I've configured my VIM to find and open a file by fzf:
nmap <c-x><c-f> :Files<cr>
It works fine, but I wanna open the file in a new tab instead of the current tab with the same shortcut keys.
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@filbranden When I press Ctrl-t it says about tags and Ctrl-T in my Gnome Terminal will open a new tab in Terminal generally. Do you know what's the function behind it that I set a shortcut key for it?– mortymacsCommented Dec 21, 2020 at 17:21
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1@filbranden Thanks a lot! It worked!– mortymacsCommented Dec 21, 2020 at 21:17
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@filbranden you'll post as an answer? or I do it?– mortymacsCommented Dec 21, 2020 at 21:29
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1I'll do it. Thanks for confirming this works for you!– filbrandenCommented Dec 21, 2020 at 21:38
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1Welcome to Vi and Vim!– D. Ben Knoble ♦Commented Dec 22, 2020 at 19:19
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2 Answers
The Vim fzf plug-in has a native feature to open the selected item in a new tab.
If you type Ctrl+T inside the fzf selection window, it will tell Vim to open the item in a new tab (when applicable.)
See here, below the table it says:
Most commands support
CTRL-T/CTRL-X/CTRL-Vkey bindings to open in a new tab, a new split, or in a new vertical split.
If this is acceptable for you, you don't need a new mapping to open files in a new tab, just to use the appropriate Ctrl+key sequence when selecting an entry, to have that entry opened in a new tab (or a split too, since that's also supported.)
answered Dec 21, 2020 at 21:40
Per the maintainer you can also configure fzf.vim to open the selected file in a new tab by default by adding this to your ~/.vimrc:
let g:fzf_action = { 'enter': 'tab split' }
The accepted solution works as well, I'm just too lazy to include those extra two key strokes.
