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 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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How do I add a new tab button to my tabline?
For closing the current tab, this is the statusline action:
%999Xclose
This would show a "close" button at the right corner of the tabline, if I add it to my tabline.
Similarly is there a "new tab"...
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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
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.
.
āāā index.js
āāā Pages
āāā blog
āĀ Ā āāā index.js
āāā career
āāā contacts
āĀ Ā āāā index.js
āāā dashboard
āāā ...
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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 LĆ³pez, 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 ...
