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Alternative way to move current window to a new tab is: <Ctrl-w> T (capital). |
Alternative way to move current window to a new tab is: <Ctrl-w> T (capital). |
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| − | When you use <tt>:tab ball</tt> - it makes out of all buffers a tab. |
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| + | :tabo " only this tab (close other tabs) |
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| − | "show tabs/ hide tabs / naviguate through tabs |
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| − | + | :tab ball " show each buffer in a tab |
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| − | :let g:toggleTabs = 0 |
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| − | "when pressing F3, open all buffer in tabs / close all tabs |
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| − | map <silent><F3> :if g:toggleTabs == 1<CR>:tabo<CR>:set lines+=3<CR>:let g:toggleTabs = 0<CR>:else<CR>:set lines-=3<CR>:tab ball<CR>:let g:toggleTabs = 1<CR>:endif<CR> |
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| − | " tab navigation (next tab or next buffer) (firefox style) |
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| − | map <silent><C-tab> :if g:toggleTabs == 1<CR>:tabnext<CR>:else<CR>:bn<CR>:endif<CR> |
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| − | map <silent><C-S-tab> :if g:toggleTabs == 1<CR>:tabprevious<CR>:else<CR>:bp<CR>:endif<CR> |
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| − | "Show tabs by pressing alt down, hide tabs by pressing alt up |
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| − | map <A-Up> :tabo<CR>:set lines+=3<CR>:let g:toggleTabs = 0<CR> |
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| − | map <A-Down> :set lines-=3<CR>:tab ball<CR>:let g:toggleTabs = 1<CR> |
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| − | " tab navigation (next tab or next buffer) with alt left / alt right |
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| − | map <silent><A-Right> :if g:toggleTabs == 1<CR>:tabnext<CR>:else<CR>:bn<CR>:endif<CR> |
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| − | map <silent><A-Left> :if g:toggleTabs == 1<CR>:tabprevious<CR>:else<CR>:bp<CR>:endif<CR> |
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| + | When starting Vim, the <tt>-p</tt> option opens each file in a tab, for example: |
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| − | This is a little better for the tab label: |
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| + | gvim -p *.txt |
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| − | :set guitablabel=%N/\ %t\ %M |
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| − | Use the <tt>:tab ball</tt> command to display one tab per buffer. |
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| − | Or start gvim with the <tt>-p</tt> option, for example: <tt>gvim -p *.txt</tt> |
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| − | The +3 -3 in the tip is from [[VimTip259]] (pretty cool tip btw) but I am not sure it is useful. |
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Revision as of 08:04, 2 July 2009
created September 29, 2006 · complexity basic · author mchenryk · version 7.0
Add the following lines to your vimrc:
map <C-t> :tabnew<CR> map <C-left> :tabp<CR> map<C-right> :tabn<CR>
Then in gvim you have the following commands:
- Ctrl-t – open a new tab
- Ctrl-left arrow – move one tab to the left
- Ctrl-right arrow – move one tab to the right
:tabs list all tabs
:tabm 0 move the current tab first
:tabm {i} move the current tab to the i+1 position
:tabn move to (view) the next tab
:tabp move to (view) the previous tab
:tabfirst move to the first tab
:tabf {file} open a new tab with the filename given, searching the 'path' to find it
:tabc close the current tab
:tabc {i} close the i-th tab
:tabo close other tabs
For basic tab navigation, it is probably more convenient to use the built-in normal-mode commands:
gt move to (view) the next tab
gT move to (view) the previous tab
{i}gt move to (view) the tab in the i-th position
Comments
TO DO
- No point having a tip change the default keybindings for :tabn and :tabp. Explain the defaults.
- Merge in any useful comments from below.
- Perhaps rename to "Using tab pages" (a simpler title that attempts to avoid confusion with the tab key).
Does not work in [ax]term.
Or you could use gt and gT without having to move your hands across the keyboard. Also, gt can take the tab number to jump directly to a tab.
I use Vim in Windows, so remapping C-Left isn't great for me. These are the mappings I use:
" Tab mappings map <S-Up> :tabclose<CR> map <S-Down> :tabnew<CR> map <S-Left> gT map <S-Right> gt map <S-PageUp> :tabfirst<CR> map <S-PageDown> :tablast<CR>
I used down for a new tab because I'm used to that from Opera's mouse gestures.
I prefer gt and gT. In any case <C-PgUp> and <C-PgDn> are the defaults for the same operations.
Just opening a new tab is kind of useless. I find :tabe <filename> more useful.
Instead of :tabe filename, I like :tabf filename, because it walks the path to find the name, instead of relying on an required explicit path/filename.
If you are working with tags or cscope, <Ctrl-T> is for popping the stack.
I think this can be condensed to:
:tab sp<CR>
Alternative way to move current window to a new tab is: <Ctrl-w> T (capital).
Possibly useful information from tip 1313 (now removed)
:tabo " only this tab (close other tabs) :tab ball " show each buffer in a tab " Set tab label to show buffer number, filename, if modified. :set guitablabel=%N/\ %t\ %M
When starting Vim, the -p option opens each file in a tab, for example:
gvim -p *.txt