• Intro
• General
• Prefix commands
• Selection
• Navigation
• Searching / Finding
• Editing
• Navigation
• Window management
• Macro
• Other

Intro

This is a cheat sheet for evil mode. There are so many key bindings that I took the opportunity to create a handy cheat sheet, supporting my own learning process. If anything is missing or wrong, pull requests are more than welcome!

General

Shortcut	Binding
C‑r	redo
u	undo
y	evil‑yank
Y	evil‑yank‑line
.	evil‑repeat
p	evil‑paste‑after
P	evil‑paste‑before
TAB	evil‑jump‑forward
C‑o	evil‑jump‑backward
%	evil‑jump‑item
C‑p	evil‑paste‑pop
C‑n	evil‑paste‑pop‑next
C‑t	pop‑tag‑mark
Z Q	evil‑quit
Z Z	evil‑save‑modified‑and‑close

Prefix commands

Shortcut	Binding
ESC	Prefix Command
Z	Prefix Command
g	Prefix Command
z	Prefix Command
[	Prefix Command
]	Prefix Command

Selection

Shortcut	Binding	Description
g v	evil‑visual‑restore	Restore previous selection.
V	evil‑visual‑line	Linewise selection
v	evil‑visual‑char	Characterwise selection
C‑v	evil‑visual‑block	Blockwise selection

Navigation

Shortcut	Binding	Description
RET	evil‑ret
'	evil‑goto‑mark‑line
`	evil‑goto‑mark
|	evil‑goto‑column
o	evil‑open‑below
O	evil‑open‑above
H	evil‑window‑top
M	evil‑window‑middle
L	evil‑window‑bottom
C‑y	evil‑scroll‑line‑up
C‑e	evil‑scroll‑line‑down
C‑b	evil‑scroll‑page‑up
C‑f	evil‑scroll‑page‑down
C‑d	evil‑scroll‑down
z t	evil‑scroll‑line‑to‑top
z z	evil‑scroll‑line‑to‑center
z b	evil‑scroll‑line‑to‑bottom
z ^	evil‑scroll‑top‑line‑to‑bottom
z +	evil‑scroll‑bottom‑line‑to‑top
z H	evil‑scroll‑left
z L	evil‑scroll‑right
z h	evil‑scroll‑column‑left
z l	evil‑scroll‑column‑right
z O	evil‑open‑fold‑rec
z a	evil‑toggle‑fold
z o	evil‑open‑fold
z c	evil‑close‑fold
z r	evil‑open‑folds
z m	evil‑close‑folds
C‑w	evil‑window‑map
C‑z	evil‑emacs‑state
C-]	evil‑jump‑to‑tag
C-^	evil‑buffer
<up>	evil‑previous‑visual‑line
<down>	evil‑next‑visual‑line
<left>	evil‑backward‑char
<right>	evil‑forward‑char
SPC	evil‑forward‑char
j	evil‑next‑visual‑line
k	evil‑previous‑visual‑line
g j	evil‑next‑visual‑line
g k	evil‑previous‑visual‑line
g 0	evil‑beginning‑of‑visual‑line
g $	evil‑end‑of‑visual‑line
w	evil‑forward‑word‑begin
W	evil‑forward‑WORD‑begin
e	evil‑forward‑word‑end
E	evil‑forward‑WORD‑end
b	evil‑backward‑word‑begin
B	evil‑backward‑WORD‑begin
g e	evil‑backward‑word‑end
g E	evil‑backward‑WORD‑end
g g	evil‑goto‑first‑line
G	evil‑goto‑line	Go to the first non‑blank character of line COUNT. By default the last line.
g m	evil‑middle‑of‑visual‑line
g ,	goto‑last‑change‑reverse
g ;	goto‑last‑change
g d	evil‑goto‑definition
$	evil‑end‑of‑line
)	evil‑forward‑sentence‑begin
(	evil‑backward‑sentence‑begin
+	evil‑next‑line‑first‑non‑blank
^	evil‑first‑non‑blank
_	evil‑next‑line-1-first‑non‑blank
g _	evil‑last‑non‑blank
0	evil‑digit‑argument‑or‑evil‑beginning‑of‑line
g ^	evil‑first‑non‑blank‑of‑visual‑line
h	evil‑backward‑char
l	evil‑forward‑char
[ (	evil‑previous‑open‑paren
[ [	evil‑backward‑section‑begin
[ ]	evil‑backward‑section‑end
[ s	evil‑prev‑flyspell‑error
[ {	evil‑previous‑open‑brace
] )	evil‑next‑close‑paren
] [	evil‑forward‑section‑end
] ]	evil‑forward‑section‑begin
] s	evil‑next‑flyspell‑error
] }	evil‑next‑close‑brace

