• Basic Key Mappings
  • Save, Quit, and Reload
  • Insert
  • Move Lines
  • Navigation
  • Terminal
  • Mark
  • Increment
  • Selection
  • Register
  • Macro
  • Substitue
  • Comment
  • Indentation
  • Utilities
  • Windows, Split, Buffer and Tab
  • Searching
• Leader Key Mappings
  • Single Mappings
  • Combination Mappings
• Markdown Snippets
  • Custom Snippets
• Programming Essentials
• Plugins Key Mappings
  • Vim Surround
  • Rnvimr
  • NERD Commenter
  • Which Key
  • Float Term
  • Minimap
  • LeaderF
  • Undo Tree
  • NERDTree
  • Tabular
  • Coc
  • Lazygit
  • AsyncRun

Notes:

• The pre-built image contains a set of key mappings. You may find the configuration in ./nvim/keys/mappings.vim
• The pre-built image also comes with a set of <LEADER> key bindings with which-key plugin. You may find the configuration in ./nvim/keys/which-key.vim
• Feel free to modify the key-mapping configuration files inside the container to adjust your needs. They can be found in ./config/nvim/keys

Note: The <LEADER>key is defined as <SPACE> by default

Mode	Shortcut	Equivalent	Usage
Normal	S	:w	Write (Save) current buffer
Normal	Q	:q	Quit the current buffer
Normal	R	:source $MYVIMRC	Reload neovim config
Insert	jj	<Esc>:w	Quit insert mode and save

Mode	Shortcut	Equivalent	Usage
Insert	jj	<Esc>:w	Quit insert mode and save
Insert	vv	<Esc>bv	Quit insert mode and enter visual mode in the current cursor position
Normal	i	i	Enter insert mode in the current cursor position
Normal	a	a	Move cursor forward by one character and then enter insert mode
Normal	A	A	Enter insert mode at the end of the current line
Normal	o	o	Open a new line below the current line and enter insert mode
Normal	O	O	Open a new line above the current line and enter insert mode
Insert	<C-o>	<Esc>o	Insert a new line below the current line
Insert	<C-h>	<C-h>	Delete previous character in the current cursor position
Insert	<C-w>	<C-w>	Delete previous word in the current cursor position
Insert	<C-e>	<C-o>$	Move cursor to the end of the current line
Insert	<C-a>	<C-o>0	Move cursor to the beginning of the current line

Mode	Shortcut	Equivalent	Usage
Normal	<S-Up>	:m-2<CR>	Move the current line above
Normal	<S-Down>	:m+<CR>	Move the current line below
Insert	<S-Up>	<Esc>:m-2<CR>	Move the current line above
Insert	<S-Down>	<Esc>:m+<CR>	Move the current line below

Mode	Shortcut	Equivalent	Usage
Normal	J	5j	Move cursor 5 lines downward
Normal	K	5k	Move cursor 5 lines upward
Normal	L	w	Move cursor to the next word
Normal	H	b	Move cursor to the previous word
Normal	=	n	Next result
Normal	-	N	Previous result
Normal	G	G	Move cursor the last line of the file
Normal	gg	gg	Move cursor to the first line of the file
Normal	w	w	Move cursor to the beginning of the word
Normal	e	e	Move cursor to the end of the word
Normal	f	f	Move cursor to the position input character
Normal	t	t	Move cursor the one character prior to the position of the input character
Normal	0	0	Move cursor to the beginning of line
Normal	$	$	Move cursor to the end of line
Normal	%	%	Move cursor to the closest end bracket (parentheses)
Normal	[NUMBER]G or [NUMBER]gg	[NUMBER]G or [[NUMBER]gg]	Move the cursor the a specific line
Normal	<C-e>	$	Move cursor to the end of the current line
Normal	<C-a>	0	Move cursor to the beginning of the current line
Visual	<C-e>	$	Move cursor to the end of the current line
Visual	<C-a>	0	Move cursor to the beginning of the current line
Insert	<C-e>	<C-o>$	Move cursor to the end of the current line
Insert	<C-a>	<C-o>0	Move cursor to the beginning of the current line

