Keymap

Normal mode

Movement

NOTE: f, F, t and T are not confined to the current line.

Key	Description	Command
`h`, `Left`	Move left	`move_char_left`
`j`, `Down`	Move down	`move_char_right`
`k`, `Up`	Move up	`move_line_up`
`l`, `Right`	Move right	`move_line_down`
`w`	Move next word start	`move_next_word_start`
`b`	Move previous word start	`move_prev_word_start`
`e`	Move next word end	`move_next_word_end`
`W`	Move next WORD start	`move_next_long_word_start`
`B`	Move previous WORD start	`move_prev_long_word_start`
`E`	Move next WORD end	`move_next_long_word_end`
`t`	Find 'till next char	`find_till_char`
`f`	Find next char	`find_next_char`
`T`	Find 'till previous char	`till_prev_char`
`F`	Find previous char	`find_prev_char`
`Home`	Move to the start of the line	`goto_line_start`
`End`	Move to the end of the line	`goto_line_end`
`PageUp`	Move page up	`page_up`
`PageDown`	Move page down	`page_down`
`Ctrl-u`	Move half page up	`half_page_up`
`Ctrl-d`	Move half page down	`half_page_down`
`Ctrl-i`	Jump forward on the jumplist TODO: conflicts tab	`jump_forward`
`Ctrl-o`	Jump backward on the jumplist	`jump_backward`
`v`	Enter select (extend) mode	`select_mode`
`g`	Enter goto mode	N/A
`m`	Enter match mode	N/A
`:`	Enter command mode	`command_mode`
`z`	Enter view mode	N/A
`Ctrl-w`	Enter window mode (maybe will be remove for spc w w later)	N/A
`Space`	Enter space mode	N/A
`K`	Show documentation for the item under the cursor	`hover`

Changes

Key	Description	Command
`r`	Replace with a character	`replace`
`R`	Replace with yanked text	`replace_with_yanked`
`~`	Switch case of the selected text	`switch_case`
`	Set the selected text to lower case	`switch_to_lowercase`
Alt-`	Set the selected text to upper case	`switch_to_uppercase`
`i`	Insert before selection	`insert_mode`
`a`	Insert after selection (append)	`append_mode`
`I`	Insert at the start of the line	`prepend_to_line`
`A`	Insert at the end of the line	`append_to_line`
`o`	Open new line below selection	`open_below`
`O`	Open new line above selection	`open_above`
`u`	Undo change	`undo`
`U`	Redo change	`redo`
`y`	Yank selection	`yank`
`p`	Paste after selection	`paste_after`
`P`	Paste before selection	`paste_before`
`"` `<reg>`	Select a register to yank to or paste from	`select_register`
`>`	Indent selection	`indent`
`<`	Unindent selection	`unindent`
`=`	Format selection	`format_selections`
`d`	Delete selection	`delete_selection`
`c`	Change selection (delete and enter insert mode)	`change_selection`

Selection manipulation

Key	Description	Command
`s`	Select all regex matches inside selections	`select_regex`
`S`	Split selection into subselections on regex matches	`split_selection`
`Alt-s`	Split selection on newlines	`split_selection_on_newline`
`;`	Collapse selection onto a single cursor	`collapse_selection`
`Alt-;`	Flip selection cursor and anchor	`flip_selections`
`C`	Copy selection onto the next line	`copy_selection_on_next_line`
`Alt-C`	Copy selection onto the previous line	`copy_selection_on_prev_line`
`(`	Rotate main selection forward	`rotate_selections_backward`
`)`	Rotate main selection backward	`rotate_selections_forward`
`Alt-(`	Rotate selection contents forward	`rotate_selection_contents_backward`
`Alt-)`	Rotate selection contents backward	`rotate_selection_contents_forward`
`%`	Select entire file	`select_all`
`x`	Select current line, if already selected, extend to next line	`extend_line`
`X`	Extend selection to line bounds (line-wise selection)	`extend_to_line_bounds`
	Expand selection to parent syntax node TODO: pick a key	`expand_selection`
`J`	Join lines inside selection	`join_selections`
`K`	Keep selections matching the regex TODO: overlapped by hover help	`keep_selections`
`Space`	Keep only the primary selection TODO: overlapped by space mode	`keep_primary_selection`
`Ctrl-c`	Comment/uncomment the selections	`toggle_comments`

Insert Mode

Key	Description	Command
`Escape`	Switch to normal mode	`normal_mode`
`Ctrl-x`	Autocomplete	`completion`
`Ctrl-w`	Delete previous word	`delete_word_backward`

Search

TODO: The search implementation isn't ideal yet -- we don't support searching in reverse, or searching via smartcase.

