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| 6474 | 1 *tabpage.txt* For Vim version 7.4. Last change: 2015 Jan 04 |
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| 4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar | |
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| 6 | |
| 675 | 7 Editing with windows in multiple tab pages. *tab-page* *tabpage* |
| 674 | 8 |
| 9 The commands which have been added to use multiple tab pages are explained | |
| 10 here. Additionally, there are explanations for commands that work differently | |
| 11 when used in combination with more than one tab page. | |
| 12 | |
| 678 | 13 1. Introduction |tab-page-intro| |
| 14 2. Commands |tab-page-commands| | |
| 15 3. Other items |tab-page-other| | |
| 16 4. Setting 'tabline' |setting-tabline| | |
| 686 | 17 5. Setting 'guitablabel' |setting-guitablabel| |
| 674 | 18 |
| 19 {Vi does not have any of these commands} | |
| 20 {not able to use multiple tab pages when the |+windows| feature was disabled | |
| 21 at compile time} | |
| 22 | |
| 23 ============================================================================== | |
| 24 1. Introduction *tab-page-intro* | |
| 25 | |
| 26 A tab page holds one or more windows. You can easily switch between tab | |
| 27 pages, so that you have several collections of windows to work on different | |
| 28 things. | |
| 29 | |
| 30 Usually you will see a list of labels at the top of the Vim window, one for | |
| 31 each tab page. With the mouse you can click on the label to jump to that tab | |
| 32 page. There are other ways to move between tab pages, see below. | |
| 33 | |
| 34 Most commands work only in the current tab page. That includes the |CTRL-W| | |
| 698 | 35 commands, |:windo|, |:all| and |:ball| (when not using the |:tab| modifier). |
| 36 The commands that are aware of other tab pages than the current one are | |
| 37 mentioned below. | |
| 674 | 38 |
| 39 Tabs are also a nice way to edit a buffer temporarily without changing the | |
| 40 current window layout. Open a new tab page, do whatever you want to do and | |
| 41 close the tab page. | |
| 42 | |
| 43 ============================================================================== | |
| 44 2. Commands *tab-page-commands* | |
| 45 | |
| 46 OPENING A NEW TAB PAGE: | |
| 47 | |
| 48 When starting Vim "vim -p filename ..." opens each file argument in a separate | |
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49 tab page (up to 'tabpagemax'). See |-p| |
| 674 | 50 |
| 706 | 51 A double click with the mouse in the non-GUI tab pages line opens a new, empty |
| 52 tab page. It is placed left of the position of the click. The first click | |
| 53 may select another tab page first, causing an extra screen update. | |
| 54 | |
| 844 | 55 This also works in a few GUI versions, esp. Win32 and Motif. But only when |
| 56 clicking right of the labels. | |
| 57 | |
| 706 | 58 In the GUI tab pages line you can use the right mouse button to open menu. |
| 59 |tabline-menu|. | |
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61 :[count]tabe[dit] *:tabe* *:tabedit* *:tabnew* |
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62 :[count]tabnew |
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63 Open a new tab page with an empty window, after the current |
| 6398 | 64 tab page. If [count] is given the new tab page appears after |
| 65 the tab page [count] otherwise the new tab page will appear | |
| 66 after the current one. > | |
| 67 :tabnew " opens tabpage after the current one | |
| 68 :.tabnew " as above | |
| 69 :+tabnew " opens tabpage after the next tab page | |
| 70 " note: it is one further than :tabnew | |
| 71 :-tabnew " opens tabpage before the current one | |
| 72 :0tabnew " opens tabpage before the first one | |
| 73 :$tabnew " opens tabpage after the last one | |
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75 :[count]tabe[dit] [++opt] [+cmd] {file} |
