Helix

Move left

Move down

Move up

Move right

Move next word start

Move previous word start

Move next WORD start

Move previous WORD start

Move next WORD end

Find 'till next char

Find next char

Find 'till previous char

Find previous char

Go to line number <n>

Go to line number <n>

Repeat last motion (f, t or m)

Move to the start of the line

Move to the end of the line

Move page up

Move page down

Move half page up

Move half page down

Jump forward on the jumplist

Jump backward on the jumplist

Save the current selection to the jumplist

Replace with a character

Replace with yanked text

Switch case of the selected text

Set the selected text to lower case

Set the selected text to upper case

Insert before selection

Insert after selection (append)

Insert at the start of the line

Insert at the end of the line

Open new line below selection

Open new line above selection

Repeat last insert

Undo change

Redo change

Move backward in history

Move forward in history

Yank selection

Paste after selection

Paste before selection

Select a register to yank to or paste from

Indent selection

Unindent selection

Format selection (currently nonfunctional/disabled) (LSP)

Delete selection

Delete selection, without yanking

Change selection (delete and enter insert mode)

Change selection (delete and enter insert mode, without yanking)

Increment object (number) under cursor

Decrement object (number) under cursor

Start/stop macro recording to the selected register (experimental)

Play back a recorded macro from the selected register (experimental)

Pipe each selection through shell command, replacing with output

Pipe each selection into shell command, ignoring output

Run shell command, inserting output before each selection

Run shell command, appending output after each selection

Pipe each selection into shell command, keep selections where command returned 0

Select all regex matches inside selections

Split selection into sub selections on regex matches

Split selection on newlines

Merge consecutive selections

Align selection in columns

Trim whitespace from the selection

Collapse selection onto a single cursor

Flip selection cursor and anchor

Ensures the selection is in forward direction

Keep only the primary selection

Remove the primary selection

Copy selection onto the next line (Add cursor below)

Copy selection onto the previous line (Add cursor above)

Rotate main selection backward

Rotate main selection forward

Rotate selection contents backward

Rotate selection contents forward

Select entire file

Select current line, if already selected, extend to next line

Extend selection to line bounds (line-wise selection)

Shrink selection to line bounds (line-wise selection)

Join lines inside selection

Join lines inside selection and select the inserted space

Keep selections matching the regex

Remove selections matching the regex

Comment/uncomment the selections

Expand selection to parent syntax node (TS)

Shrink syntax tree object selection (TS)

Select previous sibling node in syntax tree (TS)

Select next sibling node in syntax tree (TS)

Search for regex pattern

Search for previous pattern

Select next search match

Select previous search match

Use current selection as the search pattern

Enter select (extend) mode

Enter goto mode

Enter match mode

Enter command mode

Enter view mode

Enter sticky view mode

Enter window mode

Enter space mode

Vertically center the line

Align the line to the top of the screen

Align the line to the bottom of the screen

Align the line to the middle of the screen (horizontally)

Scroll the view downwards

Scroll the view upwards

Move page down

Move page up

Move half page down

Move half page up

Go to line number else start of file

Go to the end of the file

Go to files in the selection

Go to the start of the line

Go to the end of the line

Go to first non-whitespace character of the line

Go to the top of the screen

Go to the middle of the screen

Go to the bottom of the screen

Go to definition (LSP)

Go to type definition (LSP)

Go to references (LSP)

Go to implementation (LSP)

Go to the last accessed/alternate file

Go to the last modified/alternate file

Go to next buffer

Go to previous buffer

Go to last modification in current file

Move down textual (instead of visual) line

Move up textual (instead of visual) line

Goto matching bracket (TS)

Surround current selection with

Replace surround character with

Delete surround character

Select around textobject

Select inside textobject

Switch to next window

Vertical right split

Horizontal bottom split

Go to files in the selection in horizontal splits

Go to files in the selection in vertical splits

Move to left split

Move to split below

Move to split above

Move to right split

Close current window

Only keep the current window, closing all the others

Swap window to the left

Swap window downwards

Swap window upwards

Swap window to the right

Open file picker

Open file picker at current working directory

Open buffer picker

Open jumplist picker

Debug (experimental)

Show documentation for item under cursor in a popup (LSP)

Open document symbol picker (LSP)

Open workspace symbol picker (LSP)

Open document diagnostics picker (LSP)

Open workspace diagnostics picker (LSP)

Rename symbol (LSP)

Apply code action (LSP)

Select symbol references (LSP)

Open last fuzzy picker

Enter window mode

Paste system clipboard after selections

Paste system clipboard before selections

Join and yank selections to clipboard

Yank main selection to clipboard

Replace selections by clipboard contents

Global search in workspace folder

Open command palette

Scroll up

Scroll down

Go to next diagnostic (LSP)

Go to previous diagnostic (LSP)

Go to last diagnostic in document (LSP)

Go to first diagnostic in document (LSP)

Go to next function (TS)

Go to previous function (TS)

Go to next type definition (TS)

Go to previous type definition (TS)

Go to next argument/parameter (TS)