Key	Description	Command
`/`	Search for regex pattern	`search`
`n`	Select next search match	`search_next`
`N`	Add next search match to selection	`extend_search_next`
`*`	Use current selection as the search pattern	`search_selection`

Unimpaired

Mappings in the style of vim-unimpaired

Key	Description	Command
`[d`	Go to previous diagnostic	`goto_prev_diag`
`]d`	Go to next diagnostic	`goto_next_diag`
`[D`	Go to first diagnostic in document	`goto_first_diag`
`]D`	Go to last diagnostic in document	`goto_last_diag`
`[space`	Add newline above	`add_newline_above`
`]space`	Add newline below	`add_newline_below`

Shell

Key	Description	Command
`\\|`	Pipe each selection through shell command, replacing with output	`shell_pipe`
`A-\\|`	Pipe each selection into shell command, ignoring output	`shell_pipe_to`
`!`	Run shell command, inserting output before each selection	`shell_insert_output`
`A-!`	Run shell command, appending output after each selection	`shell_append_output`
`$`	Pipe each selection into shell command, keep selections where command returned 0	`shell_keep_pipe`

Select / extend mode

I'm still pondering whether to keep this mode or not. It changes movement commands to extend the existing selection instead of replacing it.

NOTE: It's a bit confusing at the moment because extend hasn't been implemented for all movement commands yet.

View mode

View mode is intended for scrolling and manipulating the view without changing the selection.

Key	Description	Command
`z` , `c`	Vertically center the line	`align_view_center`
`t`	Align the line to the top of the screen	`align_view_top`
`b`	Align the line to the bottom of the screen	`align_view_bottom`
`m`	Align the line to the middle of the screen (horizontally)	`align_view_middle`
`j`	Scroll the view downwards	`scroll_down`
`k`	Scroll the view upwards	`scroll_up`

Goto mode

Jumps to various locations.

NOTE: Some of these features are only available with the LSP present.

Key	Description	Command
`g`	Go to the start of the file	`goto_file_start`
`e`	Go to the end of the file	`goto_last_line`
`h`	Go to the start of the line	`goto_line_start`
`l`	Go to the end of the line	`goto_line_end`
`s`	Go to first non-whitespace character of the line	`goto_first_nonwhitespace`
`t`	Go to the top of the screen	`goto_window_top`
`m`	Go to the middle of the screen	`goto_window_middle`
`b`	Go to the bottom of the screen	`goto_window_bottom`
`d`	Go to definition	`goto_definition`
`y`	Go to type definition	`goto_type_definition`
`r`	Go to references	`goto_reference`
`i`	Go to implementation	`goto_implementation`
`a`	Go to the last accessed/alternate file	`goto_last_accessed_file`

Match mode

Enter this mode using m from normal mode. See the relavant section in Usage for an explanation about surround and textobject usage.

Key	Description	Command
`m`	Goto matching bracket	`match_brackets`
`s` `<char>`	Surround current selection with `<char>`	`surround_add`
`r` `<from><to>`	Replace surround character `<from>` with `<to>`	`surround_replace`
`d` `<char>`	Delete surround character `<char>`	`surround_delete`
`a` `<object>`	Select around textobject	`select_textobject_around`
`i` `<object>`	Select inside textobject	`select_textobject_inner`

Object mode

TODO: Mappings for selecting syntax nodes (a superset of [).

Window mode

This layer is similar to vim keybindings as kakoune does not support window.

Key	Description	Command
`w`, `Ctrl-w`	Switch to next window	`rotate_view`
`v`, `Ctrl-v`	Vertical right split	`vsplit`
`h`, `Ctrl-h`	Horizontal bottom split	`hsplit`
`q`, `Ctrl-q`	Close current window	`wclose`

Space mode

This layer is a kludge of mappings I had under leader key in neovim.

Key	Description	Command
`f`	Open file picker	`file_picker`
`b`	Open buffer picker	`buffer_picker`
`s`	Open symbol picker (current document)	`symbol_picker`
`a`	Apply code action	`code_action`
`'`	Open last fuzzy picker	`last_picker`
`w`	Enter window mode	N/A
`space`	Keep primary selection TODO: it's here because space mode replaced it	`keep_primary_selection`
`p`	Paste system clipboard after selections	`paste_clipboard_after`
`P`	Paste system clipboard before selections	`paste_clipboard_before`
`y`	Join and yank selections to clipboard	`yank_joined_to_clipboard`
`Y`	Yank main selection to clipboard	`yank_main_selection_to_clipboard`
`R`	Replace selections by clipboard contents	`replace_selections_with_clipboard`

Picker

Keys to use within picker. Remapping currently not supported.

Key	Description
`Up`, `Ctrl-p`	Previous entry
`Down`, `Ctrl-n`	Next entry
`Ctrl-space`	Filter options
`Enter`	Open selected
`Ctrl-h`	Open horizontally
`Ctrl-v`	Open vertically
`Escape`, `Ctrl-c`	Close picker