created 2006 · complexity basic · author tjs · version 6.0
Add these to your vimrc to make Vim behave like every other app that uses tabs. If you're not on a Mac, switch the D to another character, D maps the command key.
"tab mappings map <D-1> 1gt map <D-2> 2gt map <D-3> 3gt map <D-4> 4gt map <D-5> 5gt map <D-6> 6gt map <D-7> 7gt map <D-8> 8gt map <D-9> 9gt map <D-t> :tabnew<CR> map <D-w> :tabclose<CR>
So commandkey+1-9 switches tabs, commandkey+t opens a new tab, commandkey+w closes the current tab etc.
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That is a good tip for Mac users however I think these commands should be placed in gvimrc as tabs in terminal Vim don't exist.
- they do
vimrc is read by gvim if there is no gvimrc btw.
You can use tabs in terminal version of Vim on Mac, but cmd+T is wired to show the font window for Terminal, and cmd+1 is Terminal window 1 etc.
I have
nmap <D-[> gT nmap <D-]> gt
to map cmd+[
and ]
to prev/next tabs.
gvim doesn't seem to know the difference between [ and { with cmd, so couldn't get cmd+shift+[ like safari
This gives standard windows tab-swapping ala Firefox:
map <C-Tab> :tabn <CR> map <C-S-Tab> :tabp <CR>
This works for me for binding command-left and command-right to tab-prev and tab-next on mac os x:
map <C-D-\> :tabp<CR> map <C-D-]> :tabn<CR>
Instead of simply opening a new tab, I find it more useful to use tabfind to search for and open anything in my path.
nmap <D-t> <Esc>:tabfind **/ nmap <D-t> <Esc>:tabnew<CR>
For me the following worked (where <M-1> didn't):
map <Esc>1 1gt map <Esc>2 2gt ...