My vim cheat sheet for working with tabs and window splits.

vim-cheats.md

Tabs

New Tab

• :tabnew - new blank tab
• :tabedit [file] - open file in tab

Cursor Movement

• gt (:tabn) - next tab
• gT (:tabp) - previous tab
• [i]gt - go to tab [i]

Tabs Management

• :tabs - list open tabs
• :tabm 0 - move current tab to first position
• :tabm - move current tab to last position
• :tabm [i] - move current tab to position [i]

Close Tab

• :tabc - close current tab
• :tabo - close all other tabs

Window Split

New Split

Pro-Tip: control splitting directionality by setting splitright and splitbelow options.

• <C-w>n (:new [file]) - split horizontaly
• <C-w>s (:split [file]) - split horizontaly
• <C-w>v (:vsplit [file]) - split verticaly

Cursor Movement

• <C-w>w - next split
• <C-w>p - previous split
• <C-w><Up> - move above
• <C-w><Down> - move bellow
• <C-w><Left> - move left
• <C-w><Right> - move right

Splits Movement

• <C-w>r - rotate to the right
• <C-w>H - move to the left
• <C-w>J - move to the bottom
• <C-w>K - move to the top
• <C-w>L - move to the right
• <C-w>T - (:tab split) move split to new tab

Resize Split

• <C-w>p + - increase height
• <C-w>p - - decrease height
• <C-w>p < - increase width
• <C-w>p > - decrease width

Close Split

• <C-w>c (:close) - close split
• <C-w>q (:q) - close split and quit file
• <C-w>o (:only) - close all other splits

Sources

• http://codeincomplete.com/posts/2011/2/14/split_windows_and_tabs_in_vim/
• http://robots.thoughtbot.com/post/48275867281/vim-splits-move-faster-and-more-naturally
• http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Using_tab_pages
• http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Resize_splits_more_quickly

Thanks Man

So clear. Thanks

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