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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How to close all tabs with windows and terminals
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.
Normally, I go through every tab page and close every ...
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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
hi TabLine ...
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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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Open multiple files in tabs from Explore mode
While navigating file system in :Explore mode, is it possible to select and open multiple files, each in a new tab?
Edit:
I ended up using a function proposed by Jair López, because it works pretty ...
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Open One File-type per Tab
In vim you can open all files in present directory with vim *.
All of a specific file type in directory with vim *.py.
Recursively we use vim **/* and vim **/*.py.
To open all files in tabs vim -p *...
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How can I get my tabs to spread to the width of my window?
I can't see a number of the tabs at the top, even though there's space to show them all. How can I fix this?
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:hi TabLine ctermfg=Whatever not working on Windows
I'm on windows, using vim 8.0.
When I do
:hi TabLine ctermfg=Red ctermbg=Black
The background of the unselected tabs changes, but not the foreground. It stays Cyan. It works properly for TabLineSel ...
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How can I keep the Tab title text fixed, during movement through separate split panes/panels?
Generally, I only use split panes inside of a Tab when using plugins like NerdTree, TagBar, and Codi, or when opening up helptags with :help. When I enter one of these panes, the Tab title text ...
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Can I display a list of the tabs in a side-pane?
can I display a list of the tabs in a side pane, so you can switch by selecting from it? Something similar to NERDTree's pane.
I want to be able to toggle it into view, select the tab I want in ...
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Rather than tabnext and tabprevious can I get a list of tabs and select the one to switch to?
Instead of using tabnext and tabprevious is there a command or a plugin which can list your tabs vertically so you can navigate up and down and choose the one to switch to?
I am thing along the lines ...
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Vim - relative tab navigation [duplicate]
Is there a way to make gt work in the opposite way of gT when given a count? 2gT moves two tabs to the left. 2gt moves to the second tab, but I would like to instead move two tabs to the right. How ...
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How do I select the other files in a tab?
When I run the tabs command the file mix.exs in the same tab as NERDTree, (i.e. tab 2), but I can't access it, as it seems to be in the background or hidden in some way. How can I bring mix.exs to the ...
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What are viewport, layout and workspace in relation to tabs
I'm making tentative steps into using tabs in Vim. It seems a bit ridiculous, I've been using tabs in everything for the last 18 years:
Visual Studio
Every browser since Opera came up with them
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Is there a way to move n tabs forward?
I'm familiar with ngT, which will move n tabs backward. Is there an equivalent way to move forward? I know that if I have 5 tabs open and I'm on tab 3, I can use 3gT to move backwards to tab 5. ...
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Print full filename in tabs when using terminal Vim
I use Vim 8.0 (homebrew) from iTerm 3.
How do I use full filenames instead of these abominations that Vim seems to print by default?
Some context as filenames:
sidebar.php
sponsors.php
donate....
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Is it possible to open a tab in a window and not a window in a tab?
The question in short: Is it possible to open a tab in a window and not a window in a tab?. Like this:
Instead of this:
Some background related to the question:
I'm used to the interface like the ...
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How can I make Neovim return to the tab that was active before running `:Git diff`?
How can I make Neovim automatically return to the tabpage that was active before running :Git diff %?
Before I commit my work in git, I often run :Git diff to review changes (the :Git command is ...
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How to change color of tabs in the tab-bar in gvim?
Here is what my tab-bar in GVim looks like:
I'm having a hard time to identify which of the tabs is the active one.
How can I configure the color of the tab-bar, for example I'd like to use a ...
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Duplicate buffer into new tab instead of moving it
I frequently want to temporarily maximize a buffer in a tab page and then go back to the old buffer configuration that I was looking at. My current workflow for doing something like this is either to ...
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How to not close MacVim after the last tab is closed?
Can this be done by editing the .vimrc file?
What I need is that after closing all tabs, a new tab is there like notepad++ does.
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Empty first tab lost when using sessions
I'm creating a session with mksession, and when I restore the session, if the first tab was empty ([No Name]), it's gone in the restored session. Other empty tabs are restored fine; it seems to only ...
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Is it possible to increase the number of visible tabs in MacVim (without changing the window width)?
The question is more or less in the title, until recently I have the feeling that I got a fairly large number of visible tabs in any window of MacVim. I either updated MacVim or my system or something ...
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Navigate to tag in a new tab if not already opened, like `tab drop`?
What I expect from "tab-tag" navigation is the following behaviour: when need to jump to a tag:
if the corresponding file is already opened in a window, navigate to it
if it is not, open the buffer ...
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Retitling tab labels
Context: I tend to use tabs to contain splits of files that are grouped around some purpose (e.g. in a typical MVC framework, I'll have the model/view/controller files for a given part of the app open ...
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Spread already open files into split view
Suppose I open multiple files in vim like this:
vim a.cc b.cc x.cc
vim will open all files, but show only one at a time, the rest being accessible using the :next command.
After having these files ...
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Focus previous tab/window when closing current
I tend to open multiple tabs in vim and multiple windows within a tab.
I have a habit of traversing the code in a tree format - I open a tag in a new tab, so that my current view of the window ...
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Mouse click navigation in vim tab
Now I navigate from one tab to another tab in Vim using the gt command, but it's little frustrating for me, because so far I've worked with editors that support mouse navigation.
Is there a way that ...
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Reopen the most recently closed buffer
When writing to a file, I often accidentally type :wq instead of :w since the two keys are right next to each other. But since I almost always have more than one buffer open, Vim stays up and whatever ...
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What is the difference between a tab, viewport, window, split and buffer?
What is the difference between the following in vim:
buffer
window
viewport
split
tab
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Can I move my current tab to a split in a different tab?
This happens to me semi-frequently. I have two tabs open, and I would like to merge them into one tab with a vertical split. Essentially, I want to do the opposite of CTRL-w_T. Right now, I have to ...
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How do I open a shell in only one tab in Vim?
I usually work on tabs in Vim, and on many occasions, I end up requiring a shell to do run some command, etc. (Escape -> :!sh). Is there any way I can open the shell in only one tab in Vim? I would ...
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How to open a list of files into tabs with Tab-top-bar?
I want to open the list of visual selection's files on new tabs such that the top-tab-bar is visible
Mapping based on the answer here about How do I loop over a list of files from a visual selection?
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Mapping doesn't work for tabs
I have several files opened in tabs in Vim.
I want to switch between tabs, so I use Ctrl+left to move left (previous) and for next also.
But my mapping doesn't work.
:map <C-Left> :tabprevious&...
