🚀 ULTIMATE NvChad CHEAT SHEET 🚀

Complete Reference - All Plugins & Vim
Leader Key: SPACE

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🔥 Essential Workflow

Key	Action	Key	Action
Space	Show all keys	Space ff	Find files
Space ff	Find files	Space fa	Find all files (+ hidden)
Space fw	Find text	Space fw	Live grep (search in files)
Ctrl+n	Toggle tree	Space fb	Find buffers
Space e	Focus tree	Space fh	Help pages
Tab	Next buffer	Space fo	Find recent files
Shift+Tab	Prev buffer	Space fz	Find in current buffer
Space x	Close buffer	Space cm	Git commits
Ctrl+s	Save file	Space gt	Git status
gd	Go definition	/text	Search in file
K	Show docs	*	Search word under cursor

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🤖 Copilot AI

Basic Copilot

Key	Action	Key	Action
Ctrl+J	Accept suggest	Space ccq	Quick chat (ask anything)
Ctrl+]	Next suggest	Space cci	Custom input chat
Ctrl+[	Prev suggest	Space cce	Explain selected code
Ctrl+\	Trigger	Space ccr	Review selected code

Copilot Commands

Command	Action
:Copilot auth	Authenticate
:Copilot status	Status
:Copilot enable/disable	Enable/Disable

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💬 CopilotChat

Chat Commands

Key	Action	Key	Action
Space ccq	Quick chat (ask anything)	Space ccm	Generate commit msg (all)
Space cci	Custom input chat	Space ccM	Generate commit msg (staged)
Space cce	Explain selected code	Space cch	Help actions (Telescope)
Space ccr	Review selected code	Space ccp	Prompt actions (Telescope)
Space ccR	Refactor/optimize code	Space ccv	Toggle chat window
Space cct	Generate tests	Space ccl	Clear chat history
Space ccf	Fix diagnostics	Space ccd	Debug info
Space ccn	Better naming suggestions

Chat Window Controls

Key	Action	Key	Action
q	Close chat	gy	Yank diff
Ctrl+l	Reset chat	gd	Show diff
Enter	Submit prompt	gp	Show system prompt
Ctrl+y	Accept diff	gs	Show user selection

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🧭 Code Navigation

Key	Action	Key	Action
gd	Go definition	Space ca	Code actions
gD	Go declaration	Space ra	Rename symbol
gi	Go implement	Space f	Format document
gr	Find reference	Space fm	Format selection
K	Hover docs	[d	Previous diagnostic
Ctrl+k	Signature help	]d	Next diagnostic
Space D	Type definition	Space e	Show line diagnostics
Ctrl+o	Jump back	Space q	Diagnostic quickfix list
Ctrl+i	Jump forward	Space wa	Add workspace folder

LSP Commands

Command	Action
:LspInfo	LSP information
:checkhealth	Check Neovim health

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🪟 Windows & Buffers

Window Navigation

Key	Action	Key	Action
Ctrl+h	Left window	Space v	Vertical split
Ctrl+j	Down window	Space h	Horizontal split
Ctrl+k	Up window	Ctrl+w c	Close window
Ctrl+l	Right window	Ctrl+w o	Close others

Buffer Management

Key	Action	Key	Action
Tab	Next buffer	Space x	Close buffer
Shift+Tab	Previous buffer	Space b	New buffer
Ctrl+w =	Equal windows

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💻 Terminal

Key	Action	Key	Action
Alt+h	Toggle horizontal terminal	Space h	New horizontal terminal
Alt+v	Toggle vertical terminal	Space v	New vertical terminal
Alt+i	Toggle floating terminal	exit	Exit terminal mode
Ctrl+\	Toggle terminal	esc esc	Exit terminal insert mode

Terminal Commands

Command	Action
:term	Open terminal
:split term://	Horizontal terminal split
:vsplit term://	Vertical terminal split

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🌳 File Tree (NvimTree)

Navigation

Key	Action	Key	Action
Enter/o	Open file	Ctrl+v	Open vertical
Ctrl+x	Open horizontal	Ctrl+t	Open new tab

File Operations

Key	Action	Key	Action
a	Create file	c	Copy
A	Create folder	x	Cut
d	Delete	p	Paste
r	Rename	y	Copy name
Ctrl+r	Full rename	Y	Copy rel path
gy	Copy abs path

View Options

Key	Action	Key	Action
H	Toggle hidden	R	Refresh
I	Toggle ignore	W	Collapse all
E	Expand all	q	Close tree

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🔭 Telescope

Navigation

Key	Action	Key	Action
Ctrl+n/p	Next/Previous item	Enter	Select item
Ctrl+j/k	Move down/up	Ctrl+v	Open in vertical split
Ctrl+x	Open in horizontal split	Ctrl+t	Open in new tab
Ctrl+c/Esc	Close telescope	Tab	Toggle selection
Ctrl+q	Send to quickfix	?	Show help

Preview Controls

Key	Action	Key	Action
Ctrl+u	Scroll preview up	Ctrl+/	Toggle preview
Ctrl+d	Scroll preview down	M	Toggle mark

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🎯 Auto-completion (nvim-cmp)

Key	Action	Key	Action
Ctrl+n	Next item	Tab	Next (snippets)
Ctrl+p	Previous item	Shift+Tab	Prev (snippets)
Ctrl+Space	Trigger comp	Ctrl+y	Confirm
Enter	Confirm select	Ctrl+[	Cancel
Ctrl+e	Close menu	Ctrl+d	Scroll docs down
Ctrl+f	Scroll docs up

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📝 Comments & Editing

Comments

Key	Action	Key	Action
gcc	Toggle line comment	Space /	Toggle comment line
gc (visual)	Toggle comment (selection)
gbc	Toggle block comment
gb (visual)	Toggle block (selection)

Basic Editing

Key	Action	Key	Action
i	Insert before cursor	o	New line below
I	Insert at line start	O	New line above
a	Append after cursor	c	Change operator
A	Append at line end	s	Substitute character
S	Substitute line	dd	Delete line
yy	Yank (copy) line	p	Paste after
P	Paste before	u	Undo
Ctrl+r	Redo	.	Repeat last command

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🌈 Treesitter & Text Objects

Text Objects

Key	Action	Key	Action
af	Around function	ab	Around block
if	Inside function	ib	Inside block
ac	Around class	aa	Around argument
ic	Inside class	ia	Inside argument

Selection

Key	Action	Key	Action
Ctrl+Space	Init selection	Enter	Expand select
BS	Shrink select	Tab	Expand scope

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🔄 Git Integration (Gitsigns)

Hunk Navigation

Key	Action	Key	Action
]c	Next hunk	Space hs	Stage hunk
[c	Previous hunk	Space hr	Reset hunk
Space hS	Stage buffer	Space hu	Undo stage hunk
Space hR	Reset buffer	Space hp	Preview hunk

Git Actions

Key	Action	Key	Action
Space hb	Blame line	Space hd	Diff this
Space tb	Toggle blame	Space hD	Diff this ~
Space td	Toggle deleted	ih	Inside hunk (text object)
ah	Around hunk (text object)

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🎨 Themes & UI

Key	Action	Key	Action
Space th	Theme switcher	Space n	Toggle numbers
Space tt	Toggle transparency	Space rn	Toggle rel numbers
Space ch	NvChad help	Space i	Indent guide
Space nu	Update NvChad	Space wk	Which-key

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🛠️ Mason & Plugins

Mason Commands

Command	Action
:Mason	Open Mason LSP manager
:MasonInstall <server>	Install LSP server
:MasonUpdate	Update all servers

