Keyboard Shortcuts

Help yourself

Your can view all the keyboard shortcut within EverVim with the help to CtrlSF!
Try typing the following in command mode

Look up core keybindings

:CtrlSF map ~/.EverVim/core

Look up plugins keybindings

:CtrlSF map ~/.EverVim/plugins

List all key mappings

:CtrlSF map ~/.EverVim

Mode notation

N: Normal, I: Insert, V: Visual, C: Command, T: Terminal

Vim Basics !

Keycode	Mode	[Command]Description
h	N	Move cursor one char left
j	N	[gj]Move cursor one char down
k	N	[gk]Move cursor one char up
l	N	Move cursor one char right
w	N	Move cursor to the beginning of the next word
b	N	Move cursor to the beginning of the previous word
M	N	Move cursor to vertical center
gg	N	Move to the first line
G	N	Move to the last line
:w	C	Save the current buffer
:q	C	Quit Vim (Remember this!)

EverVim move-around !

The default Leader key is , comma!

Keycode	Mode	[Command]Description
H	N	Move to previous tab
L	N	Move to next tab
Y	N	[y$]Yank from the cursor to the end of the line
<C-h>	N	[<C-W>h] Focus to the left window/pane
<C-l>	N	[<C-W>l] Focus to the right window/pane
<C-j>	N	[<C-W>j] Focus to the window/pane below
<C-k>	N	[<C-W>k] Focus to the window/pane above
<Leader>hh	N	[1<C-W>w] Focus to the first left window (usually NERDTree)
<Leader>ll	N	[1<C-W>b] Focus to the first right window (usually TagBar)
,,w	N	EasyMotion: Move downwards to anywhere within two keystrokes
,,b	N	EastMotion: Move upwards to anywhere within two keystrokes
zl	N	[zL] Scroll content to the right
zh	N	[zH] Scroll content to the left
.	N/V	[:normal .] Move to the recent modification
<	V	[<gv] Visual shift to the left
>	V	[>gv] Visual shift to the right
<Leader>=	N/V	[<C-w>=] Adjust viewports to the same size
<Leader>q	N/V	[gwip] Justify the inner paragraph object
<Leader>ff	N/V	Search for keyword under the cursor and ask which one to jump to
<F11>	N	Full screen support for GVIM/Terminal, needs wmctrl
<Leader>ew	N	Select to edit a file under the same folder as current buffer
<Leader>es	N	Select to edit a file under the same folder as current buffer (split)
<Leader>ev	N	Select to edit a file under the same folder as current buffer (vsplit)
<Leader>et	N	Select to edit a file under the same folder as current buffer (newtab)
<Leader>fn	N	Set foldlevel to n, e.g. 1 for <Leader>F1
Q	N	[<nop>] Disable Ex Mode completely to avoid mis-input

EverVim Specific Command

Keycode	Mode	[Command]Description
;	N	[:] Start to type command without holding Shift
<Leader>ac	N	Apply current config and re-source vimrc
<Leader>ec	N	Edit EverVim Config ~/.EverVim.vimrc
w!!	C	Write to the file even when you forget to sudo
<Leader>tn	N	[:tabnew +Startify] Open a new tab instance
<Leader>te	N	[:tabe term://$SHELL] Open terminal from current working dir in a new tab (neovim only)
Escape	T	[<C-\><C-n>] return to normal mode from terminal (neovim only)

Plugin Functions

Press Space for keymap guide.