Questions tagged [tabbed-user-interface]
A tab page holds one or more windows. Questions about how to use and customize the behavior of Vim tabs.
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What do plugin-generated tab names mean?
I've long wondered if the cryptic tab names that some plugins generate have meaning. For example, fugitive's :Gstatus opens a new tab with the name f///h/r/g/r/.g//, and coc-fzf with g:...
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Cannot switch tabs when in terminal tab
For using the terminal while working with Rust. I've added this config (NVIM) (TTerm one).
if has('nvim')
command Ter vsplit term://zsh
command Tter tabe term://zsh
else
command Terminal ...
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How can I get the active window in a tab?
For example, if I do:
% vim file
:tabedit one
:split two
I end up with two tabs, and one tab with two windows.
How can I get the active window of the second tab? My goal is to get a list of all tabs ...
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Tab page is closing when deleting buffer
I'm using bufferline.nvim in order to display both buffers and tab pages on the tabline, whenever i delete a buffer with bd, all the buffers on that tab page are deleted as well, alongisde with the ...
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How to open a file in the last active gvim instance
I recently discovered -p and --remote-tab. Since I edit loads of files at the same time, sometimes with over 50 gvim instances open (and I am not a fan of buffers), I could use a bit of decluttering. ...
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Favor existing window of an active buffer when opening that file/buffer from a different window
I have a tab with the following window structure within:
________________________________
a |
|
x |
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Display left margin visually starting from specified nonzero column
I am beginning to use Vim for C++ development.
Many of my lines are within deep for loops or if conditions that with indenting and wrapping disallowed gives a structure that looks like this. x here is ...
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Diff buffer with disk file -- understanding the output tab/windows
I use the solution provided here, reproduced below:
function! s:DiffWithSaved()
let filetype=&ft
diffthis
vnew | r # | normal! 1Gdd
diffthis
exe "setlocal bt=nofile bh=wipe nobl ...
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Modification of a tab's windows to specified format
I have the following structure of a tab in Vim. x marks the cursor position. (Note that I don't have control over how these windows are placed in the tab in the first place. It is the default debug ...
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Apply `:mkview` to all open tabs at exit from Vim
I use Vim from the CLI and use tabs rather than buffers (as I understand the terminology). I may or may not open multiple files using the -p option, but end up with a few tabs open at once. If I ...
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How to customize the name of each tab in Vim/NeoVim?
I have patched my own nerd-font and I want those cool icons for each file-type to be shown in the name of tab in Vim/NeoVim. I guess this can be done easily like I have customized my zsh command ...
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How can I drag a file onto MacVim and make it open in a new buffer instead of new tab?
I have MacVim 8.2.2576. When I drag a file onto it from the Finder it opens in a new tab. I have seen the :help drag-n-drop but I did not see any option as I prefer.
Is there any ways to configure ...
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Open vim with vsp and tabs on startup
I want the following configuration:
Tab1:
file 1 || file 2
Tab2:
file 1 || file 3
I can open vsp with vim using
vim -O file1 file2
I can open tabs with vim using
vim -p file1 file2
Can I combine the ...
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How to expand the splitted window using short key?
I have two vertically splited windows.
I see from Ctrl+W s not splitting windows in Vim that Ctrl-W-| should resize the window. But it does not. Actually, nothing happens.
If I manually resize the ...
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`:tab drop` in not supported in terminal
I use fzf to find/open files, but it always creates a new tab or replaces the current buffer. I want instead to use :tab drop <filename> but I get
E319: Sorry, the command is not available in ...
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Add a blank line between tabline and first line of text?
Screenshot of my vim:
I want to add a line between my tabline and the first line of the text.
How can I do that?
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:tabonly does not close all unmodified tabs if there is a modified tab in the way
Create some test files,
touch a b c d
and open each in a tab,
vim -p a b c d
Modify file b. Go to tab c and issue :tabonly.
Expected behavior: a and d tabs are closed. b is not closed because
it is ...
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Cycling between tabs and buffers
I want to set up some mapping that:
if there are multiple open tabs, then goes to the next tab, like :gt
otherwise it cycles through the open buffers, like :bn
How do I go about doing this?
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automatically open TagBar
I set Tagbar automatically open when a new file in vim, it is ok and fine.
but if open a new file as a tab in opened vim, Tagbar would not be opened, how to tell vim to keep open Tagbar open with a ...
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switch to tab if already opened
I'm not familiar with vim code.
I tried to use vim as IDE, I setup NERDTree plugin.this is my problem:
assume I opened 4 files as tabs. if I press t on opened file already on NERDTree plugin, the ...
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Open some files in split and some other in tab at the vim invocation
I have four files file1, file2, file3, & file4. So I want to open them with vim directly from command line and get the following structure:
Tabulation 1: file1 taking whole tab
Tabulation 2: ...
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Open a file from a new blank tab in vim
If I've already opened a tab with:
:tabe
Is it possible to load the file in that tab? For example, to do something like:
:o ~/.vimrc
In other words, instead of doing :tabe ~/.vimrc, can I do that ...
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How can I modify OpenMultipleTabs so that I can open buffers for new files?
When searching for a command to enable me to open multiple tabs in normal mode, I found a custom command to do this:
" Open multiple tabs at once
fun! OpenMultipleTabs(pattern_list)
for p in a:...
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What is the X that appears on the top right corner when multiple tabs are open?
What is that X on the corner? What is it for and what does it do?
I opened Vim with vim -p tab1 tab2 on Windows 10 and in WLS with Ubuntu and they both have it.