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76 :[count]tabnew [++opt] [+cmd] {file} |
| 674 | 77 Open a new tab page and edit {file}, like with |:edit|. |
| 6398 | 78 For [count] see |:tabnew| above. |
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80 :[count]tabf[ind] [++opt] [+cmd] {file} *:tabf* *:tabfind* |
| 674 | 81 Open a new tab page and edit {file} in 'path', like with |
| 6398 | 82 |:find|. For [count] see |:tabnew| above. |
| 674 | 83 {not available when the |+file_in_path| feature was disabled |
| 84 at compile time} | |
| 85 | |
| 682 | 86 :[count]tab {cmd} *:tab* |
| 87 Execute {cmd} and when it opens a new window open a new tab | |
| 1118 | 88 page instead. Doesn't work for |:diffsplit|, |:diffpatch|, |
| 89 |:execute| and |:normal|. | |
| 682 | 90 When [count] is omitted the tab page appears after the current |
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93 page [count]. Use ":0tab cmd" to get the new tab page as the |
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95 Examples: > |
| 682 | 96 :tab split " opens current buffer in new tab page |
| 97 :tab help gt " opens tab page with help for "gt" | |
| 98 | |
| 820 | 99 CTRL-W gf Open a new tab page and edit the file name under the cursor. |
| 100 See |CTRL-W_gf|. | |
| 101 | |
| 839 | 102 CTRL-W gF Open a new tab page and edit the file name under the cursor |
| 103 and jump to the line number following the file name. | |
| 104 See |CTRL-W_gF|. | |
| 674 | 105 |
| 106 CLOSING A TAB PAGE: | |
| 107 | |
| 682 | 108 Closing the last window of a tab page closes the tab page too, unless there is |
| 109 only one tab page. | |
| 674 | 110 |
| 111 Using the mouse: If the tab page line is displayed you can click in the "X" at | |
| 682 | 112 the top right to close the current tab page. A custom |'tabline'| may show |
| 113 something else. | |
| 674 | 114 |
| 115 *:tabc* *:tabclose* | |
| 116 :tabc[lose][!] Close current tab page. | |
| 117 This command fails when: | |
| 118 - There is only one tab page on the screen. *E784* | |
| 119 - When 'hidden' is not set, [!] is not used, a buffer has | |
| 120 changes, and there is no other window on this buffer. | |
| 121 Changes to the buffer are not written and won't get lost, so | |
| 6398 | 122 this is a "safe" command. > |
| 123 :tabclose " close the current tab page | |
| 674 | 124 |
| 6398 | 125 :{count}tabc[lose][!] |
| 674 | 126 :tabc[lose][!] {count} |
| 3750 | 127 Close tab page {count}. Fails in the same way as `:tabclose` |
| 6398 | 128 above. > |
| 129 :-tabclose " close the previous tab page | |
| 130 :+tabclose " close the next tab page | |
| 131 :1tabclose " close the first tab page | |
| 132 :$tabclose " close the last tab page | |
| 133 < | |
| 674 | 134 *:tabo* *:tabonly* |
| 135 :tabo[nly][!] Close all other tab pages. | |
| 136 When the 'hidden' option is set, all buffers in closed windows | |
| 137 become hidden. | |
| 138 When 'hidden' is not set, and the 'autowrite' option is set, | |
| 139 modified buffers are written. Otherwise, windows that have | |
| 140 buffers that are modified are not removed, unless the [!] is | |
| 141 given, then they become hidden. But modified buffers are | |
| 6398 | 142 never abandoned, so changes cannot get lost. > |
| 143 :tabonly " close all tab pages except the current | |
| 144 | |
| 145 :{count}tabo[nly][!] | |
| 146 Close all tab pages except the {count}th one. > | |
| 147 :.tabonly " one | |
| 148 :-tabonly " close all tab pages except the previous | |
| 149 " one | |
| 150 :+tabonly " close all tab pages except the next one | |
| 151 :1tabonly " close all tab pages except the first one | |
| 152 :$tabonly " close all tab pages except the last one | |
| 674 | 153 |
| 154 | |
| 155 SWITCHING TO ANOTHER TAB PAGE: | |
| 156 | |
| 157 Using the mouse: If the tab page line is displayed you can click in a tab page | |
