Some mappings in Vim that help you wander around your windows.
Vim can do an insane number of things with windows in Vim. I take a minimalist approach to windows in Vim and try to make it as simple for myself as possible. There are a number of factors that drive my configuration:
- I always use my left hand to hit the CTRL key. The main key that is used for windowing is
CTRL-W. - I prefer to have multiple key sequences to occur on opposing hands when possible.
CTRL-Wis two simultaneous keys on the same hand. - It’s all about reusing existing habits when I can. So
h,j,kandlare important to reuse. The existing Vim solution actually already does this.
Those points lead me to have the following mappings for window management:
" Move the cursor to the window left of the current one
noremap <silent> ,h :wincmd h<cr>
" Move the cursor to the window below the current one
noremap <silent> ,j :wincmd j<cr>
" Move the cursor to the window above the current one
noremap <silent> ,k :wincmd k<cr>
" Move the cursor to the window right of the current one
noremap <silent> ,l :wincmd l<cr>
" Close the window below this one
noremap <silent> ,cj :wincmd j<cr>:close<cr>
" Close the window above this one
noremap <silent> ,ck :wincmd k<cr>:close<cr>
" Close the window to the left of this one
noremap <silent> ,ch :wincmd h<cr>:close<cr>
" Close the window to the right of this one
noremap <silent> ,cl :wincmd l<cr>:close<cr>
" Close the current window
noremap <silent> ,cc :close<cr>
" Move the current window to the right of the main Vim window
noremap <silent> ,ml <C-W>L
" Move the current window to the top of the main Vim window
noremap <silent> ,mk <C-W>K
" Move the current window to the left of the main Vim window
noremap <silent> ,mh <C-W>H
" Move the current window to the bottom of the main Vim window
noremap <silent> ,mj <C-W>J