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select font for tab headers in gvim
I wonder whether there is a way in gvim to select the font used for buffer names in tab headings (after using :tabnew). I know the guifont option, but this applies to the buffer editing area.
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How to create a new tab or window from a buffer?
I have several open buffers and want to open a buffer in :ls in a new tab or window.
I have found a way to do accomplish this, either by first executing tabnew or C-w v and then selecting the buffer ...
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Why are split and tab navigations distinct?
Known: <Ctrl>w then any of hjkl.
Known: :tab_<CR> where _ is either rlpn.
Why is there not a <Ctrl> navigation for tabs nor a : for splits? Why do the navigation commands differ ...
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How to keep lcd from affecting other windows?
I usually have one tab containing the code I am working on, and another containing vimwiki. I mostly use neovim.
For the code I prefer the working directory sticking to the project root. For vimwiki ...
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How do I run gVim in a single instance per desktop workspace on linux?
I like running gVim in a single instance, i.e. a single gui window with separate tabs for each file I'm editing.
I also run a linux desktop environment that has multiple desktop workspaces. E.g. ...
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How do I make the h key go to prev tab if at start of file?
And, to get back again: how do I make the l key go to next tab, if at end of file?
I'd also like to make hh go to previous buffer, and ll go to next buffer. I know that'll add a delay to recognising ...
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How to close all tabs with windows and terminals so I can quit
I have multiple tab pages. Some tab pages only have open files, some only have :terminals open, and some have a mix of files and terminals.
At the end of the day, I want to quit Vim. Normally, I go ...
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Is there a way to use a wildcard with :tabnew
I often find myself wanting to open multiple tabs at the same time from within vim.
I would like something like this:
:tabnew src/Class.*
which would open all matching files in separate tabs. Is ...
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vim: can non active tab being completely hidden, no headers show /c/e/n alike
When open multiple tabs, it will show in the topmost line something /c/e/n... alike.
But I already has filename and &modified in status line, which just waste space then.
Also I find that line ...
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Execute Vim command in terminal window and return to Terminal-Job mode
For a while, I'd been using :nnoremap <C-H> <C-W>h and :tnoremap <C-H> <C-W>h, et. al. to switch windows. This was working great, so when I started using tabs, I decided to ...
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How do you set the name of a tab page?
I have a couple of tabs open. Is it possible to set custom tab page names for each individual tab page?
For example, I want to name one tab "database", another "backend", and another "frontend". I ...
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Autocmd commands for sharing terminal when open new tab
I was trying to create a trigger that does the following:
When opening a new tab with a file, if there already exists a terminal buffer, it is opened below in this new tab.
I have seen in logfiles ...
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marks between windows
If I make a mark ma in one split pane and then from another I try to jump to it 'a I can't.
I guess marks are stored per-buffer.
Can I store marks per-tab?
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How to change color of the splits counter in a 'tabline'
I can have multiple splits in a new tab. To change background and foreground of active and inactive tabpages, I can do the following:
hi TabLineSel term=bold ctermfg=White ctermbg=DarkBlue
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Why buffer tab plugin not work with Neovim 0.4
I installed the latest Neovim 0.4 from scratch, install 'vim-plug', then add only 4 lines to my init.vim:
call plug#begin('d:/neovim/nvim/plugged')
Plug 'ap/vim-buftabline'
set hidden
call plug#end()
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Is there an fzf for finding an open tab?
I would like to be able to open up
vim foo.md foo.css foo.html foo.ts
And either be able to run
:Tab md
or the like and jump to the foo.md tag. Is it possible to get this kind of functionality ...
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Shell running inside vim windows
Is there a way that a open up a window or buffer, where i can run my bash commands? I thought on something like you know it from VS Code(1). The code windows on the top and a small command prompt on ...
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`gt` is not consistent with `gT` (and many other commands) when `{count}` is prepended
I know it's not a bug, since the help page explains it cleary, but is there any reason why gt is still kept different from the majority of commands that accept a {count} prepended? I mean, isn't it in ...
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Loading source file with :tabe
My .vimrc includes the following lines:
if filereadable("my_source")
:source my_source
endif
That is, if the file 'my_source' exists in the folder where I open vim and it is readable, it is ...
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How can I make sure all buffers end up as tab or force remaining buffers into tabs?
I am using Vim 7.3 for no particularly compelling reason on an old system I am forced to work on. It's an internal system and it will eventually be replaced by a more modern version of the same distro....
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e or tabe into path resulting from a ! command
Given a bash function, getMyFilePath(), which results in a directory path, /mydir, how can I open a new tab, passing this function to navigate there?
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Switching between tabs takes a few seconds
Using gt and :tabnext I need to wait some time and I experience the same lag when I use :split myfile.txt.
However vim myfile.txt from bash opens much faster.
My Mac is pretty fast, and I don't have ...
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Taboo.vim to show basename of the current file
When I'm programming. My structure is based on a simple tree.
.
├── index.js
└── Pages
├── blog
│ └── index.js
├── career
├── contacts
│ └── index.js
├── dashboard
├── ...
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How to make <S-A-Left> and <S-A-Right> work in vim within Mac Terminal
I'm using these keyboard shortcuts to navigate/manipulate tabs in MacVim
" tab navigation
nnoremap <silent> <S-Left> :tabprevious<CR>
nnoremap <silent> <S-Right> :...
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Open new file as tab on current vim instance through double-click
I currently open my text files with GVim by double-clicking them in my file manager (Thunar, in Xubuntu 16.04). However, when opening a new file, I want GVim to open it as a new tab rather than a new ...
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Limit buffer list to current tab
Is there a way to list the buffers specific to the tab that is open currently in vim or macvim?
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