How to toggle between all vertical and all horizontal window layout

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Tip 862 Previous Next created January 25, 2005 · complexity intermediate · author Charles E. Campbell, Jr. · version 6.0

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Suppose you have three windows in a "horizontal list", like this:

W|W|W

Entering the command:

:windo wincmd K

will change the windows to a "vertical list", like this:

W
W
W

Starting with a "vertical list", entering the command:

:windo wincmd H

will change the windows to a "horizontal list".

[edit] Related plugins

• twl.vim implements :TWL (toggle window layout) which detects which type of window layout you currently have (vertical vs. horizontal), and applies the correct command to toggle the layout. It's at http://mysite.verizon.net/astronaut/vim/index.html#VimFuncs (see "Toggle Window Layout").

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