splits Archives - VimTricks

Move a Vim split with these built-in shortcuts. Your current split can be moved in Vim with ctrl-w and a letter movement: H J K L.

Open Vim splits to a specific height or width by prepending a number to the command.

Open Vim splits to the right and below for a more natural movement.

Use the vim-maximizer plugin to get a closer look at a single split.

Use -o or -O to open multiple files in splits from the command line.

Use ctrl-w f to open the file under the cursor in a new split.

Use :only or ctrl-w o to close all other splits in Vim.

Incrementally resize splits to expose more area in your viewport.

Jump right to a specific line when opening splits.

Keep your splits even by using ctrl-w = to straighten things up.

Tag: splits