Tabitha helps you switch between windows, tabs and files.
The plugin creates two mappings: <Tab> to move forwards and <S-Tab> to move backwards.
Pressing <Tab> in normal mode will move the focus to the next window. If there are no more windows, the next tab will be selected.
If there is only one window and one tab, then Tabitha will switch to the next file in the arglist.
By pressing <S-Tab> the focus will be moved to the previous window, tab or file.
The default mappings support a count. Therefore pressing 3<Tab> will move the focus forward three windows, tabs or files.
The behaviour of Tabitha is controlled by five global variables:
let g:tabitha_navigate_windows = 1
let g:tabitha_navigate_tabs = 1
let g:tabitha_navigate_files = 1
let g:tabitha_wrap_around = 1
let g:tabitha_select_window = 1The default behaviour is to switch to the next window. If there are no more windows, then the first window of the next tab will be selected. When the final window of the final tab is reached, the focus will wrap around to the first window of the first tab.
By choosing which variables to set, you can choose to cycle through:
- Just Windows
- Windows and Tabs
- Just Tabs
- Just Files
When switching between tabs, the select_window option controls whether the focus should be set to the first window in that tab.
By default, Tabitha will create two key mappings and eight plugin mappings:
<Tab> Move forwards through windows/tabs
<S-Tab> Move backwards through windows/tabs
<Plug>TabithaNextWindow
<Plug>TabithaPreviousWindow
<Plug>TabithaNextTab
<Plug>TabithaPreviousTab
<Plug>TabithaNextFile
<Plug>TabithaPreviousFile
<Plug>TabithaSwitchForwards
<Plug>TabithaSwitchBackwards
These can be disabled by setting:
let g:tabitha_create_mappings = 0You can create your own Tabitha mappings, e.g.
" Move focus forwards
nmap <silent> <F3> <Plug>TabithaSwitchForwards
nmap <silent> <F3> :<C-u>call tabitha#Switch (1)<CR>
" Move focus backwards
nmap <silent> <F4> <Plug>TabithaSwitchBackwards
nmap <silent> <F4> :<C-u>call tabitha#Switch (0)<CR>
" Select next tab
nmap <silent> <Leader>t <Plug>TabithaNextTab
nmap <silent> <Leader>t :<C-u>call tabitha#NextTab (1, 0, 0)<CR>
" Select previous file
nmap <silent> <Leader>F <Plug>TabithaPreviousFile
nmap <silent> <Leader>F :<C-u>call tabitha#NextFile (0, 0)<CR>Tabitha introduces four functions to vim. Their behaviour is configured by five variables, described in 'Configuration', above.
function! tabitha#NextWindow (...)
function! tabitha#NextTab (...)
function! tabitha#NextFile (...)
function! tabitha#Switch (...)NextWindow moves the cursor to the next/previous window. It takes two optional parameters. It returns 1 if the focus was changed, 0 otherwise.
tabitha#NextWindow (forwards, wrap)| Parameter | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| forwards | 1 (true) | direction of change |
| wrap | 1 (true) | wrap around at end of window list |
e.g.
call tabitha#NextWindow ()
call tabitha#NextWindow (1, 1)NextTab moves the cursor to the next/previous tab. It takes three optional parameters. It returns 1 if the focus was changed, 0 otherwise.
tabitha#NextTab (forwards, wrap, select_window)| Parameter | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| forwards | 1 (true) | direction of change |
| wrap | 1 (true) | wrap around at end of tab list |
| select_window | 1 (true) | when switching tabs, pick the first/last window |
e.g.
call tabitha#NextTab ()
call tabitha#NextTab (1, 0, 0)NextFile moves the cursor to the next/previous file. It takes two optional parameters. It returns 1 if the focus was changed, 0 otherwise.
tabitha#NextFile (forwards, wrap)| Parameter | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| forwards | 1 (true) | direction of change |
| wrap | 1 (true) | wrap around at end of file list |
e.g.
call tabitha#NextFile ()
call tabitha#NextFile (1, 1)Switch moves the cursor to the next/previous window/tab/file (dependent on configuration). It takes one optional parameter. It returns the number of times the focus moved, 0 if nothing changed.
tabitha#Switch (forwards)| Parameter | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| forwards | 1 (true) | direction of change |
e.g.
call tabitha#Switch ()
call tabitha#Switch (1)The plugin is whimsically named after the default key mapping. The name 'Tabitha' is derived from an Aramaic word meaning gazelle.
Copyright © Richard Russon (flatcap). Distributed under the GPLv3 http://fsf.org/
