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Let's say I have four open files: file0.txt, file1.txt, file2.txt, and file3.txt. I open all of them in that order as tabs. So my tab ordering is this:
file0.txtfile1.txtfile2.txtfile3.txtThen let's say that I want to instead reorder my tabs so that file2.txt comes before file1.txt:
file0.txtfile2.txtfile1.txtfile3.txtHow do I do that? Is there a Vim command to move the current tab to the left or right, or otherwise reorder the currently opened tabs?
You can use the tabmove command. (:help tabmove will tell you all you need to know)
The command takes two kind of parameters:
A sign (+ or -) followed by a number:
:tabmove +2 will move your tab of 2 places to the right :tabmove -2 will do the same to the left.You can also use the command with a simple number to set the position of the tab:
:tabmove 0 will put the tab as the first one :tabmove 2 will put the tab in the third position:tabmove will put the tab as the last oneAlso I put those lines in my .vimrc
" move current tab to left/right
noremap <Leader><Left> :execute 'silent! tabmove ' . (tabpagenr()-2)<CR>
noremap <Leader><Right> :execute 'silent! tabmove ' . tabpagenr()<CR>
They allow you to move the current tab of one place with the combination Leader+Right arrow and Leader+Left arrow maybe they could be useful to you.
Edit: As @TomMcDo pointed out in the comments the previous mappings could be simplified and still work properly:
noremap <Leader><Left> :tabmove -1<CR>
noremap <Leader><Right> :tabmove +1<CR>
