Windows / Linux Vim Keybindings Reference for the AWS Cloud9 Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

Following is a list of Vim keyboard mode keybindings for Windows / Linux operating systems in the AWS Cloud9 IDE.

For more information, in the AWS Cloud9 IDE:

1. On the menu bar, choose AWS Cloud9, Preferences.

2. On the Preferences tab, choose Keybindings.

3. For Keyboard Mode, choose Vim.

4. For Operating System, choose Windows / Linux.

See also Working with Keybindings.

• General

• Tabs

• Panels

• Code Editor

• emmet

• Terminal

• Run and Debug

General

Description	Keybinding	Command
Add the selection as a watch expression	Ctrl-Shift-C	addwatchfromselection
Remove the cut selection from the clipboard	Esc	clearcut
Show the code completion context menu	Ctrl-Space | Alt-Space	complete
Code complete, and then overwrite	Ctrl-Shift-Space | Alt-Shift-Space	completeoverwrite
Copy the selection to the clipboard	Ctrl-C	copy
Cut the selection to the clipboard	Ctrl-X	cut
Expand code, where applicable	Tab	expandSnippet
Show the find and replace bar for the current document	Ctrl-F	find
Select all find matches in the current document	Ctrl-Alt-K	findall
Go to the next match in the current document for the find query you entered last	Ctrl-K	findnext
Go to the previous match in the current document for the find query you entered last	Ctrl-Shift-K	findprevious
Display all known references to the symbol at the insertion point in the active file in the editor	Shift-F3	findReferences
Open the Environment window, and then make the list of files active	Shift-Esc	focusTree
Reformat the selected JavaScript code	Ctrl-Shift-B	formatcode
Show the go to line box	Ctrl-G	gotoline
Hide the find and replace bar, if it is showing	Esc	hidesearchreplace
Go to the definition of the variable or function at the cursor	F3	jumptodef
If a local Lambda function is selected in the Lambda section of the AWS Resources window, attempts to upload the function to Lambda as a remote function	Ctrl-Shift-U	lambdaUploadFunction
Create a new file	Alt-N	newfile
Show the Preferences tab	Ctrl-,	openpreferences
Open a Terminal tab, and then switch to the parent folder of the selected file in the list of files	Alt-L	opentermhere
Paste the clipboard's current contents at the cursor	Ctrl-V	paste
Show suggestions for fixing errors	Ctrl-F3	quickfix
Redo the last action	Ctrl-Shift-Z | Ctrl-Y	redo
Refresh the preview pane	Ctrl-Enter	reloadpreview
Start a rename refactor for the selection	Ctrl-Alt-R	renameVar
Show the find and replace bar for the current document, with focus on the replace with expression	Alt-Shift-F | Ctrl-H	replace
Rerun your initialization script	Ctrl-Enter	rerunInitScript
Restart the environment	Ctrl-R	restartc9
Reset the current file to its last saved version	Ctrl-Shift-Q	reverttosaved
Reset each open file to its saved version	Alt-Shift-Q	reverttosavedall
Save the current file to disk	Ctrl-S	save
Save the current file to disk with a different file name	Ctrl-Shift-S	saveas
Show the find and replace bar for multiple files	Ctrl-Shift-F	searchinfiles
Show the Process List dialog box	Ctrl-Alt-P	showprocesslist
Undo the last action	Ctrl-Z	undo

Tabs

Description	Keybinding	Command
Close all open tabs in the current pane, except the current tab	Ctrl-Alt-W	closeallbutme
Close all open tabs in all panes	Alt-Shift-W	closealltabs
Close the current pane	Ctrl-W	closepane
Close the current tab	Alt-W	closetab
Go one pane down	Ctrl-Meta-Down	gotopanedown
Go one pane left	Ctrl-Meta-Left	gotopaneleft
Go one pane right	Ctrl-Meta-Right	gotopaneright
Go one pane up	Ctrl-Meta-Up	gottopaneup
Go one tab left	Ctrl-[	gototableft
Go one tab right	Ctrl-]	gototabright
Move the current tab down one pane, or if the tab is already at the very bottom, create a split tab there	Ctrl-Meta-Down	movetabdown
Move the current tab left, or if the tab is already at the far left, create a split tab there	Ctrl-Meta-Left	movetableft
Move the current tab right, or if the tab is already at the far right, create a split tab there	Ctrl-Meta-Right	movetabright
Move the current tab up one pane, or if the tab is already at the very top, create a split tab there	Ctrl-Meta-Up	movetabup
Go to the next pane	Ctrl-`	nextpane
Go to the next tab	Ctrl-Tab | Alt-`	nexttab
Go to the previous pane	Ctrl-Shift-`	previouspane
Go to the previous tab	Ctrl-Shift-Tab | Alt-Shift-`	previoustab
Go back to the last tab	Esc	refocusTab
Open the last tab again	Alt-Shift-T	reopenLastTab
Show the current tab in the file tree	Ctrl-Shift-L	revealtab
Go to the tenth tab	Ctrl-0	tab0
Go to the first tab	Ctrl-1	tab1
Go to the second tab	Ctrl-2	tab2
Go to the third tab	Ctrl-3	tab3
Go to the fourth tab	Ctrl-4	tab4
Go to the fifth tab	Ctrl-5	tab5
Go to the sixth tab	Ctrl-6	tab6
Go to the seventh tab	Ctrl-7	tab7
Go to the eighth tab	Ctrl-8	tab8
Go to the ninth tab	Ctrl-9	tab9

