Manipulating Windows in Vim

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TODO: Take notes on:

1. Floating windows and popups in nvim/lua
2. All builtin window handling functions.

Table of Contents

• Easy Formatting
• Using :wincmd or <C-w> to manipulate windows

Easy Formatting

Ex Command	Effect
:ri/:right	Right-Align Text
:ce/:center	Center-Align Text
:le/:left	Left-Align Text

• :verbose pwd

  " Set by :cd  
  :verbose pwd  
  [global] /path/to/current  
  
  " Set by :lcd  
  :verbose pwd  
  [window] /path/to/current  
  
  " Set by :tcd  
  :verbose pwd  
  [tabpage] /path/to/current  
  
  " Split Find (:split with :find):  
  :[N]sf[ind] [++opt] [+cmd] {file}        *:sf* *:sfi* *:sfind* *splitfind*  
  

Using :wincmd or <C-w> to manipulate windows

Anything that can be done with :wincmd can be done with <C-w>, and vice versa.

These commands control:
Moving between, resizing, and adjusting the layout of windows and panes.

" Maximize current window height  
:wincmd _ 

" Maximize current window width  
:wincmd |

" Move window to far left/top/right/bottom 
:wincmd HMJL  

" Move current window to new tabpage  
:wincmd ]  

" Move current window to previous tabpage 
:wincmd [  

" Close current window  
:wincmd c  

" Split window horizontally and move to the new window 
:wincmd s  

" Split window vertically and move to the new window  
:wincmd v 

" Move to window number 3
:exe 3 . 'wincmd w'  

" Go to window number N  
:exe N . 'wincmd w'  

" Go to last accessed window 
:wincmd p 

" Go to previously accessed window  
:wincmd P 

" Rotate windows forwards  
:wincmd r  

" Rotate windows backwards  
:wincmd R  

" Move window to new tab page  
:wincmd T  

" Move window to previous tab page  
:wincmd t  


"""" Resizing windows and panes """"  
" Increase current window height by N (default 1) 
:wincmd N+  

" Decrease current window height by N (default 1)  
:wincmd N-  

" Set window height to N 
:exe 'wincmd ' . N  

" Increase current window width by N (default 1)  
:wincmd N> 

" Decrease current window width by N (default 1) 
:wincmd N<  

" Set window width to N  
:exe 'wincmd ' . N . '|'