KeyboardShortcuts.md

Keyboard shortcuts

This neovim configuration tries as much as possible to use shortcuts common in other code editors, trying to be as close as possible to other editors like VSCode but with the accessibility of neovim.

Note

By default the <leader> key is space, you can set it to whatever you need in the init.lua file in the vim.g.mapleader variable.

Reset

KEY	MODE	COMMAND	FUNCTION
Esc	normal insert	<Esc>:VMClear <BAR> :nohl <CR>	Pressing the escape key tries to delete all selections made by the vim-multi plugin and by "/".

Buffer

KEY	MODE	COMMAND	FUNCTION
q	normal	<cmd>:q<CR>	Closes the current buffer or the editor
<leader> + q + q	normal	<cmd>:q!<CR>	Forces the buffer to close
Ctrl + s	normal insert	<cmd>:w<CR>	Saves changes made to the buffer
Ctrl + h + h	normal	<cmd>:bprevious<CR>	Move to the previous buffer
Ctrl + l + l	normal	<cmd>:bnext<CR>	Move to the next buffer
Ctrl + q + q	normal	<cmd>:Bdelete<CR>	Closes the current buffer but does not close the entire editor
<leader> + n + r	normal	<cmd>:vsplit<CR>	Open a window with the current buffer on the right side.
<leader> + n + b	normal	<cmd>:split<CR>	Open a window with the current buffer on the bottom side.
Ctrl + f	normal insert	<Esc>/	Allows you to search the buffer for the phrase you require

Text Manipulation

KEY	MODE	COMMAND	FUNCTION
Ctrl + c	visual	y	Allows you to copy the selected text
Ctrl + v	insert	<Esc>pi	Allows you to paste the previously copied text
Ctrl + x	visual	d	Allows you to cut the selected text
Ctrl + a	normal visual	<Esc>gg0vG$	Allows you to select all text in the current buffer
Ctrl + z	normal insert	<cmd>:undo<CR>	Desase the last change made
Ctrl + y	normal insert	<cmd>:redo<CR>	Restore the last discarded change
Alt + Down	normal	yyp	Allows you to copy the line you are on at the bottom of the page.
Shift + Down	normal	:m+1<CR>	Moves the line to the bottom of the line.
Ctrl + p	normal insert	<cmd>:CommentToggle<CR>	Comment on the current line
Ctrl + p	visual	<S-:>CommentToggle<CR>	Comments on selected lines in visual mode

File manager

KEY	MODE	COMMAND	FUNCTION
Ctrl + b	normal insert	<Esc><cmd>:NeoTreeFocusToggle<CR>	Allows you to open the Neotree plugin file tree.
<leader> + f + f	normal	<cmd>Telescope fd<CR>	Displays the list of files in the project.
<leader> + f + e	normal	<cmd>Telescope diagnostics<CR>	Displays the list of buffer diagnostic messages.
<leader> + f + b	normal	<cmd>Telescope buffers<CR>	Displays the list of currently open buffers.
<leader> + f + h	normal	<cmd>Telescope help_tags<CR>	Displays the list of available aids.
<leader> + h + h	normal	<cmd>Telescope colorscheme<CR>	Displays the list of available themes for the editor.
<leader> + g + c	normal	<cmd>Telescope git_commits<CR>	Displays the list of commits performed on the project.
<leader> + g + s	normal	<cmd>Telescope git_status<CR>	Displays the list of changes to files in the git repository.
<leader> + g + f	normal	<cmd>Telescope git_files<CR>	Displays the list of files in the git repository.
<leader> + g + b	normal	<cmd>Telescope git_branches<CR>	Displays the list of branches that exist in a git repository.
<leader> + t + c	normal	<cmd>TodoTelescope<CR>	Displays the list of TODO comments in the project.

Terminal

KEY	MODE	COMMAND	FUNCTION
<leader> + t + r	normal	<cmd>:botright vnew <BAR> :terminal<CR>	This command will open a terminal on the right of the current buffer.
<leader> + t + b	normal	<cmd>:botright new <BAR> :terminal<CR>	This command will open a terminal at the bottom of the current buffer.
<leader> + t	normal	<cmd>:ToggleTerm<CR>	This command will open a toggleterm plugin terminal, by default a floating terminal.

Git

KEY	MODE	COMMAND	FUNCTION
Ctrl + g	normal	<cmd>:Gitsigns toggle_current_line_blame<CR>	Shows a virtual text line with the last changes in the line.

Execute files

KEY	MODE	COMMAND	FUNCTION
<leader> + m + p	normal	<cmd>:MarkdownPreviewToggle<CR>	Allows to open the current markdown file in the browser
<leader> + o + h	normal	<cmd>:OpenHTML<CR>	Open an HTML file in the default browser
<leader> + r + p	normal	<cmd>:RunPython<CR>	Execute the python file
<leader> + r + j + s	normal	<cmd>:RunJavaScript<CR>	Execute the javascript file
<leader> + r + c + p + p	normal	<cmd>:RunCPP<CR>	Execute the c++ file
<leader> + r + c	normal	<cmd>:RunC<CR>	Execute the c file
<leader> + r + t + s	normal	<cmd>:RunTypeScript<CR>	Execute the typescript file
<leader> + r + s + c + s	normal	<cmd>:RunScss<CR>	Execute the scss file
<leader> + r + g + o	normal	<cmd>:RunGo<CR>	Execute the go file

LSP

KEY	MODE	COMMAND	FUNCTION
Shift + Alt + f	normal	validates_the_code_formatting_type	Format the code using the function that discriminates which files to format with neoformat
Shift + Alt + f + f	normal	vim.lsp.buf.format	Formats the code using the default LSP server formatter
Tab	normal	vim.lsp.buf.hover	Displays the information of the selected method or variable
Ctrl + d	normal	vim.lsp.buf.definition	Open the buffer where you defined the function or variable you have selected
Ctrl + RightMouse	normal	vim.lsp.buf.definition	Open the buffer where you defined the function or variable you have selected
Ctrl + k	normal	vim.lsp.buf.code_action	Execute the client's codeactions
Ctrl + e	normal	function() vim.diagnostic.open_float(0, { scope = "line", border = "rounded" }) end	Open diagnostic messages on selected line

CMP Autocomplete

KEY	MODE	COMMAND	FUNCTION
Ctrl + space	insert	cmp.mapping.complete()	Open the menu with suggestions for completion
Ctrl + n	insert	cmp.mapping.complete()	Open the menu with suggestions for completion
Ctrl + c	insert	cmp.mapping(go_close_menu, { "i", "s" })	Closes the menu with suggestions to complete
Down	insert	cmp.mapping(go_down_in_menu, { "i", "s" })	Scroll down the menu
Up	insert	cmp.mapping(go_up_in_menu, { "i", "s" })	Scroll up the menu
Ctrl + j	insert	cmp.mapping.scroll_docs(-4)	Scrolls down in the menu jumping on 4 items
Ctrl + k	insert	cmp.mapping.scroll_docs(4)	Scrolls up in the menu jumping on 4 items
Enter	insert	cmp.mapping.confirm { behavior = cmp.ConfirmBehavior.Insert, select = true, }	Inserts the selected suggestion