# Chapter 5: Splitting Windows and Tabs

## Splitting Windows and Tabs

You will often encounter situations where you need to edit the current document with reference to another document (scenario: translation), or copy code from another document to the current document (scenario: copying html element class names to a css document). copy code from another document to the current document (scenario: copying html element class names to a css document), this is when you need to split the screen the most.

### Splitting

* `:split` abbreviation `:sp` or `Ctrl-w s` split up and down.
* `:vsplit` Abbreviation `:vs` or `Ctrl-w v` Split left and right.
* `:diffsplit` Abbreviation `:diffs` Diff mode opens a split screen and can be followed by {filename}.

### Window jumping

* `Ctrl-w w` Activate next window.
* `Ctrl-w j` Activates the next window.
* `Ctrl-w k` Activate the upper window.
* `Ctrl-w h` Activate left window
* `Ctrl-w l` activates the right window

### Move split screen

* `Ctrl-w l` Moves to rightmost window
* `Ctrl-w H` Moves to the leftmost side.
* `Ctrl-w K` Move to the top
* `Ctrl-w J` Move to the bottom

\_Note: Case sensitive. Alternatively, you can move the bottom screen to the right side for a top/bottom to left/right split screen conversion. \_

### Screen zoom

* `Ctrl-w =` Average window size
* `Ctrl-w +` Increase height
* `Ctrl-w -` Reduce height
* `Ctrl-w _` Maximum height
* `Ctrl-w >` Increase width
* `Ctrl-w <` Reduce width
* `Ctrl-w |` Maximum width

> Practice! Practice! Practice!

## Tagged pages

The buffer mentioned in [Chapter 2](https://dofy.gitbook.io/learn-vim/en/chapter02) and the split-screen operation just mentioned are good for switching between a small number of files. I don't think it's convenient to have more than 3 files, but tabs are better for switching between multiple files.

### Create a tab

* `:tabnew` or `:tabedit` abbreviation `:tabe` opens a new tab.
* `Ctrl-w gf` opens a new tab with the name of the file at the current cursor position

Note: Both `:tabnew` and `:tabedit` can be followed by a to open the specified file in a new tab. to open the specified file in a new tab, and `:` can be followed by a number indicating the position of the new tab in the list (starting from 0). \_

### Switch tabs

* `gt` or `:tabnext` Abbreviation `:tabn` Next tab (last one loops to first)
* `gT` or `:tabprevious` Abbreviation `:tabp` Previous tab (first one loops to last)
* `:tabrewind` abbreviation `:tabr` or `:tabfirst` abbreviation `:tabfir` to the first one
* `:tablast` abbreviation `:tabl` to the last tab

### Close a tab.

* `:tabclose` Abbreviation `:tabc` to close the current tab
* `:-tabc` Close previous tab
* `:+tabc` Close the next tab
* `:tabonly` abbreviation `:tabo` close other tabs

The [next chapter](https://dofy.gitbook.io/learn-vim/en/chapter06) will cover block operations.