:windo set scrollbind
The scrollbind option locks two or more windows together so that scrolling in one window automatically scrolls the others by the same amount.
buffers-windows #windows #navigation #splits #diff #productivity
<C-w>H / <C-w>J / <C-w>K / <C-w>L
The H, J, K, and L commands move the current window to the far left, bottom, top, or right of the screen respectively, rearranging your entire split layout.
buffers-windows #windows #buffers #navigation #splits #layout
:mksession / :source Session.vim
Vim's session feature saves a snapshot of your entire workspace — open buffers, window layout, tab pages, current directory, and more — to a file that you c
buffers-windows #buffers #windows #config #productivity #workflow #session
:Explore / :Vexplore / :Sexplore
Vim ships with netrw, a built-in file explorer that lets you browse directories, open files, create new files, rename, and delete — all without plugins.
buffers-windows #navigation #buffers #file-management #netrw #productivity
:lopen / :lnext / :lprev
The location list is a per-window variant of the quickfix list.
buffers-windows #navigation #quickfix #ex-commands #windows #productivity
:enew | setlocal buftype=nofile bufhidden=wipe noswapfile
A scratch buffer is a temporary, unnamed buffer that exists only in memory — it won't prompt you to save when you close it and leaves no trace on disk.
buffers-windows #buffers #editing #ex-commands #productivity #workflow
:vsplit
The :vsplit command (or :vs for short) splits the current window vertically, creating a new window side-by-side with the current one.
<C-w><C-w>
The (Ctrl+w Ctrl+w) command cycles the cursor to the next window in the current tab.
<C-w>+ and <C-w>-
The + and - commands increase or decrease the height of the current split window by one line.
<C-w>T
The T (Ctrl+w then Shift+t) command moves the current split window into a new tab page.
buffers-windows #buffers-windows #windows #tabs #normal-mode
:bnext
The :bnext (or :bn for short) command switches to the next buffer in Vim's buffer list.
:tabnew filename
The :tabnew filename command opens a file in a new tab page in Vim.
buffers-windows #buffers-windows #tabs #ex-commands #navigation
:bprev
The :bprev (or :bp for short) command switches to the previous buffer in Vim's buffer list.
:ls
The :ls command displays a list of all open buffers in Vim, showing their buffer number, status indicators, file name, and the line the cursor was last on.
<C-w>=
The = (Ctrl+w then =) command resizes all open split windows so they have equal width and height.
:only
The :only command closes every window in the current tab page except the one your cursor is in.
<C-w>c
The c (Ctrl+w then c) command closes the current window without closing the buffer it contains.
:windo diffthis
The :windo diffthis command activates Vim's built-in diff mode across all visible windows, highlighting the differences between them.
:split
The :split command (or s) splits the current window horizontally, creating a new window above with the same file.
