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⤢ VIM KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 43 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 ⇧ End of Line 5 6 7 8 ⇧ Search Wo… 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 G ⇧ Go to Last… H Move Left… J ⇧ Join Lines K L Z X Delete Cha… C V Visual Cha… B Word Back… N Next Match M MORE SHORTCUTS Back to Normal… ⎋ Delete Line DD Search Forward / Write File :W › ↵ Write and Quit :WQ › ↵ Go to First Line GG Yank Line YY Visual Line ⇧ V Quit :Q › ↵ Quit Without Sa… :Q! › ↵ Delete Word DW Change Word CW Repeat Last Cha… . Previous Match ⇧ N Substitute All in… :%S/OLD/NEW/G › ↵ Visual Block ⌃ V Open Line Above ⇧ O Put Before Cursor ⇧ P Search Backward ⇧ / Edit File :E › FILE › ↵ Split Window Ho… ⌃ W › S Split Window Ve… ⌃ W › V Move to Next Wi… ⌃ W › W Change Line CC Next Buffer :BN › ↵ shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH VIM · MAC VIM KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 43 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 ⇧ End of Line 5 6 7 8 ⇧ Search Wo… 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 G ⇧ Go to Last… H Move Left… J ⇧ Join Lines K L M W Word Forw… X Delete Cha… C V Visual Cha… B Word Back… N Next Match MORE SHORTCUTS Back to Normal… ⎋ Delete Line DD Search Forward / Write File :W › ↵ Write and Quit :WQ › ↵ Go to First Line GG Yank Line YY Visual Line ⇧ V Quit :Q › ↵ Quit Without Sa… :Q! › ↵ Delete Word DW Change Word CW Repeat Last Cha… . Previous Match ⇧ N Substitute All in… :%S/OLD/NEW/G › ↵ Visual Block ⌃ V Open Line Above ⇧ O Put Before Cursor ⇧ P Search Backward ⇧ / Edit File :E › FILE › ↵ Split Window Ho… ⌃ W › S Split Window Ve… ⌃ W › V Move to Next Wi… ⌃ W › W Change Line CC Next Buffer :BN › ↵ shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH VIM · MAC ⤢ MODES Insert Before Cursor I Back to Normal Mode ⎋ Append After Cursor A Open Line Below O Open Line Above ⇧ O Replace Mode ⇧ R SEARCH Search Forward / Next Match N Previous Match ⇧ N Substitute All in File :%S/OLD/NEW/G › ↵ Search Backward ⇧ / Search Word Under Cursor ⇧ 8 WINDOWS Split Window Horizontally ⌃ W › S Split Window Vertically ⌃ W › V Move to Next Window ⌃ W › W 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 . Put Before Cursor ⇧ P Change Line CC Join Lines ⇧ J VISUAL Visual Character V Visual Line ⇧ V Visual Block ⌃ V MOTION Move Left / Down / Up / Right H Word Forward W Word Backward B Go to First Line GG Go to Last Line ⇧ G Start of Line 0 End of Line ⇧ 4 End of Word E FILES Write File :W › ↵ Write and Quit :WQ › ↵ Quit :Q › ↵ Quit Without Saving :Q! › ↵ Edit File :E › FILE › ↵ Next Buffer :BN › ↵ Previous Buffer :BP › ↵ Vim KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 46 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH VIM · MAC ⤢ MODES 06 Insert Before Cursor I Back to Normal Mode ⎋ Append After Cursor A Open Line Below O Open Line Above ⇧ O Replace Mode ⇧ R SEARCH 06 Search Forward / Next Match N Previous Match ⇧ N Substitute All in File :%S/OLD/NEW/G › ↵ Search Backward ⇧ / Search Word Under Cursor ⇧ 8 WINDOWS 04 Split Window Horizontally ⌃ W › S Split Window Vertically ⌃ W › V Move to Next Window ⌃ W › W 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 . Put Before Cursor ⇧ P Change Line CC Join Lines ⇧ J VISUAL 03 Visual Character V Visual Line ⇧ V Visual Block ⌃ V MOTION 08 Move Left / Down / Up… H Word Forward W Word Backward B Go to First Line GG Go to Last Line ⇧ G Start of Line 0 End of Line ⇧ 4 End of Word E FILES 07 Write File :W › ↵ Write and Quit :WQ › ↵ Quit :Q › ↵ Quit Without Saving :Q! › ↵ Edit File :E › FILE › ↵ Next Buffer :BN › ↵ Previous Buffer :BP › ↵ Vim KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 46 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH VIM · MAC ⤢ VIM · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Mac · 7 SETS · No.01 VIM TOTAL 46 SHORTCUTS FOR MAC · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS MODES 06 MOTION 08 EDITING 12 SEARCH 06 FILES 07 VISUAL 03 WINDOWS 04 