Mode	Shortcut	Equivalent	Usage
Normal	:term	:term	Open a terminal in current buffer
Normal	<LEADER>,	:tabe<CR>:term<CR>	Open a terminal in a new tab
Normal	<C-x>	:FloatermToggle	Toggle a floating terminal window
Terminal	<C-x>	<C-\><C-n>:FloatermToggle	Hide the floating terminal window
Terminal	<Esc>	<C-\><C-n>	Set the terminal to normal mode
Terminal	i	i	Set the terminal to insert mode
Terminal	Q	<C-\><C-N>:q<CR>	Exit terminal and close the window

Mode	Shortcut	Equivalent	Usage
Normal	<C-c>	"+yy	Copy content in the current line to the system clipboard
Normal	<C-c>	"+y	Copy content in the selected line/block of lines to the system clipboard
Normal	<C-v>	"+p	Paste content from the system clipboard to vim register

Alternatives:

• Use mouse to select text and then right click copy to copy the text to the system clipboard on the host machine

Notes: Capital Letter works for all the files in the current buffer at once, whereas Lower Case Letter only works for each individual file.

Mode	Shortcut	Equivalent	Usage
Normal	ma	ma	Mark/Unmark the current cursor position as a
Normal	'a	'a	Jump to line of mark a
Normal	`a	`a	Jump to position (line and column) of mark a
Normal	d'a	d'a	Delete from current line to line of mark a
Normal	c'a	c'a	Change text from current line to line of a
Normal	y'a	y'a	Copy text from current line to line of a

Mode	Shortcut	Equivalent	Usage
Normal	<Shift>=	+	<Ctr>a
Normal	<Shift>-	_	<Ctr>x

Mode	Shortcut	Equivalent	Usage
Visual	w	w	Select the next word
Visual	b	b	Select the previous word
Visual	iw	iw	Select the next word
Visual	$	$	Select the all content from the current cursor position to the end of the current line
Visual	i"	i"	Select the string inside "", excluding ""
Visual	a"	a"	Select the string inside "", including ""
Normal	ggVG	ggVG	Select all content

Mode	Shortcut	Equivalent	Usage
Normal	"q5yy	q5yy	Copy the content in the next 3 lines to register q
Normal	"qp	"qp	Paste the content from the register q
Normal	"Qyy	"Qyy	Add the content in the current line to the existing register q

Mode	Shortcut	Equivalent	Usage
Normal	q<Number or Letter>0<Content>0j	q<Number or Letter>0<Content>0j	Start recoding Marco
Normal	q	q	Stop recoding Macro
Normal	@<Number or Letter>	@<Number or Letter>	Play the recorded Macro
Normal	<Number>@@	<Number>@@	Play N times of the previous Macro

Mode	Shortcut	Equivalent	Usage
Visual	``\s{old}/{new}`	:s/{old}/{new}/g	Substitute target text to the new text in the current selected line/block of lines
Normal	\s{old}/{new}	:%s/{old}/{new}/g	Search the target text and substitute with new text
Normal	cc	cc	Substitute the current line with new text
Visual	c	c	Substitute the current line with new text

Mode	Shortcut	Equivalent	Usage
Normal	<LEADER>/	:call NERDComment(0,"toggle")	Toggle comment on the current line or selected block
Visual	<LEADER>/	:call NERDComment(0,"toggle")	Toggle comment on the current line or selected block

Mode	Shortcut	Equivalent	Usage
Normal	>>	>>	Indent once
Normal	<<	<<	Undo indent once
Insert	<TAB>	<C-t>	Indent once
Insert	<S-TAB>	<C-d>	Undo indent once
Visual	<TAB>	>gv	Indent once
Visual	<S-TAB>	<gv	Undo Indent once

Mode	Shortcut	Equivalent	Usage
Normal	sc	:set spell!<CR>	Spell Check
Normal	fg	:r !figlet	Figlet
Normal	za	za	Fold/Unfold a paragraph
Normal	<LEADER><CR>	:nohlsearch	Toggle highlight search
Visual	tb	:Tabularize /<pattern>	Format a block of text in certain pattern
Normal	<LEADER>m	``	Toggle the mini-map on the right side
Normal	<LEADER>r	:RnvimrToggle<CR>	Toggle Ranger file manager in a popup window
Normal	<LEADER>T	:FloatermToggle	Toggle a terminal in a popup window
Normal	<LEADER>S	:Startify	Jump to the navigation starting page
Normal	<LEADER>e	:CocCommand explorer	Toggle coc file manager
Normal	<C-n>	:NERDTreeToggle	Toggle NerdTree file manager
Normal	<LEADER>n	:NERDTreeToggle	Toggle NerdTree file manager

