Is there a vim command to relocate a tab?

vim tabs
Gavin picture Gavin · Nov 1, 2011 · Viewed 29.5k times · Source

How can I change the position / order of my current tab in Vim? For example, if I want to reposition my current tab to be the first tab?

Answer

maybeshewill picture maybeshewill · Aug 9, 2013

You can relocate a tab with :tabm using either relative or zero-index absolute arguments.

absolute:

  • Move tab to position i: :tabm i

relative:

  • Move tab i positions to the right: :tabm +i
  • Move tab i positions to the left: :tabm -i

It's a relatively new feature. So if it doesn't work try updating your vim.

Related questions

How do I change tab size in Vim?

Every time I add a selector in CSS and I press Enter to define the properties it ends up like this: #selector { property: value; } (8-space tabs) How can I configure Vim to make it like this: #selector { property: value; } (4-space …

Read More
Using Vim's tabs like buffers

I have looked at the ability to use tabs in Vim (with :tabe, :tabnew, etc.) as a replacement for my current practice of having many files open in the same window in hidden buffers. I would like every distinct file …

Read More
How can I convert spaces to tabs in Vim or Linux?

I've looked over several questions on Stack Overflow for how to convert spaces to tabs without finding what I need. There seem to be more questions about how to convert tabs to spaces, but I'm trying to do the opposite. …

Read More