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user1926592
user1926592

Reputation: 1

how to change VIM's default keyboard shortcut for toggle windows?

In vim, the switch-window-key , <C-w><C-w> (press 2 times), is not comfortable to me, so I want to change it to <C-Tab>. What I do: adding map <C-w><C-w> <C-Tab> to the config file ~/.vimrc, but it does not work as if shortcut <C-Tab> has been used. I'm not sure whether <C-w><C-w> is the right representation of the toggle window command,either. So how can I make it work pressing <C-Tab>?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 635

Answers (2)

Amine Hajyoussef
Amine Hajyoussef

Reputation: 4440

it's better to map it that way, so you can toggle between windows with more flexibility:

map <c-j> <c-w>j "move up                                                      
map <c-k> <c-w>k "down                                                                 
map <c-l> <c-w>l "right                                                                  
map <c-h> <c-w>h "left

Upvotes: 0

romainl
romainl

Reputation: 196886

First, the order of your mapping is wrong, you should do:

<map command> <desired shortcut> <action>

so, you should write your mapping like that:

map <C-Tab> <C-w><C-w>

and most certainly use nnoremap instead of map.

But <C-Tab> is an unreliable shortcut that won't work in many context so you should avoid it. I'd advise you to use <leader> (:help mapleader) or some other - better supported -- shortcut.

Note that <C-w><C-w> is not that bad: you just press Ctrl and hit ww. That's not that big of a deal.

Upvotes: 3

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