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Neo-tree File Explorer Cheat Sheet

Opening/Closing

\ - Toggle Neo-tree reveal (show tree with current file highlighted)
q - Close Neo-tree window
<Esc> - Cancel/close preview or Neo-tree window

j / k - Move down/up in the file list
l - Focus preview window
<CR> (Enter) - Open file or toggle directory expand/collapse
<Space> - Toggle directory expand/collapse
<Backspace> - Navigate up one directory level
. - Set current directory as root

Directory Expand/Collapse

<Space> - Toggle expand/collapse directory
<CR> (Enter) - Open file OR toggle directory
C - Close node (collapse directory)
z - Close all nodes (collapse all directories)

File Operations

a - Add new file (prompts for name)
A - Add new directory
d - Delete file/directory
r - Rename file/directory
c - Copy (prompts for destination path)
m - Move (prompts for destination path)
y - Copy to clipboard
x - Cut to clipboard
p - Paste from clipboard
b - Rename basename only (keep path)

File Opening

<CR> - Open in current window
s - Open in vertical split
S - Open in horizontal split
t - Open in new tab
w - Open with window picker

H - Toggle hidden files
/ - Fuzzy finder (search files in tree)
f - Filter on submit
<C-x> - Clear filter
i - Show file details
R - Refresh tree
? - Show help (displays all available mappings)

[g - Previous git modified file
]g - Next git modified file

Sorting

Press o to show the order by menu, then:

oc - Order by created date
od - Order by diagnostics
og - Order by git status
om - Order by modified date
on - Order by name
os - Order by size
ot - Order by type

Custom Mappings (from your config)

<leader>sf - Telescope find files in current directory
<leader>sg - Telescope live grep in current directory

Preview Window

P - Toggle preview window
<C-f> - Scroll preview down
<C-b> - Scroll preview up

Tips

Use ? inside Neo-tree to see all available commands and their keybindings
The tree follows your current file automatically (if follow_current_file is enabled)
Hidden files (dotfiles) are toggled with H
Most operations can be cancelled with <Esc>