Plugin Management

Command	Action
:Lazy	Open Lazy plugin manager
:Lazy install	Install plugins
:Lazy update	Update plugins
:Lazy clean	Clean unused plugins
:Lazy sync	Sync plugins

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↔️ Vim Movement

Basic Movement

Key	Action	Key	Action
h/j/k/l	Left/Down/Up/Right	0	Start of line
w	Next word	^	First non-blank
W	Next WORD	$	End of line
b	Previous word	gg	Go to top
B	Previous WORD	G	Go to bottom
e	End of word	{number}G	Go to line
E	End of WORD

Page Navigation

Key	Action	Key	Action
Ctrl+u	Half page up	Ctrl+b	Full page up
Ctrl+d	Half page down	Ctrl+f	Full page down
zt	Cursor to top	zz	Cursor center
zb	Cursor bottom

Character Finding

Key	Action	Key	Action
f{char}	Find character	;	Repeat f/t
F{char}	Find char back	,	Repeat f/t back
t{char}	Till character
T{char}	Till char back

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🔍 Search & Replace

Search

Key	Action	Key	Action
/pattern	Search forward	n	Next match
?pattern	Search backward	N	Previous match
*	Search word under cursor	#	Search word under cursor bwd

Replace

Command	Action
:s/old/new	Replace in line
:s/old/new/g	Replace all in line
:%s/old/new/g	Replace all in file
:%s/old/new/gc	Replace all with confirm
:noh	Clear search highlight

Advanced Search

Command	Action
:g/pattern/d	Delete lines with pattern
:v/pattern/d	Delete lines without pattern
\c	Case insensitive (in search)
\C	Case sensitive (in search)

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👁️ Visual Mode

Selection Modes

Key	Action	Key	Action
v	Visual char	gv	Select last
V	Visual line	o	Other end
Ctrl+v	Visual block	O	Other corner

Visual Operations

Key	Action	Key	Action
y	Yank selection	>	Indent right
d	Delete select	<	Indent left
c	Change select	=	Auto-indent
r	Replace select	J	Join lines
u	Lowercase	gJ	Join no space
U	Uppercase
~	Toggle case

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📋 Registers & Macros

Registers

Key	Action	Key	Action
"ay	Yank to register a	""	Unnamed register
"ap	Paste from register a	"0	Last yank register
:reg	Show all registers	"+	System clipboard
"*	System primary selection	"/	Last search pattern

Macros

Key	Action	Key	Action
qa	Start recording macro a	@a	Play macro a
q	Stop recording macro	@@	Repeat last macro
:let @a=''	Clear macro a	5@a	Execute macro a 5 times
qA	Append to macro a

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🗂️ Tabs & Folds

Tabs

Command	Action	Key	Action
:tabnew	New tab	gt	Next tab
:tabclose	Close tab	gT	Previous tab
:tabnext	Next tab	{num}gt	Go to tab num
:tabprev	Previous tab

Folds

Key	Action	Key	Action
za	Toggle fold	zr	Reduce fold
zA	Toggle all fold	zR	Open all folds
zo	Open fold	zm	More folds
zO	Open all folds	zM	Close all folds
zc	Close fold	zi	Toggle folding
zC	Close all folds

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📊 Marks & Jumps

Marks

Key	Action	Key	Action
ma	Set mark a	'a	Jump to line with mark a
`a	Jump to mark a position	''	Jump to previous line
.	Jump to last edited position	':marks	Show all marks
:delmarks a	Delete mark a

Jumps

Key	Action	Key	Action
Ctrl+o	Jump back in jump list	g;	Jump to last change
Ctrl+i	Jump forward in jump list	g,	Jump to next change
:jumps	Show jump list	:changes	Show change list

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🚨 Quickfix & Location List

Quickfix

Command	Action	Key	Action
:copen	Open quickfix window	:cn	Next quickfix item
:cclose	Close quickfix window	:cp	Previous quickfix item
:cc	Go to quickfix item	:cfirst	First quickfix item
:clast	Last quickfix item	:cdo cmd	Execute cmd on each item

