Helix Shortcuts

Movement

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Move left

Move down

Move up

Move right

Move next word start

Move previous word start

Move next word end

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>

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

Changes

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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

<reg>

Indent selection

Unindent selection

Format selection (currently disabled) (LSP)

delete selection

delete selection, without yanking

Change selection (delete and enter insert mode)

Change select - del and to insert mod without yank

Increment object (number) under cursor

Decrement object (number) under cursor

Start/stop macro record to selected register

Play back a recorded macro from selected register

Changes - Shell

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Pipe each select through shell cmd replac with out

Pipe each select into shell command ignore output

Run shell cmd, insert output before each selection

Run shell cmd, append output after each selection

Pipe all select to shl cmd keep select cmd retur 0

Selection-manipulation

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Select all regex matches inside selections

Split select into sub selections on regex matches

Split selection on newlines

Merge selections

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 select onto the next line (Add cursor below)

Copy select to 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 selected extend next line

Extend select to line bounds (line-wise selection)

Shrink select to line bounds (line-wise selection)

Join lines inside selection

Join lines inside select and select 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

5

Search for regex pattern

Search for previous pattern

Select next search match

Select previous search match

Use current selection as the search pattern

Minor

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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

Minor - View

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Vertically center the line

Align the line to the top of the screen

Align the line to the bottom of the screen

Align line to 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

Minor - Goto

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Go to line number <n> 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

Minor - Match

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Goto matching bracket (TS)

Surround current selection with <char>

s <char>

Replace surround character <from> with <to>

r <from><to>

delete surround character <char>

d <char>

Select around textobject

a <object>

Select inside textobject

i <object>

Minor - Window

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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 current window, closing all the others

Swap window to the left

Swap window downwards

Swap window upwards

Swap window to the right

Minor - space

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Open file picker

Open file picker at current working directory

Open buffer picker

Open jumplist picker

Debug (experimental)

Show info 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

Yank selections to clipboard

Yank main selection to clipboard

Replace selections by clipboard contents

Global search in workspace folder

Open command palette

Minor - Space-Popup

2

Scroll up

Scroll down

Unimpaired

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Go to next diagnostic (LSP)

then

Go to previous diagnostic (LSP)

then

Go to last diagnostic in document (LSP)

then

Go to first diagnostic in document (LSP)

then

Go to next function (TS)

then

Go to previous function (TS)

then

Go to next type definition (TS)

then

Go to previous type definition (TS)

then

Go to next argument/parameter (TS)

then

Go to previous argument/parameter (TS)

then

Go to next comment (TS)

then

Go to previous comment (TS)

then

Go to next test (TS)

then

Go to previous test (TS)

then

Go to next paragraph

then

Go to previous paragraph

then

Go to next change

then

Go to previous change

then

Go to last change

then

Go to first change

then

Add newline below

then

Add newline above

then