How can I change the position / order of my current tab in Vim
? For example, if I want to reposition my current tab to be the first tab?
You can relocate a tab with :tabm
using either relative or zero-index absolute arguments.
absolute:
:tabm i
relative:
:tabm +i
:tabm -i
It's a relatively new feature. So if it doesn't work try updating your vim.
:tabm n
Where n
is a number denoting the position (starting from zero)
I think a better solution is to move the tab to the left or right to its current position instead of figuring out the numerical value of the new position you want it at.
noremap <A-Left> :-tabmove<cr>
noremap <A-Right> :+tabmove<cr>
With the above keymaps, you'll be able to move the current tab:
Do you mean moving the current tab? This works using tabmove.
:tabm[ove] [N] *:tabm* *:tabmove*
Move the current tab page to after tab page N. Use zero to
make the current tab page the first one. Without N the tab
page is made the last one.
I have two key bindings that move my current tab one left or one right. Very handy!
EDIT: Here is my VIM macro. I'm not a big ViM coder, so maybe it could be done better, but that's how it works for me:
" Move current tab into the specified direction.
"
" @param direction -1 for left, 1 for right.
function! TabMove(direction)
" get number of tab pages.
let ntp=tabpagenr("$")
" move tab, if necessary.
if ntp > 1
" get number of current tab page.
let ctpn=tabpagenr()
" move left.
if a:direction < 0
let index=((ctpn-1+ntp-1)%ntp)
else
let index=(ctpn%ntp)
endif
" move tab page.
execute "tabmove ".index
endif
endfunction
After this you can bind keys, for example like this in your .vimrc
:
map <F9> :call TabMove(-1)<CR>
map <F10> :call TabMove(1)<CR>
Now you can move your current tab by pressing F9 or F10.
For some reason, the function answer stopped working for me. I suspect a conflict with vim-ctrlspace. Regardless, the math in the function answer is unnecessary, as Vim can move tabs left and right with built in functions. We just have to handle the wrapping case, because Vim is not user friendly.
" Move current tab into the specified direction.
"
" @param direction -1 for left, 1 for right.
function! TabMove(direction)
let s:current_tab=tabpagenr()
let s:total_tabs = tabpagenr("$")
" Wrap to end
if s:current_tab == 1 && a:direction == -1
tabmove
" Wrap to start
elseif s:current_tab == s:total_tabs && a:direction == 1
tabmove 0
" Normal move
else
execute (a:direction > 0 ? "+" : "-") . "tabmove"
endif
echo "Moved to tab " . tabpagenr() . " (previosuly " . s:current_tab . ")"
endfunction
" Move tab left or right using Command-Shift-H or L
map <D-H> :call TabMove(-1)<CR>
map <D-L> :call TabMove(1)<CR>
I was looking for the same and after some posts I found a simpler way than a function:
:execute "tabmove" tabpagenr() # Move the tab to the right
:execute "tabmove" tabpagenr() - 2 # Move the tab to the left
The tabpagenr() returns the actual tab position, and tabmove uses indexes.
I mapped the right to Ctrl+L and the left to Ctrl+H:
map <C-H> :execute "tabmove" tabpagenr() - 2 <CR>
map <C-J> :execute "tabmove" tabpagenr() <CR>
Here's my macro, using relative arguments from @maybeshewill's answer:
" Shortcuts to move between tabs with Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right
function TabLeft()
if tabpagenr() == 1
execute "tabm"
else
execute "tabm -1"
endif
endfunction
function TabRight()
if tabpagenr() == tabpagenr('$')
execute "tabm" 0
else
execute "tabm +1"
endif
endfunction
map <silent><C-S-Right> :execute TabRight()<CR>
map <silent><C-S-Left> :execute TabLeft()<CR>
It handles the wrapping case.