Location List

Command	Action	Key	Action
:lopen	Open location list	:ln	Next location item
:lclose	Close location list	:lp	Previous location item
:ll	Go to location item	:lfirst	First location item
:llast	Last location item

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🔧 File Operations

Basic File Operations

Command	Action	Command	Action
:w	Write (save)	:e filename	Edit file
:w filename	Save as	:e!	Reload file
:wa	Write all	:new	New window
:q	Quit	:vnew	New vertical
:q!	Quit no save	:r filename	Read file
:wq	Write and quit	:r !command	Read command

Directory Operations

Command	Action	Command	Action
:cd path	Change dir	:ls	List buffers
:pwd	Print work dir	:b{num}	Buffer number
:bn	Next buffer	:bp	Previous buffer
:bd	Delete buffer

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💾 Sessions & Views

Command	Action	Command	Action
:mksession	Make session	:mkview	Make view
:mks!	Overwrite session	:loadview	Load view
:source session	Load session	vim -S	Start with session

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🎯 Workflow Examples

1. Find & Open File

Space ff → type filename → Enter

2. Search Text in Project

Space fw → type search → Enter

3. Go to Definition & Back

gd → Ctrl+o

4. AI Code Explanation

Select code → Space cce

5. Quick Chat with AI

Space ccq → ask question → Enter

6. Format Code

Space ca → select format

7. Git Stage Changes

]c → Space hp → Space hs

8. Find & Replace

Space fw → search → Ctrl+q → :%s//new/g

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🆘 Help & Troubleshooting

Getting Help

Command	Action
:help topic	Get help on topic
:h	Short for help
:helpgrep pattern	Search in help
:version	Show version info
:checkhealth	Check neovim health
:messages	Show messages

Debugging

Command	Action
:scriptnames	Show loaded scripts
:map	Show all mappings
:map <key>	Show mapping for key
:verbose map	Show mapping with source
:set option?	Show option value
:set all	Show all options

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🔥 Pro Tips

Essential Combinations

• Leader + f + f: Quick file finder
• Leader + f + w: Search text across project
• Leader + c + a: Code actions (fix/refactor)
• Leader + c + c + q: Ask Copilot anything
• g + d: Go to definition
• K: Show documentation
• Space + e: Focus file explorer
• Ctrl + n: Toggle file tree

Workflow Shortcuts

1. File Navigation: Space ff → type filename → Enter
2. Code Navigation: gd (definition) → Ctrl+o (back)
3. Search & Replace: Space fw → search → Ctrl+q → :%s//new/g
4. AI Assistance: Select code → Space cce (explain) or Space ccr (review)
5. Terminal Integration: Alt+i → run commands
6. Theme & Config: Space th → select theme

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💡 Remember

Core Concepts

• Vim is modal (Normal/Insert/Visual/Command modes)
• Motions: w(word) e(end) b(back) 0($) ^($) gg(G) f(F) t(T)
• Operators: d(delete) y(yank) c(change) >(indent) <(unindent)
• Text objects: i/a + w(word) s(sentence) p(paragraph) b(block)

Quick Start

1. Press Space and wait to see all options
2. Space ff = Find files | Space fw = Find text | Ctrl+n = File tree
3. gd = Go to definition | K = Show docs | Space ca = Code actions
4. Space ccq = AI chat | Ctrl+J = Accept AI | Space cce = Explain code

Master the Basics First

• Learn basic movement (hjkl, w, b, 0, $)
• Master editing (i, a, o, dd, yy, p)
• Understand modes (Normal, Insert, Visual)
• Then gradually learn advanced features!

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🚀 Master the basics first, then gradually learn advanced features!

Use Space ch in NvChad to access the built-in cheatsheet
Use :help <topic> for detailed help on any command
Use :checkhealth to verify your setup is working correctly