Neovim Shortcut Cheat Sheet

All leader key mappings assume leader = <Space>.

General UI / Appearance

Action	Shortcut	Description
Toggle line numbers	(automatic)	Absolute line numbers enabled
Transparent background	(automatic)	Normal and NormalFloat have no background

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Telescope (File Finder & Search)

Action	Shortcut	Description
Find files	<leader>pf	Open Telescope file finder
Find git-tracked files	<C-p>	Search files tracked by Git
Search text (grep)	<leader>ps	Grep for user-input string in project

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Harpoon (Quick Navigation)

Action	Shortcut	Description
Add current file to Harpoon	<leader>a	Adds file to Harpoon list (prints file name added)
Toggle Harpoon menu	<C-e>	Opens Harpoon quick menu
Jump to Harpoon file 1	<C-h>	Navigate to first Harpoon entry
Jump to Harpoon file 2	<C-t>	Navigate to second Harpoon entry
Jump to Harpoon file 3	<C-n>	Navigate to third Harpoon entry
Jump to Harpoon file 4	<C-s>	Navigate to fourth Harpoon entry
Previous Harpoon buffer	<C-S-P>	Jump to previous file in list
Next Harpoon buffer	<C-S-N>	Jump to next file in list

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LSP (Language Server Protocol)

Applies to all installed LSP servers (lua_ls, pyright, clangd, jdtls, etc.)

Action	Shortcut	Description
Hover info	K	Show documentation for symbol under cursor
Go to definition	gd	Jump to symbol definition
Find references	gr	Show all references using Telescope
Rename symbol	<leader>rn	Rename all references to symbol
Code actions	<leader>ca	Run context-aware LSP actions (e.g., fix imports, refactor)
Format file	<leader>f	Format the current buffer asynchronously
See LSP Error	<leader>e	Opens up window to view line error
Auto-format on save	(automatic)	Formats buffer before save (via BufWritePre)

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Autocompletion (nvim-cmp)

Action	Shortcut	Description
Show completion menu	<C-Space>	Manually trigger autocomplete
Confirm completion	<CR>	Accept current completion
Scroll docs up	<C-b>	Scroll up completion documentation
Scroll docs down	<C-f>	Scroll down completion documentation
Next completion item	<Tab>	Move forward through completion options
Previous completion item	<S-Tab>	Move backward through completion options
Expand/jump snippet	<Tab>	Expand LuaSnip snippet or jump to next placeholder
Jump backward in snippet	<S-Tab>	Jump to previous snippet placeholder

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Treesitter (Syntax Highlighting)

Action	Shortcut	Description
(none defined)	(automatic)	Provides syntax-aware highlighting for: c, cpp, lua, markdown, python, rust, java

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Mason (LSP/DAP/Linter/Formatter Manager)

Action	Shortcut	Description
Open Mason UI	:Mason	Manage language servers, formatters, and linters
Update Mason registry	:MasonUpdate	Refresh available package metadata

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Plugin Overview

Plugin	Purpose
rose-pine	Elegant colorscheme with transparent background
nvim-treesitter	Modern syntax highlighting & parsing
telescope.nvim	Fuzzy finder for files, text, etc.
mason.nvim	Manage external tools like LSPs and formatters
mason-lspconfig.nvim	Bridge between Mason and Neovim’s LSP config
nvim-lspconfig	Core LSP client configuration
nvim-cmp	Autocompletion engine
cmp-nvim-lsp / cmp-buffer / cmp-path / cmp-cmdline / cmp-luasnip	Completion sources
LuaSnip	Snippet engine
harpoon	Quick file marking and navigation
lazy.nvim	Plugin manager (used to load all plugins)

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Tips

• Run :LspInfo to confirm your LSP is attached for the current file.
• Run :checkhealth for diagnostics on plugin or LSP setup.
• Press <leader>f anytime to format manually.
• To update all plugins: :Lazy update
• To clean unused plugins: :Lazy clean

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