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⤢ NEOVIM KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 44 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Start of Line Q W Word Forw… E End of Wor… R ⌃ Redo T Y U Undo I Insert Befo… O Open Line… P Put After C… A Append Af… S D F ⌃ Page Forw… G Go to Last… H Move Left J Move Down K Move Up L Move Right Z X Delete Cha… C V Start Visual B Word Back… N Repeat Se… M MORE SHORTCUTS Back to Normal… ⎋ Delete Line DD Write File : › W › ↵ Go to First Line GG Yank Line YY Search Forward / Quit : › Q › ↵ Write and Quit : › W › Q › ↵ Append at Line… A End of Line $ Delete Word DW Change Word CW Repeat Last Cha… . Start Visual Line V Open Line Above O Replace Charact… R Put Before Cursor P Search Backward ? Repeat Search R… N Start Visual Block ⌃ V Split Window ⌃ W › S Split Window Ve… ⌃ W › V Force Quit : › Q › ! › ↵ Edit File : › E › ↵ Join Lines J shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH NEOVIM · MAC NEOVIM KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 44 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Start of Line A Append Af… Z E End of Wor… R ⌃ Redo T Y U Undo I Insert Befo… O Open Line… P Put After C… Q S D F ⌃ Page Forw… G Go to Last… H Move Left J Move Down K Move Up L Move Right M W Word Forw… X Delete Cha… C V Start Visual B Word Back… N Repeat Se… MORE SHORTCUTS Back to Normal… ⎋ Delete Line DD Write File : › W › ↵ Go to First Line GG Yank Line YY Search Forward / Quit : › Q › ↵ Write and Quit : › W › Q › ↵ Append at Line… A End of Line $ Delete Word DW Change Word CW Repeat Last Cha… . Start Visual Line V Open Line Above O Replace Charact… R Put Before Cursor P Search Backward ? Repeat Search R… N Start Visual Block ⌃ V Split Window ⌃ W › S Split Window Ve… ⌃ W › V Force Quit : › Q › ! › ↵ Edit File : › E › ↵ Join Lines J shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH NEOVIM · MAC ⤢ MODES Back to Normal Mode ⎋ Insert Before Cursor I Append After Cursor A Append at Line End A Open Line Below O Open Line Above O SEARCH Search Forward / Repeat Search N Search Backward ? Repeat Search Reverse N WINDOWS Split Window ⌃ W › S Split Window Vertically ⌃ W › V Close Window ⌃ W › Q EDITING Delete Line DD Undo U Delete Character X Yank Line YY Put After Cursor P Redo ⌃ R Delete Word DW Change Word CW Repeat Last Change . Replace Character R Put Before Cursor P Join Lines J VISUAL Start Visual (Char) V Start Visual Line V Start Visual Block ⌃ V FILES Write File : › W › ↵ Quit : › Q › ↵ Write and Quit : › W › Q › ↵ Force Quit : › Q › ! › ↵ Edit File : › E › ↵ MOVEMENT Move Left H Move Down J Move Up K Move Right L Word Forward W Go to First Line GG Go to Last Line G Word Backward B Start of Line 0 End of Line $ End of Word E Page Forward ⌃ F Neovim KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 45 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH NEOVIM · MAC ⤢ MODES 06 Back to Normal Mode ⎋ Insert Before Cursor I Append After Cursor A Append at Line End A Open Line Below O Open Line Above O SEARCH 04 Search Forward / Repeat Search N Search Backward ? Repeat Search Reverse N WINDOWS 03 Split Window ⌃ W › S Split Window Vertically ⌃ W › V Close Window ⌃ W › Q EDITING 12 Delete Line DD Undo U Delete Character X Yank Line YY Put After Cursor P Redo ⌃ R Delete Word DW Change Word CW Repeat Last Change . Replace Character R Put Before Cursor P Join Lines J VISUAL 03 Start Visual (Char) V Start Visual Line V Start Visual Block ⌃ V FILES 05 Write File : › W › ↵ Quit : › Q › ↵ Write and Quit : › W › Q › ↵ Force Quit : › Q › ! › ↵ Edit File : › E › ↵ MOVEMENT 12 Move Left H Move Down J Move Up K Move Right L Word Forward W Go to First Line GG Go to Last Line G Word Backward B Start of Line 0 End of Line $ End of Word E Page Forward ⌃ F Neovim KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 45 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH NEOVIM · MAC ⤢ NEOVIM · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Mac · 7 SETS · No.01 NEOVIM TOTAL 45 SHORTCUTS FOR MAC · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS MODES 06 EDITING 12 FILES 05 MOVEMENT 12 SEARCH 04 VISUAL 03 WINDOWS 03 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Back to Normal Mode ⎋ Insert Before Cursor I Append After Cursor A Append at Line End A Open Line Below O Open Line Above O Delete Line DD Undo U Delete Character X Yank Line YY Put After Cursor P Redo ⌃ R Delete Word DW Change Word CW Repeat Last Change . Replace Character R Put Before Cursor P Join Lines J Write File : › W › ↵ Quit : › Q › ↵ Write and Quit : › W › Q › ↵ Force Quit : › Q › ! › ↵ Edit File : › E › ↵ Move Left H Move Down J Move Up K Move Right L Word Forward W Go to First Line GG Go to Last Line G Word Backward B Start of Line 0 End of Line $ End of Word E Page Forward ⌃ F Search Forward / Repeat Search N Search Backward ? Repeat Search Reverse N Start Visual (Char) V Start Visual Line V Start Visual Block ⌃ V Split Window ⌃ W › S Split Window Vertically ⌃ W › V Close Window ⌃ W › Q NEOVIM KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 14 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Q W Word Forw… E R T Y U Undo I Insert Befo… O P A Append Af… S D F G Go to Last… H Move Left J Move Down K Move Up L Move Right Z X Delete Cha… C V B N M MORE SHORTCUTS Back to Normal Mode ⎋ Delete Line DD Write File : › W › ↵ Go to First Line GG shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH NEOVIM · MAC Keyboard map MODES Back to Normal Mode ⎋ Insert Before Cursor I Append After Cursor A MOVEMENT Move Left H Move Down J Move Up K Move Right L Word Forward W Go to First Line GG Go to Last Line G EDITING Delete Line DD Undo U Delete Character X FILES Write File : › W › ↵ Neovim KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH NEOVIM · MAC Isometric MODES 03 Back to Normal Mode ⎋ Insert Before Cursor I Append After Cursor A MOVEMENT 07 Move Left H Move Down J Move Up K Move Right L Word Forward W Go to First Line GG Go to Last Line G EDITING 03 Delete Line DD Undo U Delete Character X FILES 01 Write File : › W › ↵ Neovim KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH NEOVIM · MAC Typewriter NEOVIM · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Mac · 4 SETS · No.01 NEOVIM TOTAL 14 SHORTCUTS FOR MAC · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS MODES 03 EDITING 03 FILES 01 MOVEMENT 07 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Back to Normal Mode ⎋ Insert Before Cursor I Append After Cursor A Delete Line DD Undo U Delete Character X Write File : › W › ↵ Move Left H Move Down J Move Up K Move Right L Word Forward W Go to First Line GG Go to Last Line G Editorial Neovim is a modern, extensible reimagining of the Vim text editor, built for fast, keyboard-driven coding with Lua scripting and plugin support. Its modal shortcuts are the entire point, enabling rapid navigation, editing, and command execution without ever leaving the keyboard.
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All Neovim keyboard shortcuts (Mac)
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+ 12 more controls in the table below
12 Action Shortcut Move Left H Move Down J Move Up K Move Right L Word Forward W Go to First Line GG Go to Last Line G Word Backward B Start of Line 0 End of Line $ End of Word E Page Forward ⌃ F
12 Action Shortcut Delete Line DD Undo U Delete Character X Yank Line YY Put After Cursor P Redo ⌃ R Delete Word DW Change Word CW Repeat Last Change . Replace Character R Put Before Cursor P Join Lines J
6 Action Shortcut Back to Normal Mode ⎋ Insert Before Cursor I Append After Cursor A Append at Line End A Open Line Below O Open Line Above O
5 Action Shortcut Write File : then W then ↵ Quit : then Q then ↵ Write and Quit : then W then Q then ↵ Force Quit : then Q then ! then ↵ Edit File : then E then ↵
4 Action Shortcut Search Forward / Repeat Search N Search Backward ? Repeat Search Reverse N
3 Action Shortcut Start Visual (Char) V Start Visual Line V Start Visual Block ⌃ V
3 Action Shortcut Split Window ⌃ W then S Split Window Vertically ⌃ W then V Close Window ⌃ W then Q
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Frequently asked questions
Does the poster include every Neovim shortcut? Neovim has 45 keyboard shortcuts on macOS — the complete list is free to read on this page. The poster features the most essential ones, curated to stay readable on a wall.
Can I print it at home? Yes. The digital download is a high-resolution 300 DPI file you can print at home or at any print shop, in standard frame sizes.
Does it cover both Mac and Windows? We sell a separate edition per platform so every key matches your keyboard exactly. This page is the macOS edition.
Is this an official Neovim product? No. This is an unofficial reference poster and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Neovim. All trademarks belong to their respective owners. Was this reference helpful? Thanks — your feedback helps us improve.
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