Mode	Shortcut	Equivalent	Usage
Normal	sr	:set splitright<CR>:vsplit<CR>	Split window vertically and focus the right window
Normal	sl	:nosplitright<CR>:vsplit<CR>	Split window vertically and focus the left window
Normal	su	:set nosplitbelow<CR>:split<CR>	Split window horizontally and focus the top window
Normal	sb	:set splitbelow<CR>:split<CR>	Split window horizontally and focus the bottom window
Normal	sh	<C-w>t<C-w>H	Change split direction horizontally
Normal	sv	<C-w>t<c-w>K	Change split direction vertically
Normal	<LEADER>h	<C-w>h	Move focus to the left window
Normal	<LEADER>j	<C-w>j	Move focus to the bottom window
Normal	<LEADER>k	<C-w>k	Move focus to the top window
Normal	<LEADER>l	<C-w>l	Move focus to the right window
Normal	<LEADER><up>	:res+5<CR>	Increase the height of the window by 5
Normal	<LEADER><down>	:res-5<CR>	Decrease the height of the window by 5
Normal	<LEADER><right>	:vertical resize+5	Increase the width of the window by 5
Normal	<Leader><left>	:vertical resize-5	Decrease the height of the window by 5
Normal	<TAB>	:bnext	Move to the next buffer
Normal	<S-TAB>	:bprevious	Move to the previous buffer
Normal	:tabm N	:tabm N	Move the tab to a specific spot in the tab order N
Normal	<C-i>	<C-i>	Go to he next position in the jump list
Normal	<C-o>	<C-o>	Go to the previous position in the jump list
Normal	<LEADER>=	:tabnext	Go the next tab
Normal	<LEADER>-	:-tabnext	Go to the previous tab
Visual	<LEADER>p	<Plug>(coc-format-selected)	Format the selected block of code
Normal	<LEADER>p	<Plug>(coc-format-selected)	Format the selected block of code

Mode	Shortcut	Equivalent	Usage
Normal	/	/	Search word in current buffer
Normal	ff	:Leaderf file<CR>	Search files
Normal	fs	:<C-u><C-r>=printf("Leaderf line %s", "")	Search content in lines
Normal	fb	:<C-u><C-r>=printf("Leaderf buffer %s", "")	Search buffers

Notes:

• The <LEADER>key is defined as <SPACE> by default
• Use Which-Key bindings by default
• You may modify the key-bindings to adjust your need. The configuration file can be found in $HOME/.config/keys/which-key.vim inside the container

Mode	Shortcut	Equivalent	Usage
Normal	<LEADER>/	<Plug>NERDCommenterToggle	Toggle Comment
Normal	<LEADER>e	:CocCommand explorer	Explorer
Normal	<LEADER>f	:Leaderf File	Search Files
Normal	<LEADER>r	:RnvimrToggle	Ranger
Normal	<LEADER>n	:NERDTreeToggle	NERDTree
Normal	<LEADER>S	:Startify	Start Screen
Normal	<LEADER>h	<C-w>h	Focus Left Window
Normal	<LEADER>k	<C-w>k	Focus Top Window
Normal	<LEADER>j	<C-w>j	Focus Bottom Window
Normal	<LEADER>l	<C-w>l	Focus Right Window
Normal	<LEADER>-	:-tabnext	Previous Tab
Normal	<LEADER>=	:tabnext	Next Tab
Normal	<LEADER><CR>	:nohlsearch	Toggle Highlight Search
Normal	<LEADER>b	-	LeaderfBuffer
Normal	<LEADER>u	:UndotreeToggle	UndoTree
Normal	<LEADER>T	:FloatermToggle	Floaterm
Normal	<LEADER>m	-	Minimap
Normal	<LEADER>G	:Floaterm lazygit	Lazygit (Window)
Normal	<LEADER><Up>	:res+5<CR>	Res+5
Normal	<LEADER><Down>	:res-5<CR>	Res-5
Normal	<LEADER><Left>	:vertical res-5	Vertical Resize-5
Normal	<LEADER><Right>	:vertical res+5	Vertical Resize+5
Normal	<LEADER>,	:tabe<CR>:term<CR>	Open a terminal in a new tab

