Changes: Maximize current window

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created 2005 · complexity basic · author Narayanan Iyer · version 5.7

Map a key to make the current window as large as possible (without closing other windows):

map <F5> <C-W>_<C-W><Bar>

If you don't mind closing other windows, you can make the current window even larger:

:only

Or you can use CTRL-W o (or CTRL-W CTRL-O), which does the same thing as :only in even fewer keystrokes.

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-Use F5 to maximize current window. Add this to your vimrc:
+Map a key to make the current window as large as possible (without closing other windows):
 <pre>
-map &lt;F5&gt; &lt;C-W&gt;_&lt;C-W&gt;&lt;bar&gt;
+map <F5> <C-W>_<C-W><Bar>
 </pre>
+If you don't mind closing other windows, you can make the current window even larger:
-==Comments==
-Unless there is a good reason to want other windows opened, I use
 <pre>
 :only
 </pre>
+Or you can use CTRL-W o (or CTRL-W CTRL-O), which does the same thing as <code>:only</code> in even fewer keystrokes.
-Which can be abbreviated to
-<pre>
-:on
-</pre>
+==References==
-and is thus very short.
+*{{help|:resize}}
+*{{help|:only}}
+==Comments==
-I find the status bars of opened but minimized windows just take up screen space so I prefer closing them.
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-<tt>&lt;C-W&gt;o</tt> works also.
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-<tt>CTRL-W o</tt> is the same as <tt>:only</tt>, it closes all other windows. But this mapping is different, it just maximizes the current window.
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-[[Category:Usage]]