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Insert Before Cursor I Back to Normal Mode ⎋ Append After Cursor A Open Line Below O Open Line Above ⇧ O Replace Mode ⇧ R Move Left / Down / Up / Right H Word Forward W Word Backward B Go to First Line GG Go to Last Line ⇧ G Start of Line 0 End of Line ⇧ 4 End of Word E 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 . Put Before Cursor ⇧ P Change Line CC Join Lines ⇧ J Search Forward / Next Match N Previous Match ⇧ N Substitute All in File :%S/OLD/NEW/G › ↵ Search Backward ⇧ / Search Word Under Cursor ⇧ 8 Write File :W › ↵ Write and Quit :WQ › ↵ Quit :Q › ↵ Quit Without Saving :Q! › ↵ Edit File :E › FILE › ↵ Next Buffer :BN › ↵ Previous Buffer :BP › ↵ Visual Character V Visual Line ⇧ V Visual Block ⌃ V Split Window Horizontally ⌃ W › S Split Window Vertically ⌃ W › V Move to Next Window ⌃ W › W Close Window ⌃ W › Q VIM 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 K L Z X Delete Cha… C V B Word Back… N M MORE SHORTCUTS Back to Normal Mode ⎋ Delete Line DD Search Forward / Write File :W › ↵ Write and Quit :WQ › ↵ Go to First Line GG shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH VIM · MAC Keyboard map MOTION Move Left / Down / Up / Right H Word Forward W Word Backward B Go to First Line GG Go to Last Line ⇧ G SEARCH Search Forward / FILES Write File :W › ↵ Write and Quit :WQ › ↵ MODES Insert Before Cursor I Back to Normal Mode ⎋ Append After Cursor A EDITING Delete Line DD Undo U Delete Character X Vim 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 VIM · MAC Isometric MOTION 05 Move Left / Down / Up / Ri… H Word Forward W Word Backward B Go to First Line GG Go to Last Line ⇧ G SEARCH 01 Search Forward / FILES 02 Write File :W › ↵ Write and Quit :WQ › ↵ MODES 03 Insert Before Cursor I Back to Normal Mode ⎋ Append After Cursor A EDITING 03 Delete Line DD Undo U Delete Character X Vim 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 VIM · MAC Typewriter VIM · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Mac · 5 SETS · No.01 VIM TOTAL 14 SHORTCUTS FOR MAC · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS MODES 03 MOTION 05 EDITING 03 SEARCH 01 FILES 02 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Insert Before Cursor I Back to Normal Mode ⎋ Append After Cursor A Move Left / Down / Up / Right H Word Forward W Word Backward B Go to First Line GG Go to Last Line ⇧ G Delete Line DD Undo U Delete Character X Search Forward / Write File :W › ↵ Write and Quit :WQ › ↵ Editorial Vim is a modal text editor built for speed, where commands and motions replace mouse-driven editing entirely. Its keystroke-based language for navigating and transforming text is the whole point, rewarding muscle memory with extraordinarily fast, precise edits.
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All Vim keyboard shortcuts (Mac)
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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 . Put Before Cursor ⇧ P Change Line CC Join Lines ⇧ J
8 Action Shortcut Move Left / Down / Up / Right H Word Forward W Word Backward B Go to First Line GG Go to Last Line ⇧ G Start of Line 0 End of Line ⇧ 4 End of Word E
7 Action Shortcut Write File :W then ↵ Write and Quit :WQ then ↵ Quit :Q then ↵ Quit Without Saving :Q! then ↵ Edit File :E then FILE then ↵ Next Buffer :BN then ↵ Previous Buffer :BP then ↵
6 Action Shortcut Insert Before Cursor I Back to Normal Mode ⎋ Append After Cursor A Open Line Below O Open Line Above ⇧ O Replace Mode ⇧ R
6 Action Shortcut Search Forward / Next Match N Previous Match ⇧ N Substitute All in File :%S/OLD/NEW/G then ↵ Search Backward ⇧ / Search Word Under Cursor ⇧ 8
4 Action Shortcut Split Window Horizontally ⌃ W then S Split Window Vertically ⌃ W then V Move to Next Window ⌃ W then W Close Window ⌃ W then Q
3 Action Shortcut Visual Character V Visual Line ⇧ V Visual Block ⌃ V
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Does the poster include every Vim shortcut? Vim has 46 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.
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