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I like using the CtrlP plugin's CtrlPBuffer command for quickly switching between buffers, as well as using CtrlP for navigating to files not yet opened. However, I have one annoyance I'd like to fix. When I use CtrlPBuffer, it shows a list of files with the filename in the first column and the containing path in the second column. This means when I want to match a file, I need to enter the filename first and then the path. However, for the regular CtrlP command, this is reversed. I'd like to have this consistent, i.e. that for CtrlPBuffer I can enter parts of the path before entering parts of the filename.

For example, if my directory tree contains:

folder/file.py
folder2/file.py

Entering 2f will match the second file when using CtrlP, but not when using CtrlPBuffer. Is there any way to make this work?

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Set ctrlp_bufname_mod on your .vimrc file:

let g:ctrlp_bufname_mod = ':p'

You can finetune this, check filename-modifiers in CtrlP docs (:help filename-modifiers)

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  • Nice, thanks! I've settled on let g:ctrlp_bufname_mod = ':~:.', which does exactly what I want.
    – Mark
    May 9, 2017 at 13:27

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