Searching / Finding

Shortcut	Binding
#	evil‑search‑word‑backward
*	evil‑search‑word‑forward
/	evil‑search‑forward
?	evil‑search‑backward
N	evil‑search‑previous
n	evil‑search‑next
g #	evil‑search‑unbounded‑word‑backward
g *	evil‑search‑unbounded‑word‑forward
g N	evil‑previous‑match
g n	evil‑next‑match
,	evil‑repeat‑find‑char‑reverse
;	evil‑repeat‑find‑char
F	evil‑find‑char‑backward
T	evil‑find‑char‑to‑backward
f	evil‑find‑char
t	evil‑find‑char‑to
g f	find‑file‑at‑point
g F	evil‑find‑file‑at‑point‑with‑line
g C-]	find‑tag

Editing

Shortcut	Binding
<	evil‑shift‑left
=	evil‑indent
>	evil‑shift‑right
A	evil‑append‑line
C	evil‑change‑line
D	evil‑delete‑line
I	evil‑insert‑line
S	evil‑change‑whole‑line
X	evil‑delete‑backward‑char
J	evil‑join
R	evil‑replace‑state
a	evil‑append
c	evil‑change
d	evil‑delete
i	evil‑insert
x	evil‑delete‑char
g J	evil‑join‑whitespace
g U	evil‑upcase
g u	evil‑downcase
g ~	evil‑invert‑case
g ?	evil‑rot13	ROT13 encrypt text.
g i	evil‑insert‑resume	Switch to Insert state at previous insertion point. The insertion will be repeated COUNT times. If called from visual state, only place point at the previous insertion position but do not switch to insert state.
g q	evil‑fill‑and‑move
g w	evil‑fill	Fill text.

Navigation

Shortcut	Binding
!	evil‑shell‑command
1 .. 9	digit‑argument
K	evil‑lookup
\	evil‑execute‑in‑emacs‑state
}	evil‑forward‑paragraph
{	evil‑backward‑paragraph
C-6	evil‑switch‑to‑windows‑last‑buffer
<down‑mouse-1>	evil‑mouse‑drag‑region

Window management

Shortcut	Binding	Description
C‑w C‑n	evil‑window‑new
C‑w n	evil‑window‑new
C‑w C‑c	evil‑window‑delete
C‑w c	evil‑window‑delete
C‑w C‑o	delete‑other‑windows
C‑w o	delete‑other‑windows
C‑w k	evil‑window‑up
C‑w j	evil‑window‑down
C‑w h	evil‑window‑left
C‑w l	evil‑window‑right
C‑w t	evil‑window‑top‑left
C‑w C‑t	evil‑window‑top‑left
C‑w b	evil‑window‑bottom‑right
C‑w C‑b	evil‑window‑bottom‑right
C‑w C‑f	ffap‑other‑window	Like ‘ffap’, but put buffer in another window. Only intended for interactive use.
C‑w =	balance‑windows
-w C‑s	evil‑window‑split
C‑w s	evil‑window‑split
C‑w C‑S-s	evil‑window‑split
C‑w v	evil‑window‑vsplit
C‑w C‑v	evil‑window‑vsplit
C‑w S	evil‑window‑split
C‑w R	evil‑window‑rotate‑upwards
C‑w r	evil‑window‑rotate‑downwards
C‑w C‑S-r	evil‑window‑rotate‑upwards
C‑w C‑r	evil‑window‑rotate‑downwards
C‑w C-_	evil‑window‑set‑height
C‑w _	evil‑window‑set‑height
C‑w |	evil‑window‑set‑width
C‑w +	evil‑window‑increase‑height
C‑w -	evil‑window‑decrease‑height
C‑w >	evil‑window‑increase‑width
C‑w <	evil‑window‑decrease‑width
C‑w w	evil‑window‑next
C‑w C‑w	evil‑window‑next
C‑w W	evil‑window‑prev
C‑w C‑S-w	evil‑window‑prev
C‑w C‑p	evil‑window‑mru	Move the cursor to the previous (last accessed) buffer in another window. More precisely, it selects the most recently used buffer that is shown in some other window, preferably of the current frame, and is different from the current one.
C‑w p	evil‑window‑mru
C‑w K	evil‑window‑move‑very‑top
C‑w C‑S-k	evil‑window‑move‑very‑top
C‑w J	evil‑window‑move‑very‑bottom
C‑w C‑S-j	evil‑window‑move‑very‑bottom
C‑w H	evil‑window‑move‑far‑left
C‑w C‑S-h	evil‑window‑move‑far‑left
C‑w L	evil‑window‑move‑far‑right
C‑w C‑S-l	evil‑window‑move‑far‑right

Macro

Shortcut	Binding
@	evil‑execute‑macro
q	evil‑record‑macro
z RET	Keyboard Macro
z -	Keyboard Macro
z .	Keyboard Macro
z <left>	Keyboard Macro
z <return>	Keyboard Macro
z <right>	Keyboard Macro

Other

Shortcut	Binding
"	evil‑use‑register
m	evil‑set‑marker
r	evil‑replace
s	evil‑substitute
~	evil‑invert‑char
DEL	evil‑backward‑char
C-.	evil‑repeat‑pop
M-.	evil‑repeat‑pop‑next
:	evil‑ex
&	evil‑ex‑repeat‑substitute
g &	evil‑ex‑repeat‑global‑substitute
g 8	what‑cursor‑position
g a	what‑cursor‑position