Vim Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet

1. Basic Operations

Action	Shortcut
Enter Normal Mode	Esc
Enter Insert Mode	i
Enter Command Mode	:
Quit Vim	:q
Save File	:w
Search Text	/text
Replace Text	:s/old/new/g

2. Text Editing

Action	Shortcut
Delete Character	x
Delete Line	dd
Copy Line	yy
Paste	p
Undo	u
Redo	Ctrl + r

3. Window Management

Action	Shortcut
New Window	:new
Vertical Split	:vsplit
Switch Window	Ctrl + w, w
Close Window	:q

4. Tabs

Action	Shortcut
New Tab	:tabnew
Switch Tab	:tabn or :tabp
Close Tab	:tabc

5. Miscellaneous

Action	Shortcut
Open Help	:help
View Key Mappings	:map
Record Macro	q + macro_key
Execute Macro	@ + macro_key