Vim
A lightweight text editor featuring modal operation, unlocking true productivity with overwhelming editing speed once mastered
Shortcuts for mastering Vim's basic mode switching and editing operations to achieve efficient mouse-free editing
Esc
Normal mode
Returns to normal (command) mode.
💡 Hint: Escape
🎯 Reliably return to normal mode, the starting point for all operations
i
Insert mode
Starts character input from cursor position.
💡 Hint: insert
🎯 Start text input from cursor position to efficiently add text
a
Append mode
Starts input after cursor position.
💡 Hint: append
🎯 Start input after cursor position for flexible editing
v
Visual mode
Starts character-wise selection.
💡 Hint: visual
🎯 Visually select text for intuitive editing operations
h
Move left
Moves cursor one character left.
💡 Hint: h is leftmost
🎯 Basic cursor movement with hjkl for mouse-free operation
u
Undo
Undoes the last operation.
💡 Hint: undo
🎯 Instantly undo mistakes to edit with confidence
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Repeat command
Repeats the last change command.
💡 Hint: Period for repeat
🎯 Repeat last change for efficient editing work