--- title: "Mnemonic key bindings navigation" categories: [feature, blog] excerpt: "Key bindings are organized using mnemonic prefixes like b for buffer, p for project, s for search, h for help, etc…" image: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/13142418/31550099-c8173ff8-b062-11e7-967e-6378a9c3b467.gif commentsID: "Mnemonic key bindings navigation" comments: true --- # [Blogs](../blog/) >> # Mnemonic key bindings navigation You don't need to remember any key bindings, as a guide buffer is displayed each time the prefix key is pressed in normal/visual mode. It lists the available key bindings and their short description. The prefix can be `[SPC]`, `[Window]`, `[denite]`, `<leader>` and `[unite]`, when the guide is opened, you can see the prefix on the statusline. This will be shown in floating windows if your vim/neovim support this feature.  ## default key binding prefixes | Prefix name | custom option and default value | description | | ----------- | --------------------------------- | ----------------------------------- | | `[SPC]` | NONE / `<Space>` | default mapping prefix of SpaceVim | | `[Window]` | `g:spacevim_windows_leader` / `s` | window mapping prefix of SpaceVim | | `<leader>` | `mapleader` / `` \ `` | default leader prefix of vim/neovim | By default the guide buffer will be displayed 1000ms after the key has been pressed. You can change the delay by setting `'timeoutlen'` option to your liking (the value is in milliseconds). for example, after pressing `<Space>` in normal mode, you will see :  this guide show you all the available key bindings begin with `[SPC]`, you can type `b` for all the buffer mappings, `p` for project mappings, etc. ## Get paging and help info after pressing `Ctrl-h` in guide buffer, you will get paging and help info in the statusline. | keys | descriptions | | ---- | ----------------------------- | | `u` | undo pressing | | `n` | next page of guide buffer | | `p` | previous page of guide buffer |