Vorto keybindings: complete default keymap reference

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 Configure keybindings for the syntax and full list of action names.

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

Jump history

Vorto records the cursor position before each large jump into a per-pane jumplist. See Jumps & bookmarks.

Key	Action
`Ctrl-o`	Jump back to the previous position in the jumplist
`Ctrl-i` / `Tab`	Jump forward again

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)

Example: 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

In all Visual modes the same motions and text objects apply for extending the selection. Operators (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`)

`z` prefix (viewport scroll)

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

Folding (`z` prefix)

Collapse and expand buffer regions. Fold ranges come from a language’s tree-sitter folds.scm, falling back to indentation. See Folding.

Key sequence	Action
`za`	Toggle the fold under the cursor
`zo`	Open the fold under the cursor
`zc`	Close the fold under the cursor
`zR`	Open every fold in the buffer
`zM`	Close every fold in the buffer

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 g`	Open the changed-file picker (files differing from `HEAD`)
`Space e`	Open the file tree explorer for the current workspace
`Space d`	Open the diagnostics picker (current buffer)
`Space D`	Open the diagnostics picker (entire workspace)
`Space j`	Open the jump history picker
`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 m`	Enter the bookmark sub-leader (see below)
`Space w`	Enter the window sub-leader (see below)

`Space m` sub-leader (bookmarks)

Harpoon-style bookmarks that persist per project; marked lines show a ● in the gutter. See Jumps & bookmarks.

Key sequence	Action
`Space m a`	Add a bookmark at the cursor
`Space m d`	Remove the current buffer’s bookmark
`Space m m`	Open the bookmark picker

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

Key sequence	Action
`]d`	Jump to the next LSP diagnostic in the buffer
`[d`	Jump to the previous LSP diagnostic in the buffer
`]c`	Jump to the next git conflict marker
`[c`	Jump to the previous git conflict marker

Resolve the conflict at the cursor with :conflict — see Conflicts & reload.

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

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Vorto keybindings: complete default keymap reference

Navigation

Cursor movement

Word movement

File and viewport movement

Character find

Search

Jump history

Entering Insert mode

Normal-mode editing

Operators

Standalone editing commands

Text objects

Visual mode

`g` prefix (goto bindings)

`z` prefix (viewport scroll)

Folding (`z` prefix)

Leader key bindings (`Space`)

`Space m` sub-leader (bookmarks)

Window bindings

`Space w` sub-leader

`Ctrl-W` prefix

Bracket navigation (`]` and `[` prefixes)

Multi-cursor

Other Normal-mode keys

​Navigation

​Cursor movement

​Word movement

​File and viewport movement

​Character find

​Search

​Jump history

​Entering Insert mode

​Normal-mode editing

​Operators

​Standalone editing commands

​Text objects

​Visual mode

​g prefix (goto bindings)

​z prefix (viewport scroll)

​Folding (z prefix)

​Leader key bindings (Space)

​Space m sub-leader (bookmarks)

​Window bindings

​Space w sub-leader

​Ctrl-W prefix

​Bracket navigation (] and [ prefixes)

​Multi-cursor

​Other Normal-mode keys

Navigation

Cursor movement

Word movement

File and viewport movement

Character find

Search

Jump history

Entering Insert mode

Normal-mode editing

Operators

Standalone editing commands

Text objects

Visual mode

`g` prefix (goto bindings)

`z` prefix (viewport scroll)

Folding (`z` prefix)

Leader key bindings (`Space`)

`Space m` sub-leader (bookmarks)

Window bindings

`Space w` sub-leader

`Ctrl-W` prefix

Bracket navigation (`]` and `[` prefixes)

Multi-cursor

Other Normal-mode keys