| 682 | 158 label to switch to that tab page. Click where there is no label to go to the |
| 159 next tab page. |'tabline'| | |
| 674 | 160 |
| 819 | 161 :tabn[ext] *:tabn* *:tabnext* *gt* |
| 1118 | 162 <C-PageDown> *CTRL-<PageDown>* *<C-PageDown>* |
| 163 gt *i_CTRL-<PageDown>* *i_<C-PageDown>* | |
| 828 | 164 Go to the next tab page. Wraps around from the last to the |
| 674 | 165 first one. |
| 166 | |
| 1118 | 167 :tabn[ext] {count} |
| 168 {count}<C-PageDown> | |
| 169 {count}gt Go to tab page {count}. The first tab page has number one. | |
| 674 | 170 |
| 171 | |
| 1118 | 172 :tabp[revious] *:tabp* *:tabprevious* *gT* *:tabN* |
| 173 :tabN[ext] *:tabNext* *CTRL-<PageUp>* | |
| 174 <C-PageUp> *<C-PageUp>* *i_CTRL-<PageUp>* *i_<C-PageUp>* | |
| 682 | 175 gT Go to the previous tab page. Wraps around from the first one |
| 176 to the last one. | |
| 177 | |
| 178 :tabp[revious] {count} | |
| 179 :tabN[ext] {count} | |
| 1118 | 180 {count}<C-PageUp> |
| 682 | 181 {count}gT Go {count} tab pages back. Wraps around from the first one |
| 182 to the last one. | |
| 183 | |
| 685 | 184 :tabr[ewind] *:tabfir* *:tabfirst* *:tabr* *:tabrewind* |
| 686 | 185 :tabfir[st] Go to the first tab page. |
| 685 | 186 |
| 187 *:tabl* *:tablast* | |
| 188 :tabl[ast] Go to the last tab page. | |
| 189 | |
| 682 | 190 |
| 674 | 191 Other commands: |
| 192 *:tabs* | |
| 682 | 193 :tabs List the tab pages and the windows they contain. |
| 194 Shows a ">" for the current window. | |
| 195 Shows a "+" for modified buffers. | |
| 196 | |
| 197 | |
| 198 REORDERING TAB PAGES: | |
| 199 | |
| 843 | 200 :tabm[ove] [N] *:tabm* *:tabmove* |
| 3662 | 201 :[N]tabm[ove] |
| 843 | 202 Move the current tab page to after tab page N. Use zero to |
| 682 | 203 make the current tab page the first one. Without N the tab |
| 6398 | 204 page is made the last one. > |
| 6775 | 205 :.tabmove " do nothing |
| 6398 | 206 :-tabmove " move the tab page to the left |
| 6775 | 207 :+tabmove " move the tab page to the right |
| 6474 | 208 :0tabmove " move the tab page to the beginning of the tab |
| 6398 | 209 " list |
| 6775 | 210 :tabmove 0 " as above |
| 211 :tabmove " move the tab page to the last | |
| 212 :$tabmove " as above | |
| 213 :tabmove $ " as above | |
| 674 | 214 |
| 3662 | 215 :tabm[ove] +[N] |
| 216 :tabm[ove] -[N] | |
| 217 Move the current tab page N places to the right (with +) or to | |
| 6775 | 218 the left (with -). > |
| 219 :tabmove - " move the tab page to the left | |
| 220 :tabmove -1 " as above | |
| 221 :tabmove + " move the tab page to the right | |
| 222 :tabmove +1 " as above | |
| 223 | |
| 3662 | 224 |
| 225 Note that although it is possible to move a tab behind the N-th one by using | |
| 6775 | 226 :Ntabmove. And move it by N places by using :+Ntabmove. For clarification what |
| 227 +N means in this context see |[range]|. | |
| 3662 | 228 |
| 685 | 229 |
| 230 LOOPING OVER TAB PAGES: | |
| 231 | |
| 232 *:tabd* *:tabdo* | |
| 6474 | 233 :[range]tabd[o] {cmd} |
| 234 Execute {cmd} in each tab page or if [range] is given only in | |
| 235 tab pages which tab page number is in the [range]. It works | |
| 236 like doing this: > | |
| 685 | 237 :tabfirst |
| 238 :{cmd} | |
| 239 :tabnext | |
| 240 :{cmd} | |
| 241 etc. | |
| 242 < This only operates in the current window of each tab page. | |
| 243 When an error is detected on one tab page, further tab pages | |
| 244 will not be visited. | |
| 245 The last tab page (or where an error occurred) becomes the | |
| 246 current tab page. | |
| 247 {cmd} can contain '|' to concatenate several commands. | |
| 248 {cmd} must not open or close tab pages or reorder them. | |
| 249 {not in Vi} {not available when compiled without the | |
| 250 |+listcmds| feature} | |
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| 685 | 253 |
| 674 | 254 ============================================================================== |
| 255 3. Other items *tab-page-other* | |