Go to previous argument/parameter (TS)

Go to next comment (TS)

Go to previous comment (TS)

Go to next test (TS)

Go to previous test (TS)

Go to next paragraph

Go to previous paragraph

Go to next change

Go to previous change

Go to last change

Go to first change

Add newline below

Add newline above

Switch to normal mode

Commit undo checkpoint

Autocomplete

Insert a register content

Delete previous word

Delete next word

Delete to start of line

Delete to end of line

Delete previous char

Delete next char

Insert new line

Move to previous line

Move to next line

Backward a char

Forward a char

Move one page up

Move one page down

Move to line start

Move to line end

Previous entry

Next entry

Page up

Page down

Go to first entry

Go to last entry

Open selected

Open horizontally

Open vertically

Toggle preview

Close picker

Close prompt

Backward a word

Backward a char

Forward a word

Forward a char

Move prompt end

Move prompt start

Delete previous word

Delete next word

Delete to start of line

Delete to end of line

Delete previous char

Delete next char

Insert a word under doc cursor, may be changed to Ctrl-r Ctrl-w later

Select previous history

Select next history

Insert the content of the register selected by following input char

Select next completion item

Select previous completion item

Open selected

Close the current view.

Force close the current view, ignoring unsaved changes.

Open a file from disk into the current view.

Close the current buffer.

Close the current buffer forcefully, ignoring unsaved changes.

Close all buffers but the currently focused one.

Force close all buffers but the currently focused one.

Close all buffers without quitting.

Force close all buffers ignoring unsaved changes without quitting.

Goto next buffer.

Goto previous buffer.

Write changes to disk. Accepts an optional path (:write some/path.txt)

Force write changes to disk creating necessary subdirectories. Accepts an optional path (:write! some/path.txt)

Write changes to disk and closes the buffer. Accepts an optional path (:write-buffer-close some/path.txt)

Force write changes to disk creating necessary subdirectories and closes the buffer. Accepts an optional path (:write-buffer-close! some/path.txt)

Create a new scratch buffer.

Format the file using the LSP formatter.

Set the indentation style for editing. ('t' for tabs or 1-8 for number of spaces.)

Set the document's default line ending. Options: crlf, lf.

Jump back to an earlier point in edit history. Accepts a number of steps or a time span.

Jump to a later point in edit history. Accepts a number of steps or a time span.

Write changes to disk and close the current view. Accepts an optional path (:wq some/path.txt)

Write changes to disk and close the current view forcefully. Accepts an optional path (:wq! some/path.txt)

Write changes from all buffers to disk.

Write changes from all buffers to disk and close all views.

Write changes from all buffers to disk and close all views forcefully (ignoring unsaved changes).

Close all views.

Force close all views ignoring unsaved changes.

Quit with exit code (default 1). Accepts an optional integer exit code (:cq 2).

Force quit with exit code (default 1) ignoring unsaved changes. Accepts an optional integer exit code (:cq! 2).

Change the editor theme (show current theme if no name specified).

Yank main selection into system clipboard.

Yank joined selections into system clipboard. A separator can be provided as first argument. Default value is newline.

Yank main selection into system primary clipboard.

Yank joined selections into system primary clipboard. A separator can be provided as first argument. Default value is newline.

Paste system clipboard after selections.

Paste system clipboard before selections.

Replace selections with content of system clipboard.

Paste primary clipboard after selections.

Paste primary clipboard before selections.

Replace selections with content of system primary clipboard.

Show clipboard provider name in status bar.

Change the current working directory.

Show the current working directory.

Set encoding. Based on https://encoding.spec.whatwg.org.

Get info about the character under the primary cursor.

Discard changes and reload from the source file.

Discard changes and reload all documents from the source files.

Write changes only if the file has been modified.

Open workspace command picker

Restarts the Language Server that is in use by the current doc

Stops the Language Server that is in use by the current doc

Display tree sitter scopes, primarily for theming and development.

Start a debug session from a given template with given parameters.

Connect to a debug adapter by TCP address and start a debugging session from a given template with given parameters.

Evaluate expression in current debug context.

Open the file in a vertical split.

Open a scratch buffer in a vertical split.

Open the file in a horizontal split.

Open a scratch buffer in a horizontal split.

Open the tutorial.

Goto line number.

Set the language of current buffer (show current language if no value specified).

Set a config option at runtime. For example to disable smart case search, use :set search.smart-case false.

Toggle a boolean config option at runtime. For example to toggle smart case search, use :toggle search.smart-case.

Get the current value of a config option.

Sort ranges in selection.

Sort ranges in selection in reverse order.

Hard-wrap the current selection of lines to a given width.

Display tree sitter subtree under cursor, primarily for debugging queries.

Refresh user config.

Open the user config.toml file.

Open the workspace config.toml file.

Open the helix log file.

Run shell command, inserting output before each selection.

Run shell command, appending output after each selection.

Pipe each selection to the shell command.

Pipe each selection to the shell command, ignoring output.

Run a shell command

Reset the diff change at the cursor position.

Clear given register. If no argument is provided, clear all registers.