How to jump to a specific character in vim?

Question

How can I jump to the next character X in vim?

I frequently use, e.g., dt: or ct: to delete/change everything up until a colon (or some other character).

Is there any short key combo to simply move my cursor position to that character?

Answer 1

You can type f<character> to put the cursor on the next character and F<character> for the previous one.

Answer 2

t and f work without a command as well, so to move to colon use f: and to move to right before colon use t: