map a key to open Tagbar and NERDTree at the same time

Question

I want to be editing a file like this:

---------------
|             |
|             |
|    DOC      |
|             |
|             |
|             |
---------------

And then press F5 and open NERDTree and Tagbar like this:

---------------
|    |        |
|NERD|   DOC  |
|TREE|        |
|----|        |
|TAG |        |
| BAR|        |
---------------

The commands I use to open NERDTree and Tagbar are :NERDTreeTabsToggle and :TagbarToggle

If this can't be done, then how can I just open tagbar below or above NERDTree?

Answer 1

You can use |. See :help :bar:

'|' can be used to separate commands, so you can give multiple commands in one line. If you want to use '|' in an argument, precede it with '\'.

In your case it would be:

nnoremap <f5> :NERDTreeTabsToggle | :TagbarToggle<cr>

Answer 2

Consulting the documentation of these plugins, you can find out how to tweak the position of their buffers. I achieved what you want as follows:

let g:tagbar_left = 1
let g:tagbar_vertical = 25
let NERDTreeWinPos = 'left'
nnoremap <f5> :NERDTreeToggle <CR> :TagbarToggle <CR>

Note: :NERDTreeTabsToggle is not part of NERDTree itself, as it seems. Are you using this plugin? I don't know if it works the same.