w is for Window Operations

Mode	Shortcut	Equivalent	Usage
Normal	v	<C-w>v	Split Window Vertically
Normal	h	<C-w>s	Split Window Horizontally
Normal	=	:vertical res+5	Increase current window width by 5
Normal	-	:vertical res-5	Decrease current window width by 5

a is for AsyncRun

Mode	Shortcut	Equivalent	Usage
Normal	c	:cclose	Close the QuickFix window
Normal	p	:AsyncRun -raw python %	Run current python script and populate the result in the QuickFix window

x is for Terminal Operations

Mode	Shortcut	Equivalent	Usage
Normal	;	:FloatermNew	Terminal
Normal	d	:FloatermNew lazydocker	Lazydocker
Normal	y	:FloatermNew ytop	Ytop
Normal	b	:FloatermNew bashtop	Bashtop
Normal	r	:FloatermNew ranger	Ranger
Normal	g	:FloatermNew lazygit	Lazygit

c is for coc

Mode	Shortcut	Equivalent	Usage
Normal	c	:CocList commands	CocList commands
Normal	o	:CocList outline	CocList outline
Normal	m	:CocList marketplace	CocList marketplace
Normal	d	:CocList diagnostics	CocList diagnostics
Normal	a	:<Plug>(coc-codeaction-selected)	Apply codeAction to the selected region
Normal	rn	:<Plug>(coc-rename)	Rename
Normal	ac	:<Plug>(coc-codeaction)	Apply codeAction to the current buffer
Normal	qf	:<Plug>(coc-fix-current)	Apply AutoFix to problem on the current line
Normal	e	:CocList extensions	Manage extensions
Normal	k	:CocPrev	Apply default action to previous item
Normal	j	:CocNext	Apply default action to next item
Normal	p	:CocListResume	CocList resume

s is for General Search (FZF)

Mode	Shortcut	Equivalent	Usage
Normal	/	:History	Search history
Normal	;	:Commands	Search commands
Normal	a	:Ag	Text Ag
Normal	b	:BLines	Search current buffer
Normal	B	:Buffers	Open buffers
Normal	c	:Commits	Search commits
Normal	C	:Bcommits	Search buffer commits
Normal	f	:Files	Search files
Normal	g	:GFiles	Search git files
Normal	G	:GFiles?	Search modified git files
Normal	h	:History	Search file history
Normal	H	:History:	Search command history
Normal	l	:Lines	Search Lines
Normal	m	:Marks	Search marks
Normal	M	:Maps	Search normal maps
Normal	p	:Helptags	Search help tags
Normal	P	:Tags	Search project tags
Normal	s	:Snippets	Search snippers
Normal	S	:Colors	Search color schemes
Normal	t	:Rg	Text Rg
Normal	T	:BTags	Search buffer tags
Normal	w	:Windows	Search windows
Normal	y	:Filetypes	Search file types
Normal	z	:FZF	Open FZF

Mode	Shortcut	Usage
Insert	,f	Go to the next <++> (placeholder)
Insert	,w	Go to the next <++> (placeholder) and automatically creates new line

Mode	Shortcut	Usage
Insert	,n	---
Insert	,b	Bold text
Insert	,s	Strick text
Insert	,i	Italic text
Insert	,d	Code block in line
Insert	,c	Block of code
Insert	,m	- [ ] Check mark
Insert	,p	Picture
Insert	,a	Link
Insert	,1	# H1
Insert	,2	## H2
Insert	,3	### H3
Insert	,4	#### H4
Insert	,l	--------

Coming soon

Surround.vim is all about "surroundings": parentheses, brackets, quotes, XML tags, and more. The plugin provides mappings to easily delete, change and add such surroundings in pairs

Docs: /~https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround

Mode	Shortcut	Example	Usage
Normal	yss<quote type>	yss"	Wrap the entire line with ""
Normal	ysiw<quote type>	ysiw"	Wrap word with ""
Visual	S<quote type>	Selected the text then press [S"]	Wrap selected text with ""
Normal	ds<quote type>	ds"	Delete quote ""
Normal	cs<quote type>	cs"'	Change quote from "" to ''

Rnvimr is a NeoVim plugin that allows you to use Ranger in a floating window.

