Helix Cheatsheet

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General / Overall

C-jIS

Save selection (jumplist)

C-sIS

Save (:w)

C-aIS

Select all

EscIS

Collapse selection

InsIS

Insert/Normal mode

EnterS

Repeat last motion

S-EnterIS

Go to word (gw)

C-A-EnterIS

Save selection

C-spaceI

Completion

Navigation

HomeIS

First non-whitespace

EndIS

Line end (newline in I)

C-HomeIS

Line start

C-EndIS

Line end (newline)

C-PgUpIS

File start

C-PgDnIS

File end

Selection Extension

*S

Set / search register

_S

Trim whitespace from selection

C-lIS

Extend to line bounds

BS

Prev subword start

ES

Next subword end

WS

Next subword start

C-LeftIS

Prev word start

C-RightIS

Next word start

C-A-S-LeftIS

Ext prev subword start

C-A-S-RightIS

Ext next subword start

C-S-LeftIS

Ext prev word start

C-S-RightIS

Ext next word start

S-DownIS

Extend line down

S-EndIS

Extend to line end

S-HomeIS

Extend to line start

S-LeftIS

Extend char left

S-RightIS

Extend char right

S-UpIS

Extend line up

xS

Extend line below

XS

Extend line above

C-n

IS Select current word

C-S-n IS

Select current subword

C-enter IS

Select next match

C-A-n IS

Select all occurrences

A-iA-oS

Shrink/expand selection (LSP-based)

m iS

Select inside object (quotes, parens...)

m aS

Select around object (quotes, parens...)

m mS

Select matching bracket

CC-DownS

Add cursor below

A-CC-UpS

Add cursor above

Line & Block Editing

D

Delete to line end

jS

Move line down

g jS

Move visual line down

kS

Move line up

g kS

Move visual line up

A-UpI

Move line up

A-DownI

Move line down

A-j

Join selections

A-k

Keep selections

DelI

Delete selection

BsI

Delete char backward

C-hI

Delete prev word

C-BsI

Delete prev word

C-DelI

Delete next word

A-BsI

Kill to line start

S-BsI

Delete sel & insert

A-DelI

Kill to line end

C-S-kI

Delete line

TabI

Indent

S-TabI

Unindent

C-A-uIS

Change to uppercase

C-A-lIS

Change to lowercase

Clipboard & Paste

C-cIS

Yank

C-xIS

Cut (delete sel)

C-vIS

Paste before

C-yIS

Redo

C-zIS

Undo

p

Paste before

P

Paste after

␣ p

Paste clipboard before

␣ P

Paste clipboard after

Go To

C-A-bIS

Next paragraph

C-A-BIS

Prev paragraph

C-A-dIS

Next diagnostic

C-A-DIS

Prev diagnostic

C-A-eIS

Next change

C-A-EIS

Prev change

C-A-fIS

Next function

C-A-FIS

Prev function

C-A-hIS

Earlier (history)

C-A-HIS

Later (history)

C-A-jIS

Jump backward

C-A-JIS

Jump forward

C-A-tIS

Next class

C-A-TIS

Prev class

C-A-pIS

Next parameter

C-A-PIS

Prev parameter

C-A-yIS

Next test

C-A-YIS

Prev test

C-A-zIS

Next comment

C-A-ZIS

Prev comment

Toggle / Action (+)

a

Code action

d

Toggle EOL diagnostics

e

Reveal current buffer in Explorer

f

Format

g

Insert UUID

h

Toggle inlay hints

i

Toggle indent guides

p

Copy between registers

q

Toggle inline diagnostics

r

Reflow

s

Toggle soft wrap

w

Toggle whitespace

u

Go to file/url

y

Open configuration

z

Reload configuration

Tools & Misc

C-S-g

Lazygit

C-S-y

Yazi

Git (A-g)

b

Blame

d

Diff unstaged

D

Diff staged

A-d

Diff staged and unstaged

h

Log (file)

l

Log (global)

s

Status

u

Pull & Update

x

reset diff change

Formatting & Comments

C-A-S-f

Format

C-/

Toggle comments

Buffers & Files

C-,IS

Previous buffer

C-.IS

Next buffer

C-A-qIS

Quit (:q)

\ c

Buffer close (:bc)

\ C

Buffer force close (:bc!)

\ r

Reload

\ R

Reload all

\ x

Buffer close others(:bco)

g ag m

Last accessed/modified

Multiple Cursors

s

Split on regex

A-s

Split on newline

()

Cycle main selection

A-,

Remove a cursor