notescraft/docs/vim-cheatsheet.md

NotesCraft Vim cheatsheet

Vim mode is opt-in: Settings > Editor > Vim, or the command editor.toggle_vim (Space v). Press ? anywhere (no text field focused) for the same list inside the app.

Move

Keys	Action
h j k l	left, down, up, right
w b e	word forward, back, end
W B E	WORD forward, back, end
0 ^ $	line start, first character, line end
gg G	first, last line
{ }	paragraph back, forward
%	matching bracket
f F t T	to / before a character; ; repeats, , reverses
H M L	screen top, middle, bottom
Ctrl-d Ctrl-u	half page down, up

Edit

Keys	Action
i a I A	insert, append, insert at line start, append at line end
o O	open a line below, above
x X	delete character under, before the cursor
s S	substitute character, line
r R	replace one character, replace mode
J	join lines
~	toggle case
p P	paste after, before
.	repeat the last change
u Ctrl-r	undo, redo

Operators and text objects

Operators: d delete, c change, y yank, > < indent, g~ toggle case, gu lower, gU upper. Double the key for the whole line (dd, cc, yy). Combine with a count, a motion or a text object: iw aw, ip ap, i( a( i[ a[ i{ a{, i" a" i'. v and V start a character or line selection, then press an operator.

Registers, marks, search

"a to "z named registers, "+ the system clipboard, ma set mark a, 'a jump to it. / ? search forward and back, n N next and previous, * the word under the cursor.

Ex line (:)

:w save, :q close, :wq, :e name open a note, :bn :bp next and previous buffer, :s/a/b/ and :%s/a/b/ replace, :noh clear highlight, :set. Any engine command works by its id, for example :note.create.

Markdown

gx follows the link under the cursor, gf opens the [[wikilink]], za folds the heading.

App navigation (no text field focused)

Keys	Action
j k	move in lists and trees
h l	collapse, expand a folder
Enter	open the selected row
o	open the selected folder as a folder view
gt gT	next, previous tab
Ctrl-w h / Ctrl-w l	focus the previous, next card
Space then f / g b t e s v	leader: quick switcher, search, source control, buffers, tags, explorer, settings, toggle Vim
:	command line at the bottom of the window
?	key help card
Esc	cancel a pending key, close an overlay

Folder view

h j k l move over the cards (j k step by a whole row in the grid), gg G jump to the first and last item, Enter opens a note or a folder, - goes up to the parent folder.