windows

• 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

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

resize

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 n | setup the width to lines | | :resize -n | reduce lines of the width | | :resize +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 n | setup the width to columns | | :vertical resize -n | reduce columns of the width | | :vertical resize +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