Neovim NvChad keybinds

NvChad.md

Neovim keybinds

• Capital letters do the opposite of small letters in command (Press shift to trigger capital letters)
• _ (underscore) to move the cursor at the beginning of line (doesn't switch to insert mode)
  • 0 (zero) moves the cursor to the zeroth position of the line (doesn't switch to insert mode)
• $ (dollar) to move the cursor at the end of line (doesn't switch to insert mode)
• d$ will delete from wherever your cursor is till the end of the line
• f<character> to move cursor to the first occurrence of <character>
  • f( to move cursor to first occurence of (
• t<character> to move cursor to upto but not on the first occurrence of <character>
  • t( to move cursor to first occurence of (
• To repeat it, use , (comma, goes backward) or ; (semicolon, goes forward)
  • fe and then keep pressing ; to walk through each e
• To indent lines, select them using the visual line mode Shift + v and then use > to indent them right and < to indent them left

NvChad keybinds

• based on this video
• space + c + h to open keybinds cheatsheet (same command to close the window)
• space is considered as the leader key (commands often start with this key)
• Press the leader key space and wait for a second, a window should appear suggesting potential commands.

Themes 🖌️

space + t + h

Syntax Highlight 🖊️

• neovim comes with nvim-treesitter
  • To install a language :TSInstall <language_to_install>
  • A list of suupported languages
  • To check which languages are installed :TSInstallInfo

File tree 🌳

• ctrl + n
• Arrow keys to move cursor to a file and return (enter) to open a file
• m to mark a file
• a to create a new file and type the new file name
• c to copy a file
• p to paste the file
• r to rename a file
• ctrl + w + h/l or larrow/rarrow to switch between file tree and editor

Line numbers 🔢

• space + n to toggle line numbers on/off
• space + r + n to toggle relative line numbers on/off
  • Once inside relative line number mode, can also press space + n to show current line as 0 (adjust as per your liking)

File navigation (Search) 🕸️

• space + f + f to open file search menu (across the entire project)
• space + f + b to open file search menu (across the currently opened files)

Window navigation 🕹️

• :vsp for vertical split
• :sp for horizontal split
• ctrl + h/j/k/l to toggle windows

Cycle through open tabs (buffers) 📑

• tab to cycle left to right
• shift + tab to cycle right to left
• space + x to close current tab (buffer)

Open terminal 🤖

• space + v to open terminal (vertically)
  • alt + v to toggle the terminal on/off
• space + h to open terminal (horizontally)
  • alt + h to toggle the terminal on/off

Other useful stuff ✍🏻

• Vim as your editor by Primeagen
• Cheatsheet

Amazing quickstart material! For me who is starting now with neovim/nvchad, this was exactly what I was looking for.

Thanks a lot!

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