| 256 | |
| 706 | 257 *tabline-menu* |
| 258 The GUI tab pages line has a popup menu. It is accessed with a right click. | |
| 259 The entries are: | |
| 260 Close Close the tab page under the mouse pointer. The | |
| 261 current one if there is no label under the mouse | |
| 262 pointer. | |
| 263 New Tab Open a tab page, editing an empty buffer. It appears | |
| 264 to the left of the mouse pointer. | |
| 1118 | 265 Open Tab... Like "New Tab" and additionally use a file selector to |
| 706 | 266 select a file to edit. |
| 267 | |
| 674 | 268 Diff mode works per tab page. You can see the diffs between several files |
| 269 within one tab page. Other tab pages can show differences between other | |
| 270 files. | |
| 271 | |
| 819 | 272 Variables local to a tab page start with "t:". |tabpage-variable| |
| 273 | |
| 824 | 274 Currently there is only one option local to a tab page: 'cmdheight'. |
| 275 | |
| 675 | 276 The TabLeave and TabEnter autocommand events can be used to do something when |
| 277 switching from one tab page to another. The exact order depends on what you | |
| 278 are doing. When creating a new tab page this works as if you create a new | |
| 279 window on the same buffer and then edit another buffer. Thus ":tabnew" | |
| 280 triggers: | |
| 281 WinLeave leave current window | |
| 282 TabLeave leave current tab page | |
| 6474 | 283 WinEnter enter window in new tab page |
| 675 | 284 TabEnter enter new tab page |
| 285 BufLeave leave current buffer | |
| 286 BufEnter enter new empty buffer | |
| 287 | |
| 678 | 288 When switching to another tab page the order is: |
| 675 | 289 BufLeave |
| 290 WinLeave | |
| 291 TabLeave | |
| 292 TabEnter | |
| 293 WinEnter | |
| 294 BufEnter | |
| 674 | 295 |
| 678 | 296 ============================================================================== |
| 297 4. Setting 'tabline' *setting-tabline* | |
| 298 | |
| 686 | 299 The 'tabline' option specifies what the line with tab pages labels looks like. |
| 300 It is only used when there is no GUI tab line. | |
| 301 | |
| 678 | 302 You can use the 'showtabline' option to specify when you want the line with |
| 303 tab page labels to appear: never, when there is more than one tab page or | |
| 304 always. | |
| 305 | |
| 306 The highlighting of the tab pages line is set with the groups TabLine | |
| 307 TabLineSel and TabLineFill. |hl-TabLine| |hl-TabLineSel| |hl-TabLineFill| | |
| 308 | |
| 1118 | 309 A "+" will be shown for a tab page that has a modified window. The number of |
| 310 windows in a tabpage is also shown. Thus "3+" means three windows and one of | |
| 311 them has a modified buffer. | |
| 312 | |
| 678 | 313 The 'tabline' option allows you to define your preferred way to tab pages |
| 314 labels. This isn't easy, thus an example will be given here. | |
| 315 | |
| 316 For basics see the 'statusline' option. The same items can be used in the | |
| 317 'tabline' option. Additionally, the |tabpagebuflist()|, |tabpagenr()| and | |
| 318 |tabpagewinnr()| functions are useful. | |
| 319 | |
| 1118 | 320 Since the number of tab labels will vary, you need to use an expression for |
| 321 the whole option. Something like: > | |
| 678 | 322 :set tabline=%!MyTabLine() |
| 323 | |
| 324 Then define the MyTabLine() function to list all the tab pages labels. A | |
| 325 convenient method is to split it in two parts: First go over all the tab | |
| 326 pages and define labels for them. Then get the label for each tab page. > | |
| 327 | |
| 328 function MyTabLine() | |
| 329 let s = '' | |
| 330 for i in range(tabpagenr('$')) | |
| 681 | 331 " select the highlighting |
| 678 | 332 if i + 1 == tabpagenr() |
| 333 let s .= '%#TabLineSel#' | |
| 334 else | |
| 335 let s .= '%#TabLine#' | |
| 336 endif | |
| 681 | 337 |
| 338 " set the tab page number (for mouse clicks) | |
| 339 let s .= '%' . (i + 1) . 'T' | |
| 340 | |
| 341 " the label is made by MyTabLabel() | |