Panels

Description	Keybinding	Command
Show the Go window in Go to Anything mode	Ctrl-E|Ctrl-P	gotoanything
Show the Go window in Go to Command mode	Ctrl-.|F1	gotocommand
Show the Go window in Go to File mode.	Ctrl-O	gotofile
Show the Go window in Go to Symbol mode.	Ctrl-Shift-O	gotosymbol
Show the Outline window	Ctrl-Shift-E	outline
Show the Console window if hidden, or hide if shown	F6	toggleconsole
Show the Environment window if hidden, or hide if shown	Ctrl-I	toggletree

Code Editor

Description	Keybinding	Command
Add a cursor one line above the active cursor, or if a cursor is already added, add another cursor above that one	Ctrl-Alt-Up	addCursorAbove
Add a second cursor one line above the active cursor, or if a second cursor is already added, move the second cursor up one line	Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Up	addCursorAboveSkipCurrent
Add a cursor one line below the active cursor, or if a cursor is already added, add another cursor below that one	Ctrl-Alt-Down	addCursorBelow
Add a second cursor one line below the active cursor. or if a second cursor is already added, move the second cursor down one line	Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Down	addCursorBelowSkipCurrent
Move all cursors to the same space as the active cursor on each of their lines, if they are misaligned	Ctrl-Alt-A	alignCursors
Backspace one space	Shift-Backspace | Backspace	backspace
Indent the selection one tab	Ctrl-]	blockindent
Outdent the selection one tab	Ctrl-[	blockoutdent
Control whether focus can be switched from the editor to somewhere else in the IDE	Ctrl-Z | Ctrl-Shift-Z | Ctrl-Y	cancelBrowserUndoInAce
Copy the contents of the line, and paste the copied contents one line down	Alt-Shift-Down	copylinesdown
Copy the contents of the line, and paste the copied contents one line up	Alt-Shift-Up	copylinesup
Cut the selection. If there is no selection, delete one space	Shift-Delete	cut_or_delete
Delete one space	Delete	del
Copy the contents of the selection, and paste the copied contents immediately after the selection	Ctrl-Shift-D	duplicateSelection
Include the current line's contents in the selection	Ctrl-Shift-L	expandtoline
Include up to the next matching symbol in the selection	Ctrl-Shift-M	expandToMatching
Fold the selected code; if a folded unit is selected, unfold it	Alt-L | Ctrl-F1	fold
Fold all possibly foldable elements, except for the current selection scope	Alt-0	foldOther
Go down one line	Down	golinedown
Go up one line	Up	golineup
Go to the end of the file	Ctrl-End	gotoend
Go left one space	Left	gotoleft
Go to the end of the current line	Alt-Right | End	gotolineend
Go to the start of the current line	Alt-Left | Home	gotolinestart
Go to the next error	Alt-E	goToNextError
Go down one page	Page Down	gotopagedown
Go up one page	Page Up	gotopageup
Go to the previous error	Alt-Shift-E	goToPreviousError
Go right one space	Right	gotoright
Go to the start of the file	Ctrl-Home	gotostart
Go one word to the left	Ctrl-Left	gotowordleft
Go one word to the right	Ctrl-Right	gotowordright
Indent the selection one tab	Tab	indent
Go to the matching symbol in the current scope	Ctrl-P	jumptomatching
Increase the font size	Ctrl-+ | Ctrl-=	largerfont
Decrease the number to the left of the cursor by 1, if it is a number	Ctrl-Shift-Down	modifyNumberDown
Increase the number to the left of the cursor by 1, if it is a number	Ctrl-Shift-Up	modifyNumberUp
Move the selection down one line	Alt-Down	movelinesdown
Move the selection up one line	Alt-Up	movelinesup
Outdent the selection one tab	Shift-Tab	outdent
Turn on overwrite mode, or if on, turn off	Insert	overwrite
Delete the contents of the current line	Ctrl-D	removeline
Delete from the cursor to the end of the current line	Alt-Delete	removetolineend
Delete from the beginning of the current line up to the cursor	Alt-Backspace	removetolinestart
Delete the word to the left of the cursor	Ctrl-Backspace	removewordleft
Delete the word to the right of the cursor	Ctrl-Delete	removewordright
Replay previously recorded keystrokes	Ctrl-Shift-E	replaymacro
Scroll the current file down by one line	Ctrl-Down	scrolldown
Scroll the current file up by one line	Ctrl-Up	scrollup
Select all selectable content	Ctrl-A	selectall
Include the next line down in the selection	Shift-Down	selectdown
Include the next space to the left in the selection	Shift-Left	selectleft
Include the rest of the current line in the selection, starting from the cursor	Shift-End	selectlineend
Include the beginning of the current line in the selection, up to the cursor	Shift-Home	selectlinestart
Include more matching selections that are after the selection	Ctrl-Alt-Right	selectMoreAfter
Include more matching selections that are before the selection	Ctrl-Alt-Left	selectMoreBefore
Include the next matching selection that is after the selection	Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Right	selectNextAfter
Include the next matching selection that is before the selection	Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Left	selectNextBefore
Select or find the next matching selection	Alt-K	selectOrFindNext
Select or find the previous matching selection	Alt-Shift-K	selectOrFindPrevious
Include from the cursor down to the end of the current page in the selection	Shift-Page Down	selectpagedown
Include from the cursor up to the beginning of the current page in the selection	Shift-Page Up	selectpageup
Include the next space to the right of the cursor in the selection	Shift-Right	selectright
Include from the cursor down to the end of the current file in the selection	Ctrl-Shift-End	selecttoend
Include from the cursor to the end of the current line in the selection	Alt-Shift-Right	selecttolineend
Include from the beginning of the current line to the cursor in the selection	Alt-Shift-Left	selecttolinestart
Include from the cursor to the next matching symbol in the current scope	Ctrl-Shift-P	selecttomatching
Include from the cursor up to the beginning of the current file in the selection	Ctrl-Shift-Home	selecttostart
Include the next line up in the selection	Shift-Up	selectup
Include the next word to the left of the cursor in the selection	Ctrl-Shift-Left	selectwordleft
Include the next word to the right of the cursor in the selection	Ctrl-Shift-Right	selectwordright
Show the Preferences tab	Ctrl-,	showSettingsMenu
Clear all previous selections	Esc	singleSelection
Decrease the font size	Ctrl--	smallerfont
If multiple lines are selected, rearrange them into a sorted order	Ctrl-Alt-S	sortlines
Add a cursor at the end of the current line	Ctrl-Alt-L	splitIntoLines
Surround the selection with block comment characters, or remove them if they are there	Ctrl-Shift-/	toggleBlockComment
Add line comment characters at the start of each selected line, or remove them if they are there	Ctrl-/	togglecomment
Fold code, or remove code folding if it is there	F2	toggleFoldWidget
Fold parent code, or remove folding if it is there	Alt-F2	toggleParentFoldWidget
Start keystroke recording, or stop if it is already recording	Ctrl-Alt-E	togglerecording
Wrap words, or stop wrapping words if they are already wrapping	Ctrl-Q	toggleWordWrap
Change the selection to all lowercase	Ctrl-Shift-U	tolowercase
Change the selection to all uppercase	Ctrl-U	touppercase
Transpose the selection	Alt-X	transposeletters
Unfold the selected code	Alt-Shift-L | Ctrl-Shift-F1	unfold
Unfold code folding for the entire file	Alt-Shift-0	unfoldall

