keymaps

Keymaps and Behavior

GUI shortcut table

Shortcut	Mode	Behavior	Vim equivalent
Ctrl+C	normal	copy line	yy
Ctrl+C	visual	copy selection	y
Ctrl+V	normal	paste	p
Ctrl+V	insert	paste	insert paste
Ctrl+X	visual	cut selection	d
Ctrl+A	normal	select all	ggVG
Ctrl+A	insert	select all	<Esc>ggVG
Ctrl+Z	normal	undo	u
Ctrl+Z	insert	undo	<C-o>u
Ctrl+Y	normal	redo	<C-r>
Ctrl+Y	insert	redo	<C-o><C-r>
Ctrl+S	normal	save buffer	:write
Ctrl+S	insert	save buffer	:write
Ctrl+S	visual	save buffer	:write
Ctrl+Q	normal	save and close	:confirm wq
Ctrl+Q	insert	save and close	:confirm wq
Home	normal	line start	0
Home	insert	line start	<C-o>0
Home	visual	line start	0
End	normal	line end	$
End	insert	line end	<C-o>$
End	visual	line end	$
Ctrl+Backspace	normal	delete previous word	GUI-style previous-word delete
Ctrl+Backspace	insert	delete previous word	GUI-style previous-word delete
Ctrl+Delete	normal	delete next word	GUI-style next-word delete
Ctrl+Delete	insert	delete next word	GUI-style next-word delete

Delete-selection mappings

Visual mode:

• Backspace
• Delete

These use the black-hole register so clipboard contents are preserved.

Shift+Arrow selection

Normal mode

• Shift+Left
• Shift+Right
• Shift+Up
• Shift+Down

These start visual selection and move in the requested direction.

Visual mode

The same keys extend the current selection.

Insert mode

The same keys leave insert mode, enter visual selection, and move accordingly.

Clipboard behavior

Without Yanky

• copy, cut, and paste use Neovim register-based handling
• clipboard state is synchronized as safely as possible with + and unnamed registers

With Yanky

• clipboard actions prefer Yanky handlers
• no hard dependency is created
• diagnostics show whether Yanky is installed, loaded, or only available for lazy load

Save and close behavior

Ctrl+S

Saves the current buffer with :update.

Ctrl+Q

Ctrl+Q is treated as a GUI-style save-and-close action and runs :confirm wq.

Mode preservation

If preserve_mode = true, compatible mappings return the user to the original mode after the action.

Not every mapping preserves mode. Selection-starting mappings intentionally change mode because that is their behavior.