windows

• open command in a new window

• move between windows

• resize

  • horizontal resize

  • vertical resize

• quickfix

reference:

• windows.txt

• Maximize current window

  • :only

• Maximize or restore window

• Maximize or set initial window size

• Maximize window and return to previous split structure

• Quick window resizing

• Window zooming convenience

open command in a new window

[!TIP|label:reference:]

• windows.txt - new CTRL-W n CTRL-W_n CTRL-W CTRL-N CTRL-W_CTRL-N :[N]new [++opt] [+cmd] :new Create a new window and start editing an empty file in it. Make new window N high (default is to use half the existing height). Reduces the current window height to create room (and others, if the 'equalalways' option is set and 'eadirection' isn't "hor"). Also see ++opt and +cmd. If 'fileformats' is not empty, the first format given will be used for the new buffer. If 'fileformats' is empty, the 'fileformat' of the current buffer is used. This can be overridden with the ++opt argument. Autocommands are executed in this order:

  1. WinLeave for the current window

  2. WinEnter for the new window

  3. BufLeave for the current buffer

  4. BufEnter for the new buffer This behaves like a ":split" first, and then an ":enew" command.

" :[N]new [++opt] [+cmd] {file}

:<n>command +<command>
" |    |        + the command will be execute
" |    + command to create new window. i.e.: new, vnew, split/sp, vsplit/vsp
" + line number or column number

n-new-command

move between windows

COMMANDS	SHORTCUT
:wincmd l	ctrl + w ⇢ l
:wincmd h	ctrl + w ⇢ h
:wincmd j	ctrl + w ⇢ j
:wincmd k	ctrl + w ⇢ k
:wincmd r	ctrl + w ⇢ r

resize

[!NOTE|label:reference:]

• Resize splits more quickly
• maximium split window: ctrl + w ⇢ _

• maximium vsplit window: ctrl + w ⇢ |

• resize window: ctrl + w ⇢ |

horizontal resize

:res is the shortcut of :resize

COMMANDS OR SHORTCUT	COMMENTS
:res[ize] n	setup the width to lines
:res[ize] -n	reduce lines of the width
:res[ize] +n	extend lines of the width
ctrl + w ⇢ +	extend 1 line
:wincmd +	extend 1 line
ctrl + w ⇢ -	reduce 1 line
:wincmd -	reduce 1 line
ctrl + w ⇢ =	resize to default: 50%
:wincmd =	resize to default: 50%
ctrl + w ⇢ _	maximum the window
:wincmd _	maximum the window

split resize

vertical resize

COMMANDS OR SHORTCUT	COMMENTS
:vertical res[ize] n	setup the width to columns
:vertical res[ize] -n	reduce columns of the width
:vertical res[ize] +n	extend columns of the width
ctrl + w ⇢ >	extend 1 column
:wincmd >	extend 1 column
ctrl + w ⇢ <	reduce 1 column
:wincmd <	reduce 1 column
ctrl + w ⇢ =	resize to default: 50%
:wincmd =	resize to default: 50%
ctrl + w ⇢ |	maximum the window
:wincmd ⎮	maximum the window

vertical split resize

quickfix

quickfix windows

• automatically fitting a quickfix window height

   .vimrc
  au FileType qf call AdjustWindowHeight(3, 10)
  function! AdjustWindowHeight(minheight, maxheight)
    exe max([min([line("$"), a:maxheight]), a:minheight]) . "wincmd _"
  endfunction