| 678 | 342 let s .= ' %{MyTabLabel(' . (i + 1) . ')} ' |
| 343 endfor | |
| 681 | 344 |
| 345 " after the last tab fill with TabLineFill and reset tab page nr | |
| 346 let s .= '%#TabLineFill#%T' | |
| 347 | |
| 348 " right-align the label to close the current tab page | |
| 349 if tabpagenr('$') > 1 | |
| 350 let s .= '%=%#TabLine#%999Xclose' | |
| 351 endif | |
| 352 | |
| 678 | 353 return s |
| 354 endfunction | |
| 355 | |
| 356 Now the MyTabLabel() function is called for each tab page to get its label. > | |
| 357 | |
| 358 function MyTabLabel(n) | |
| 359 let buflist = tabpagebuflist(a:n) | |
| 360 let winnr = tabpagewinnr(a:n) | |
| 361 return bufname(buflist[winnr - 1]) | |
| 362 endfunction | |
| 363 | |
| 364 This is just a simplistic example that results in a tab pages line that | |
| 365 resembles the default, but without adding a + for a modified buffer or | |
| 1118 | 366 truncating the names. You will want to reduce the width of labels in a |
| 678 | 367 clever way when there is not enough room. Check the 'columns' option for the |
| 681 | 368 space available. |
| 674 | 369 |
| 686 | 370 ============================================================================== |
| 371 5. Setting 'guitablabel' *setting-guitablabel* | |
| 372 | |
| 373 When the GUI tab pages line is displayed, 'guitablabel' can be used to | |
| 374 specify the label to display for each tab page. Unlike 'tabline', which | |
| 375 specifies the whole tab pages line at once, 'guitablabel' is used for each | |
| 376 label separately. | |
| 377 | |
| 839 | 378 'guitabtooltip' is very similar and is used for the tooltip of the same label. |
| 379 This only appears when the mouse pointer hovers over the label, thus it | |
| 380 usually is longer. Only supported on some systems though. | |
| 381 | |
| 686 | 382 See the 'statusline' option for the format of the value. |
| 383 | |
| 384 The "%N" item can be used for the current tab page number. The |v:lnum| | |
| 839 | 385 variable is also set to this number when the option is evaluated. |
| 690 | 386 The items that use a file name refer to the current window of the tab page. |
| 686 | 387 |
| 839 | 388 Note that syntax highlighting is not used for the option. The %T and %X |
| 690 | 389 items are also ignored. |
| 686 | 390 |
| 690 | 391 A simple example that puts the tab page number and the buffer name in the |
| 392 label: > | |
| 686 | 393 :set guitablabel=%N\ %f |
| 394 | |
| 839 | 395 An example that resembles the default 'guitablabel': Show the number of |
| 1118 | 396 windows in the tab page and a '+' if there is a modified buffer: > |
| 686 | 397 |
| 690 | 398 function GuiTabLabel() |
| 686 | 399 let label = '' |
| 400 let bufnrlist = tabpagebuflist(v:lnum) | |
| 401 | |
| 402 " Add '+' if one of the buffers in the tab page is modified | |
| 403 for bufnr in bufnrlist | |
| 404 if getbufvar(bufnr, "&modified") | |
| 405 let label = '+' | |
| 406 break | |
| 407 endif | |
| 408 endfor | |
| 409 | |
| 410 " Append the number of windows in the tab page if more than one | |
| 411 let wincount = tabpagewinnr(v:lnum, '$') | |
| 412 if wincount > 1 | |
| 413 let label .= wincount | |
| 414 endif | |
| 415 if label != '' | |
| 416 let label .= ' ' | |
| 417 endif | |
| 418 | |
| 419 " Append the buffer name | |
| 420 return label . bufname(bufnrlist[tabpagewinnr(v:lnum) - 1]) | |
| 421 endfunction | |
| 690 | 422 |
| 686 | 423 set guitablabel=%{GuiTabLabel()} |
| 690 | 424 |
| 425 Note that the function must be defined before setting the option, otherwise | |
| 426 you get an error message for the function not being known. | |
| 427 | |
| 857 | 428 If you want to fall back to the default label, return an empty string. |
| 429 | |
| 430 If you want to show something specific for a tab page, you might want to use a | |
| 431 tab page local variable. |t:var| | |
| 432 | |
| 686 | 433 |
| 674 | 434 vim:tw=78:ts=8:ft=help:norl: |