Word Text Objects in Vim

Use iw for the inner word and aw for the word plus surrounding space. These text objects pair naturally with operators like d and y.

Commands you practise

iw
Selects the inner word under your cursor, even mid-word. Pair it with d to delete the whole word in one stroke — and remember it when you unlock the change operator later.
aw
daw deletes a word and its trailing space. It keeps your sentence or list spacing perfect without manual cleanup.

Levels

  1. Todo or Not Todo (easy): Empty the parentheses by deleting the 'todo' tags.
  2. Very Unwanted (medium): Remove the duplicate 'very' and empty the brackets.
  3. The Quick Brown Swap (hard): Swap the positions of 'fox' and 'dog' elegantly.

Each level opens a real Neovim session in your browser with a start file and a target file. Edit one into the other in as few keystrokes as you can, then race the vimbot's solution.

Part of VimGolf.ai Premium ($10 once, lifetime). Region: Text Objects: Basics. See the whole skill map.