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Helix Editor Keyboard Shortcuts

Mouvement

h, Left
Move left
j, Down
Move down
k, Up
Move up
l, Right
Move right
w
Move next word start
b
Move previous word start
e
Move next word end
W
Move next WORD end
B
Move previous WORD start
E
ove next WORD end
t
Find 'till next char
f
Find next char
T
Find 'till previous char
F
Find previous char
G
Go to line number <n>
Alt-.
Reapeat last motion (f, t ro m)
Home
Move to the start of the line
End
Move to the end ofthe line
Ctrl-b, PageUp
Move page up
Ctrl-f, PageDown
Move page down
Ctrl-u
Move half page up
Ctrf-d
Move half page down
Ctrl-i
Jump forward on the jumplist
Ctrl-o
Jump backward on the jumplist
Ctrl-s
Save the current selection to the jumplist

Picker

Up, Ctrl-k, Ctrl-p
Previous entry
PageUp, Ctrl-b
Page up
Down, Ctrl-j, Ctrl-n
Next entry
PageDown, Ctrl-f
Page down
Home
Go to first entry
End
Go to last entry
Ctrl-space
Filter options
Enter
Open selected
Ctrl-s
Open horizo­ntally
Ctrl-v
Open vertically
Escape, Ctrl-c
Close picker

Match mode

m
Goto matching bracket (TS)
s <ch­ar>
Surround current selection with <ch­ar>
r <fr­om>­<to>
Replace surround character <fr­om> with <to>
d <ch­ar>
Delete surround character <ch­ar>
a <ob­jec­t>
Select around textobject
i <ob­jec­t>
Select inside textobject

Space mode

f
Open file picker
b
Open buffer picker
k
Show docume­ntation for item under cursor in a popup (LSP)
s
Open document symbol picker (LSP)
S
Open workspace symbol picker (LSP)
r
Rename symbol (LSP)
a
Apply code action (LSP)
'
Open last fuzzy picker
w
Enter window mode
p
Paste system clipboard after selections
P
Paste system clipboard before selections
y
Join and yank selections to clipboard
Y
Yank main selection to clipboard
R
Replace selections by clipboard contents
/
Global search in workspace folder
?
Open command palette

Popup

Ctrl-u
Scroll up
Ctrl-d
Scroll down
 

Changes

r
Replace with a character
R
Replace with yanked text
~
Switch case of the selected text
`
Set the selected text to lower case
Alt-`
Set the selected text to upper case
i
Insert before selection
a
Insert after selection (append)
I
Insert at the start of the line
A
Insert at the end of the line
o
Open new line below selection
O
Open new line above selection
.
Repeat last change
u
Undo change
U
Redo change
Alt-u
Move backward in history
Alt-U
Move forward in history
y
Yank selection
p
Paste after selection
P
Paste before selection
" <re­g>
Select a register to yank to or paste from
>
Indent selection
<
Unindent selection
=
Format selection (currently nonfun­cti­ona­l/d­isa­bled) (LSP)
d
Delete selection
Alt-d
Delete selection, without yanking
c
Change selection (delete and enter insert mode)
Alt-c
Change selection (delete and enter insert mode, without yanking)
Ctrl-a
Increment object (number) under cursor
Ctrl-x
Decrement object (number) under cursor
Q
Start/stop macro recording to the selected register (exper­ime­ntal)
q
Play back a recorded macro from the selected register (exper­ime­ntal)

Search

/
Search for regex pattern
?
Search for previous pattern
n
Select next search match
N
Select previous search match
*
Use current selection as the search pattern

Minor modes

v
Enter select (extend) mode
g
Enter goto mode
m
Enter match mode
:
Enter command mode
z
Enter view mode
Z
Enter sticky view mode
Ctrl-w
Enter window mode
Space
Enter space mode

Goto mode

g
Go to line number <n> else start of file
e
Go to the end of the file
f
Go to files in the selection
h
Go to the start of the line
l
Go to the end of the line
s
Go to first non-wh­ite­space character of the line
t
Go to the top of the screen
c
Go to the middle of the screen
b
Go to the bottom of the screen
d
Go to definition (LSP)
y
Go to type definition (LSP)
r
Go to references (LSP)
i
Go to implem­ent­ation (LSP)
a
Go to the last access­ed/­alt­ernate file
m
Go to the last modifi­ed/­alt­ernate file
n
Go to next buffer
p
Go to previous buffer
.
Go to last modifi­cation in current file
 

