Documentation Index
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Vorto ships with a vim-style keymap out of the box. Every binding listed here is active in Normal mode unless noted otherwise. You can override any binding in your config.toml using [[bind]] entries — see the configuration documentation for details.
Navigation
Cursor movement
| Key | Action |
|---|
h / ← | Move left |
l / → | Move right |
j / ↓ | Move down |
k / ↑ | Move up |
0 / Home | Move to the start of the line |
$ / End | Move to the end of the line |
^ | Move to the first non-blank character of the line |
Word movement
| Key | Action |
|---|
w | Move forward to the start of the next word |
b | Move backward to the start of the previous word |
e | Move forward to the end of the current or next word |
W | Move forward to the start of the next WORD (whitespace-delimited) |
B | Move backward to the start of the previous WORD |
E | Move forward to the end of the current or next WORD |
File and viewport movement
| Key | Action |
|---|
gg | Go to the start of the file |
G | Go to the end of the file |
H | Move to the top of the visible viewport |
M | Move to the middle of the visible viewport |
L | Move to the bottom of the visible viewport |
Ctrl-d | Scroll half a page down |
Ctrl-u | Scroll half a page up |
Ctrl-f | Scroll a full page down |
Ctrl-b | Scroll a full page up |
{ | Move to the previous blank line (paragraph back) |
} | Move to the next blank line (paragraph forward) |
% | Jump to the matching bracket |
Character find
| Key | Action |
|---|
f{c} | Move forward to the next occurrence of character c on the line |
F{c} | Move backward to the previous occurrence of character c on the line |
t{c} | Move forward, stopping one character before c |
T{c} | Move backward, stopping one character after c |
; | Repeat the last character find in the same direction |
, | Repeat the last character find in the opposite direction |
Search
| Key | Action |
|---|
/ | Open a forward search prompt |
? | Open a backward search prompt |
n | Jump to the next search match |
N | Jump to the previous search match |
* | Search forward for the word under the cursor |
# | Search backward for the word under the cursor |
Entering Insert mode
| Key | Action |
|---|
i | Insert before the cursor |
a | Append after the cursor |
I | Insert at the first non-blank character of the line |
A | Append at the end of the line |
o | Open a new line below and enter Insert |
O | Open a new line above and enter Insert |
s | Delete the character under the cursor and enter Insert |
S | Clear the current line and enter Insert |
C | Delete from the cursor to end of line and enter Insert |
Normal-mode editing
Operators
Operators wait for a motion or text object before acting. Type the operator, then a motion (e.g. dw deletes a word) or double the operator to act on the current line (e.g. dd).
| Key | Operator |
|---|
d | Delete |
y | Yank (copy) |
c | Change (delete and enter Insert) |
> | Indent right |
< | Dedent left |
Standalone editing commands
| Key | Action |
|---|
x | Delete the character under the cursor |
p | Paste after the cursor |
u | Undo |
Ctrl-r | Redo (bind with action redo in config if not already set) |
D | Delete from the cursor to end of line |
Y | Yank the current line |
J | Join the next line into the current line |
~ | Toggle the case of the character under the cursor |
r{c} | Replace the character under the cursor with c |
. | Repeat the last change |
Text objects
Text objects are valid after an operator and require a scope (i for inner, a for around):
| Object key | Target |
|---|
w | Word |
p | Paragraph |
" | Double-quoted string |
' | Single-quoted string |
( / ) / b | Parentheses |
{ / } / B | Braces |
[ / ] | Brackets |
f | Function (tree-sitter) |
c | Class (tree-sitter) |
a | Argument / parameter (tree-sitter) |
diw deletes the inner word; ca" changes around a double-quoted string.
Visual mode
| Key | Action |
|---|
v | Enter Visual (character) mode |
V | Enter Visual Line mode |
Ctrl-V | Enter Visual Block mode |
Esc | Return to Normal mode |
d, y, c, >, <) act on the selection when pressed.
g prefix (goto bindings)
Press g in Normal mode to enter the goto sub-context:
| Key sequence | Action |
|---|
gg | Go to the start of the file |
g_ | Move to the last non-blank character of the line |
ge | Move to the end of the previous word |
gE | Move to the end of the previous WORD |
gs | Move to the first non-blank character (same as ^) |
gl | Move to the end of the line (same as $) |
gc | Move to the middle of the viewport (same as M) |
gb | Move to the bottom of the viewport (same as L) |
gd | Go to definition (LSP) |
gD | Go to declaration (LSP) |
gi | Go to implementation (LSP) |
gr | Find references (LSP) |
gw | Jump label (easymotion-style two-character hop) |
gn | Select the next search match and enter Visual mode |
gN | Select the previous search match and enter Visual mode |
gA | Select the whole buffer (equivalent to ggVG) |
| Key sequence | Action |
|---|
zz | Center the cursor’s line in the viewport |
zt | Scroll so the cursor’s line is at the top of the viewport |
zb | Scroll so the cursor’s line is at the bottom of the viewport |
Leader key bindings (Space)
The leader key is Space. Press Space in Normal mode, then the second key:
| Key sequence | Action |
|---|
Space f | Open the fuzzy file picker (respects .gitignore, hides dotfiles) |
Space F | Open the fuzzy file picker including hidden/dotfile paths |
Space l | Fuzzy search lines in the current buffer |
Space / | Fuzzy search across all workspace files |
Space b | Open the buffer picker |
Space d | Open the diagnostics picker (current buffer) |
Space D | Open the diagnostics picker (entire workspace) |
Space r | Rename the symbol under the cursor (LSP) |
Space a | Show code actions at the cursor (LSP) |
Space K / Space k | Show hover documentation (LSP) |
Space c | Toggle a line comment |
Space * | Seed the search pattern from the word under the cursor (forward, keep position) |
Space # | Seed the search pattern from the word under the cursor (backward, keep position) |
Space , | Clear all extra multi-cursors |
Space w | Enter the window sub-leader (see below) |
Window bindings
Space w sub-leader
| Key sequence | Action |
|---|
Space w v | Split the pane to the right (vertical split) |
Space w h | Split the pane below (horizontal split) |
Space w c | Close the active pane |
Space w o | Cycle to the next pane |
Space w ← | Focus the pane to the left |
Space w → | Focus the pane to the right |
Space w ↑ | Focus the pane above |
Space w ↓ | Focus the pane below |
Ctrl-W prefix
| Key sequence | Action |
|---|
Ctrl-W h / ← | Focus the pane to the left |
Ctrl-W l / → | Focus the pane to the right |
Ctrl-W j / ↓ | Focus the pane below |
Ctrl-W k / ↑ | Focus the pane above |
Ctrl-W w | Cycle to the next pane |
Ctrl-W v | Split the pane to the right |
Ctrl-W s | Split the pane below |
Ctrl-W c / q | Close the active pane |
Bracket navigation (] and [ prefixes)
| Key sequence | Action |
|---|
]d | Jump to the next LSP diagnostic in the buffer |
[d | Jump to the previous LSP diagnostic in the buffer |
Multi-cursor
| Key | Action |
|---|
+ | Add a cursor at the next occurrence of the word under the cursor |
- | Remove the most recently added extra cursor |
Shift-↓ | Add a cursor on the line below (requires Kitty keyboard protocol) |
Space , | Clear all extra cursors |
Other Normal-mode keys
| Key | Action |
|---|
K | Show hover documentation for the symbol under the cursor (LSP) |
: | Open the command prompt |