Helix keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet
Printable cheat sheet covering all 58 Helix 2025 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys, organized by category. Export as PDF or print directly.
All shortcuts
- H — Move left
- J — Move down
- K — Move up
- L — Move right
- W — Move next word start
- B — Move previous word start
- E — Move next word end
- T — Find till next char
- F — Find next char
- Shift+T — Find till previous char
- Shift+F — Find previous char
- Shift+G — Go to line number
- Ctrl+B — Page up
- Ctrl+F — Page down
- Ctrl+U — Half page up
- Ctrl+D — Half page down
- Ctrl+I — Jump forward
- Ctrl+O — Jump backward
- Ctrl+S — Save selection
- R — Replace with character
- I — Insert before
- A — Insert after
- Shift+I — Insert at line start
- Shift+A — Insert at line end
- O — Open line below
- Shift+O — Open line above
- Period — Repeat last insert
- U — Undo
- Shift+U — Redo
- Y — Yank selection
- P — Paste after
- Shift+P — Paste before
- Shift+Period — Indent
- Shift+Comma — Unindent
- Equal — Format selection
- D — Delete selection
- C — Change selection
- Ctrl+A — Increment number
- Ctrl+X — Decrement number
- Shift+Q — Start/stop macro
- Q — Play macro
- S — Select regex matches
- Shift+S — Split on regex
- Semicolon — Collapse to cursor
- Comma — Keep primary only
- Shift+C — Copy to next line
- X — Extend to line
- Shift+J — Join lines
- Ctrl+C — Comment/uncomment
- Slash — Search forward
- N — Next match
- Shift+N — Previous match
- V — Select/extend mode
- G — Goto mode
- M — Match mode
- Z — View mode
- Ctrl+W — Window mode
- Space — Space mode
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