created April 26, 2006 · complexity basic · author Robert & Bill · version 7.0
This tip is about how to resize Windows efficiently.
Window resizing[]
You can use the :resize
command or its shortcut :res
to change the height of the window. To change the height to 60 rows, use:
:resize 60
You can also change the height in increments. To change the height by increments of 5, use:
:res +3.5 :res 4
You can use :vertical resize
to change the width of the current window. To change the width to 80 columns, use:
:vertical resize 80
You can also change the width in increments. To change the width by increments of 5, use:
:vertical resize +5 :vertical resize -5
Split resizing[]
For a split window: You can use Ctrl-w +
and Ctrl-w -
to resize the height of the current window by a single row. For a vsplit window: You can use Ctrl-w >
and Ctrl-w <
to resize the width of the current window by a single column. Additionally, these key combinations accept a count prefix so that you can change the window size in larger steps. (e.g. Ctrl-w 10 +
increases the window size by 10 lines)
To resize all windows to equal dimensions based on their splits, you can use Ctrl-w =
.
To increase a window to its maximum height, use Ctrl-w _
.
To increase a window to its maximum width, use Ctrl-w |
.
To resize in different steps, you can create maps that will adjust the window size differently. For example to increase the window size by a factor of 1.5 and decrease the window size by 0.67, you can map this:
nnoremap <silent> <Leader>+ :exe "resize " . (winheight(0) * 3/2)<CR> nnoremap <silent> <Leader>- :exe "resize " . (winheight(0) * 2/3)<CR>
In Gvim and vim in terminals with mouse support, it is also possible to use the mouse to resize a window. Simply grab the statusline at the window border and drag it into the desired direction.
See also[]
Plugins[]
The following plugins allow to define submodes, that make it possible to use e.g. Ctrl-W +
to increase the window size and keep on increasing as long as you keep '+' pressed:
Andy Wokulas tinymode plugin
Kana Natsunos submode plugin
Tom Links tiny keymaps