LazyVim keyboard shortcut cheatsheet

LazyVim-cheatsheet.md

LazyVim Keymaps Cheatsheet (Markdown)

• Basic Editing
• Navigation
• LSP (TypeScript, etc.)
• Commenting
• Search & Replace
• Buffers
• Windows
• File Explorer & Projects
• Diagnostics & Git
• Miscellaneous

Basic Editing

• i – Enter Insert mode
• Esc or Ctrl-[ – Exit to Normal mode
• <C-s> – Save file
• <C-q> or <leader>qq – Quit all windows
• u Undo the last change
• <C-r> Redo the last undone change
• UUndo all changes on the current line (reverts the entire line to its original state)
• dd Delete line
• V to enter Visual Line mode, Use j / k to select multiple lines. Press gc to toggle comments
• yy copy, p paste
• ]d and [d to jump between diagnostics (error)
• <A-j> and <A-k> move line down and up (A = Alt)

Navigation

• h / j / k / l – Left / Down / Up / Right
• gg / G – Go to top / bottom of file
• 0 / $ – Start / end of line
• * – Search word under cursor
• <C-o> / <C-i> – Jump back / forward
• <C-h> / <C-w>h Jump to the window on the left (where the explorer usually is)
• <C-l> / <C-w>l Jump to the window on the right (if explorer is on the right).

LSP (TypeScript, etc.)

• gd – Go to Definition
• gy – Go to Type Definition
• gr – Show References
• K – Hover info
• <leader>cr – Rename symbol
• <leader>ca – Code action

Commenting

• gcc – Toggle comment on line
• gc + visual select – Comment selected lines
• gco – Add comment line below
• gcO – Add comment line above

Search & Replace

• /pattern + n/N – Search forward/backward
• <leader>sg – Search project (grep)
• <leader>sr – Search and replace in project

Buffers

• <leader>bb – Switch buffer
• <leader>bd – Delete buffer
• ]b / [b – Next / Previous buffer
• bP – Close all unpinned buffers (default keymap)
• bo – Close all buffers except the current one
• bd – Close the current buffer (also closes the window it's in)
• bD – Close the current buffer and the window it's in

Windows

• <leader>- – Split window horizontally
• <leader>| – Split window vertically
• <C-h/j/k/l> – Move between windows
• <leader>wd – Close window

File Explorer & Projects

• <leader>e – Toggle file explorer (Neo-Tree)
• <leader>fp – Find projects
• i – Find files
• / – Search text, enter to start navigating, n next text shift+n previous text, i, a, o to edit

Diagnostics & Git

• ]d / [d – Next / Previous diagnostic
• <leader>gg – Open LazyGit
• gb – Git blame line

Miscellaneous

• <leader>l – Plugin manager
• <leader>l – Format file
• <leader>ud – Toggle diagnostics
• <leader>ul – Toggle line numbers
• <leader>uw – Toggle word wrap

Note: <leader> is typically Space. Press <leader> to open WhichKey and explore all mappings.