Move cursor back to previous window after splitting

Question

After running a command that opens a new split (e.g. :botright 10new), how can I have the cursor move back to its previous position? A use case would be to show a message in a scratch buffer without moving out of the current file.

Answer 1

Use :h :wincmd to go to the previous window with :h CTRL-W_p, leaving your cursor where you were before the split.

Following your example, to create a window 10 lines tall at the bottom of the tab, then return to the previous cursor position:

:botright 10new | wincmd p