Shell

|
Pipe each selection through shell command, replacing with output
Alt-|
Pipe each selection into shell command, ignoring output
!
Run shell command, inserting output before each selection
Alt-!
Run shell command, appending output after each selection
$
Pipe each selection into shell command, keep selections where command returned 0

View mode

z, c
Vertically center the line
t
Align the line to the top of the screen
b
Align the line to the bottom of the screen
m
Align the line to the middle of the screen (horiz­ont­ally)
j,down
Scroll the view downwards
k, up
Scroll the view upwards
Ctrl-f, PageDown
Move page down
Ctrl-b, PageUp
Move page up
Ctrl-d
Move half page down
Ctrl-u
Move half page up

Window mode

w, Ctrl-w
Switch to next window
v, Ctrl-v
Vertical right split
s, Ctrl-s
Horizontal bottom split
f
Go to files in the selection in horizontal splits
F
Go to files in the selection in vertical splits
h, Ctrl-h, Left
Move to left split
j, Ctrl-j, Down
Move to split below
k, Ctrl-k, Up
Move to split above
l, Ctrl-l, Right
Move to right split
q, Ctrl-q
Close current window
o, Ctrl-o
Only keep the current window, closing all the others

Prompt

Escape, Ctrl-c
Close prompt
Alt-b, Alt-Left
Backward a word
Ctrl-b, Left
Backward a char
Alt-f, Alt-Right
Forward a word
Ctrl-f, Right
Forward a char
Ctrl-e, End
Move prompt end
Ctrl-a, Home
Move prompt start
Ctrl-w
Delete previous word
Alt-d
Delete next word
Ctrl-u
Delete to start of line
Ctrl-k
Delete to end of line
backspace, Ctrl-h
Delete previous char
delete, Ctrl-d
Delete next char
Ctrl-s
Insert a word under doc cursor, may be changed to Ctrl-r Ctrl-w later
Ctrl-p, Up
Select previous history
Ctrl-n, Down
Select next history
Tab
Select next completion item
BackTab
Select previous completion item
Enter
Open selected
 

Insert Mode

Escape
Switch to normal mode
Ctrl-x
Autoco­mplete
Ctrl-r
Insert a register content
Ctrl-w, Alt-Ba­ckspace
Delete previous word
Alt-d
Delete next word
Alt-b, Alt-Left
Backward a word
Ctrl-b, Left
Backward a char
Alt-f, Alt-Right
Forward a word
Ctrl-f, Right
Forward a char
Ctrl-e, End
Move to line end
Ctrl-a, Home
Move to line start
Ctrl-u
Delete to start of line
Ctrl-k
Delete to end of line
Ctrl-j, Enter
Insert new line
Backspace, Ctrl-h
Delete previous char
Delete, Ctrl-d
Delete previous char
Ctrl-p, Up
Move to previous line
Ctrl-n, Down
Move to next line
PageUp
Move one page up
PageDown
Move one page down
Alt->
Go to end of buffer
Alt-<
Go to start of buffer

Selection manipu­lation

s
Select all regex matches inside selections
S
Split selection into subsel­ections on regex matches
Alt-s
Split selection on newlines
&
Align selection in columns
_
Trim whitespace from the selection
;
Collapse selection onto a single cursor
Alt-;
Flip selection cursor and anchor
Alt-:
Ensures the selection is in forward direction
,
Keep only the primary selection
Alt-,
Remove the primary selection
C
Copy selection onto the next line (Add cursor below)
Alt-C
Copy selection onto the previous line (Add cursor above)
(
Rotate main selection backward
)
Rotate main selection forward
Alt-(
Rotate selection contents backward
Alt-)
Rotate selection contents forward
%
Select entire file
x
Select current line, if already selected, extend to next line
X
Extend selection to line bounds (line-wise selection)
J
Join lines inside selection
K
Keep selections matching the regex
Alt-K
Remove selections matching the regex
Ctrl-c
Commen­t/u­nco­mment the selections
Alt-k, Alt-up
Expand selection to parent syntax node (TS)
Alt-j, Alt-down
Shrink syntax tree object selection (TS)
Alt-h, Alt-left
Select previous sibling node in syntax tree (TS)
Alt-l, Alt-right
Select next sibling node in syntax tree (TS)
           
 

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  • Published: 18th March, 2022
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