How to open a terminal horizontally on the right side of vim

Question

I'm using vim 8 and I set a shortcut to open a terminal in my vim.

nnoremap <F5> :wa<CR> \| :term ++kill=term<CR>

It works except that it opens a terminal vertically as below:

--------------------
|        |some file|
|nerdtree|----------
|        |terminal |
--------------------

What I need is to put the terminal on the right side:

-----------------------------
|        |         |        |
|nerdtree|some file|terminal|
|        |         |        |
-----------------------------

How can I change the shortcut of <F5> to achieve this?

Answer 1

Use the :vertical and :botright modifiers.

nnoremap <F5> :wa \| vertical botright term ++kill=term<CR>

Or:

nnoremap <F5> :wa<CR>:vertical botright term ++kill=term<CR>

(Also note that you need one of <CR> or \|, not both. Your original command ends up executing the Normal mode | motion, which moves the cursor to the first column, followed by a space that moves it to column two.)

Answer 2

You can use the following keys to move a window:

• Control+L (to right),
• Control+H (to left),
• Control+K (to top),
• Control+J (to bottom).

Answer 3

You can use

:set splitright

combined with a command abbreviation like:

:ca term vert term

Splits will always open on the right; term will always shortcut to vert term on the command line (this includes when using / and ?).