim Cheatsheet.