How do I visually select an entire sentence in Vim?
vas
The vas command visually selects the current sentence, including surrounding whitespace.
Tag: text-objects
How do I change surrounding quotes or brackets from one type to another with vim-surround?
cs'"
The vim-surround plugin (by Tim Pope) adds three powerful operators for working with surrounding delimiters — quotes, brackets, parentheses, and HTML tags.
How do I select text inside angle brackets?
vi<
The vi).
How do I delete a word and save it to a specific register?
"adiw
The "adiw command deletes the inner word under the cursor and stores it in register a.
How do I change the content inside backticks?
ci`
The ` ci ` command changes the text inside backtick delimiters.
How do I add, change, or delete surrounding characters with vim-surround?
cs"' (change), ds" (delete), ys iw" (add)
The vim-surround plugin by Tim Pope adds commands for working with surrounding characters like quotes, brackets, and tags.
How do I record a macro that uses text objects and complex motions?
qa ci"replacement<Esc> /next<CR> q
Macros can contain any Vim command including text objects, searches, and multi-key motions.
How do I expand a visual selection to include the outer block?
vi{a{
In visual mode, you can expand your selection to include outer nested blocks by pressing additional text object commands.
How do I select all text inside square brackets?
vi[
The vi[ command selects the text inside square brackets without including the brackets themselves.
How do I delete an entire paragraph?
dip
The dip command deletes the inner paragraph — all contiguous non-blank lines surrounding the cursor.
How do I jump backward to the previous sentence?
(
The ( motion moves the cursor backward to the start of the current or previous sentence.
How do I jump forward by sentence in Vim?
)
The ) motion moves the cursor to the beginning of the next sentence.
How do I copy the word under the cursor regardless of cursor position within it?
yiw
How it works The command yiw yanks (copies) the inner word under the cursor.
How do I select a word under the cursor in visual mode?
viw
How it works The command viw selects the word under the cursor in visual mode.
How do I quickly select an entire function body using visual mode?
Va{ or Vi{
The a{ (around braces) and i{ (inside braces) text objects combined with visual mode let you instantly select an entire function body or code block, regardless
visual-mode #visual-mode #text-objects #code-navigation #selection
How do I use Treesitter for syntax-aware text selection in Neovim?
Treesitter incremental selection with grn/grc
nvim-treesitter provides incremental selection that expands based on the syntax tree rather than simple text patterns.
How do I re-indent a block of code to match the surrounding indentation?
=i{ or =ap
The = operator performs smart indentation based on Vim's filetype-aware indent rules.
How do I change the case of text using operators and motions?
gU{motion} / gu{motion} / g~{motion}
Vim has three case operators that work with any motion or text object: gU for uppercase, gu for lowercase, and g~ for toggle case.
editing #editing #case #operators #text-objects #normal-mode
How do I select or operate on the entire buffer as a text object?
ggVG
While Vim doesn't have a built-in "entire buffer" text object, the ggVG sequence achieves it: go to the first line, enter line-wise visual mode, then select to
How do I navigate and operate on sentences and paragraphs in Vim?
( / ) / { / }
Vim treats sentences and paragraphs as first-class navigation units.
navigation #navigation #motions #text-objects #prose #editing