Keybindings Reference

This section is the definitive, tested reference for every keybinding in timvim. It is generated from the same Nix source that builds the editor, so what you read here is exactly what the running configuration does.

How keybindings are organised

timvim uses a single leader key — the Space bar — as the gateway to almost every action. Related commands are grouped under a second key after the leader. For example, everything to do with Git lives under <leader>g, and everything to do with the AI assistant lives under <leader>a.

There are three broad families of binding:

Family	Trigger	Example
Leader menus	<leader> (Space) then a group letter	<leader>gg opens Lazygit
Direct keys	A single key or chord, no leader	s for a Flash jump, F5 to continue debugging
Mode popups	Keys active only inside a popup	Ctrl+j to move down the completion menu

which-key shows you the way

You never need to memorise these tables. Press the leader key and pause — the which-key popup appears, listing every group. Press a group letter and it expands to show the actions inside, each with an icon and label. The reference below simply mirrors those live menus so you can read them offline.

Toggle states

The Toggles group (<leader>t) contains features you switch on and off. Each toggle has a dynamic icon: it is rendered in grey when the feature is OFF and in blue when ON, and its label updates to show [ON] or [OFF]. So which-key always tells you the current state before you press.

Where to go next

• Which-Key Menus — The group structure behind the leader key: every <leader> prefix, its name, its icon and what it contains. Browse the menus

• Full Keymap — Every binding as grouped tables, with key, mode and action. Normal and visual mode covered. See the keymap

• Completion Keys — The harmonised completion-menu and Copilot ghost-text keys, and how the two differ. Learn completion

Leader is Space

Throughout this reference, <leader> means the Space key. So <leader>ac is read as "Space, then a, then c".