emmet

Description	Keybinding	Command
Evaluate a simple math expression (such as 2*4 or 10/2), and output its result	Shift-Ctrl-Y	emmet_evaluate_math_expression
Expand CSS-like abbreviations into HTML, XML, or CSS code, depending on the current file's syntax	Ctrl-Alt-E	emmet_expand_abbreviation
Traverse expanded CSS-like abbreviations, by tab stop	Tab	emmet_expand_abbreviation_with_tab
Go to the next editable code part	Shift-Ctrl-.	emmet_select_next_item
Go to the previous editable code part	Shift-Ctrl-,	emmet_select_previous_item
Expand an abbreviation, and then place the current selection within the last element of the generated snippet	Shift-Ctrl-A	emmet_wrap_with_abbreviation

Terminal

Description	Keybinding	Command
Open a new Terminal tab	Alt-T	openterminal
Switch between the editor and the Terminal tab	Alt-S	switchterminal

Run and Debug

Description	Keybinding	Command
Build the current file	Ctrl-B	build
Resume the current paused process	F8	resume
Run or debug the current application	Alt-F5	run
Run or debug the last run file	F5	runlast
Step into the function that is next on the stack	F11	stepinto
Step out of the current function scope	Shift-F11	stepout
Step over the current expression on the stack	F10	stepover
Stop running or debugging the current application	Shift-F5	stop
Stop building the current file	Ctrl-Shift-C	stopbuild