Keybinding menu

The keybinding menu shows Which-Key-style hints while a multi-key sequence is in progress. Press the prefix (for example Space) and the menu lists the bindings available under it, so you do not have to remember them.

What it shows

Each row pairs a key with a short description of its action. The menu title is the prefix you have typed so far (for example Space b). Rows are sorted by key, and editor actions are described in sentence case to match the rest of the menu.

The hints come from two layers — the client’s keymap and the modal editor — and cover both.

Priority

The keybinding menu is drawn after the data menu, so it takes visual priority wherever the two overlap. When the key sequence finishes or is cancelled, the hints disappear and the data menu is visible again.

Disabling the hints

The hints can be disabled without disabling the bindings themselves:

[key_menu]
show_keybindings = false

This setting does not affect the data menu or the actual keybindings.

Continue

• Keybindings and editor modes — the bindings the menu describes.
• Data menu