Docs: /~https://github.com/kevinhwang91/rnvimr

Mode	Operator	Usage
Normal	<LEADER>r	Toggle Ranger in a float window
Normal	<C-t>	Open file in a new tab
Normal	<C-v>	Open file in a vertical split
Normal	<C-x>	Open file in a horizontal split
Normal	<C-f>	Open FZF
Normal	M	Create a new directory
Normal	:touch <filename>	Create a new file

A powerful tool to comment lines

Docs: /~https://github.com/preservim/nerdcommenter

Mode	Shortcut	Usage
Visual	<LEADER>/	Toggle comment on the current line or selected block
Visual	<LEADER>cc	Comment out the current line or selected block
Visual	<LEADER>cu	Uncomments the selected line(s).
Visual	<LEADER>c<SPACE>	Toggle comment on the current line or selected block

vim-which-key is vim port of emacs-which-key that displays available keybindings in a popup

Docs: /~https://github.com/liuchengxu/vim-which-key

Mode	Shortcut	Usage
Visual	<LEADER>	Invoke the menu bar
Normal	<LEADER>	Invoke the menu bar

Use (Neo)Vim terminal in the floating/popup window.

Docs: /~https://github.com/voldikss/vim-floaterm

Mode	Shortcut	Usage
Normal	<LEADER>T	Invoke the floating terminal window
Normal	<C-x>	Invoke the floating terminal window
Terminal	X	Hide the floating terminal window
Terminal	<C-x>	Hide the floating terminal window
Normal	:FloatermNew <Program>	Open a program in the float terminal window

Blazing fast minimap for vim, powered by code-minimap written in Rust

Docs: /~https://github.com/wfxr/minimap.vim

Mode	Shortcut	Usage
Normal	<LEADER>m	Toggle the mini-map on the right side

An efficient fuzzy finder that helps to locate files, buffers, mrus, gtags, etc. on the fly

Docs: /~https://github.com/Yggdroot/LeaderF

Mode	Shortcut	Usage
Normal	ff	Search files
Normal	fs	Search content in lines
Normal	fb	Search buffers

The plug-in visualizes undo history and makes it easier to browse and switch between different undo branches

Docs: /~https://github.com/mbbill/undotree

Mode	Shortcut	Usage
Normal	<LEADER>u	Toggle Undo Tree

The NERDTree is a file system explorer for the Vim editor. Using this plugin, users can visually browse complex directory hierarchies, quickly open files for reading or editing, and perform basic file system operations

Docs: /~https://github.com/preservim/nerdtree

Mode	Shortcut	Usage
Normal	<C-n>	Toggle NERDTree
Normal	<LEADER>n	Toggle NERDTree
Normal	t	Open the selected file in a new tab
Normal	s	Open the selected file in a vertical split window
Normal	g	Open the selected file in a horizontal split window
Normal	m	Brings up the NERD Tree menu to add file/dir; delete file/dir

Sometimes, it's useful to line up text. Naturally, it's nicer to have the computer do this for you, since aligning things by hand quickly becomes unpleasant. While there are other plugins for aligning text, the ones I've tried are either impossibly difficult to understand and use, or too simplistic to handle complicated tasks. This plugin aims to make the easy things easy and the hard things possible, without providing an unnecessarily obtuse interface. It's still a work in progress, and criticisms are welcome.

Docs: /~https://github.com/godlygeek/tabular

Mode	Shortcut	Usage
Visual	tb	Format a block of text in certain pattern

Make your Vim/Neovim as smart as VSCode

Docs: /~https://github.com/neoclide/coc.nvim

Check reference @ Leader Key Mappings

A simple terminal UI for git commands, written in Go with the gocui library

Docs: /~https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit

Mode	Shortcut	Usage
Normal	<LEADER>G	Open lazygit in a float window
Normal	<C-g>	Open lazygit in a new tab

A plugin that enables you to run shell commands in background and read output in the quickfix window in realtime

Docs: /~https://github.com/skywind3000/asyncrun.vim

Mode	Shortcut	Usage
Normal	<C-p>	Run the current python script and populate the result in the QuickFix window
Normal	<LEADER>ap	Run the current python script and populate the result in the QuickFix window
Normal	<LEADER>ac	Close the QuickFix window