created 2009 · complexity basic · author Fritzophrenic · version 7.0
You can quickly jump to a specific tab page using the gt command with a count, but it can be difficult to quickly determine the tab number you want. This task is made much easier if you display the tab's number at the beginning of its tab page label.
The following script will set up a tab label containing a "modified" indicator, the tab number, the name of the currently active buffer in the tab, and the number of windows in the tab. Drop it into your vimrc or its own file in your plugin directory.
Getting the tab number is easy, it's just the "let label.=v:lnum" portion of the script, if you don't want to use the entire thing. We could have also used the tabpagenr() function, which may be required if using 'tabline' instead. Note that we CANNOT simply use %N as stated in :help setting-guitablabel, because we are returning text from a function that is called using %{...} syntax.
Note, this script only works in GUI Vim, because it uses the (marginally easier) 'guitablabel' option instead of 'tabline', which would work in terminal Vim.
set showtabline=2 " always show tabs in gvim, but not vim
" set up tab labels with tab number, buffer name, number of windows
function! GuiTabLabel()
let label = ''
let bufnrlist = tabpagebuflist(v:lnum)
" Add '+' if one of the buffers in the tab page is modified
for bufnr in bufnrlist
if getbufvar(bufnr, "&modified")
let label = '+'
break
endif
endfor
" Append the tab number
let label .= v:lnum.': '
" Append the buffer name
let name = bufname(bufnrlist[tabpagewinnr(v:lnum) - 1])
if name == ''
" give a name to no-name documents
if &buftype=='quickfix'
let name = '[Quickfix List]'
else
let name = '[No Name]'
endif
else
" get only the file name
let name = fnamemodify(name,":t")
endif
let label .= name
" Append the number of windows in the tab page
let wincount = tabpagewinnr(v:lnum, '$')
return label . ' [' . wincount . ']'
endfunction
set guitablabel=%{GuiTabLabel()}
Since a tab can contain multiple windows, it can be nice to see at a glance which buffers are loaded in each window in a non-current tab. There is not enough space in a tab label for this, but we can add a tooltip so that we can see what files are loaded by hovering the mouse over the tab label in question. Again, this will only work in GUI Vim.
" set up tab tooltips with every buffer name
function! GuiTabToolTip()
let tip = ''
let bufnrlist = tabpagebuflist(v:lnum)
for bufnr in bufnrlist
" separate buffer entries
if tip!=''
let tip .= " \n "
endif
" Add name of buffer
let name=bufname(bufnr)
if name == ''
" give a name to no name documents
if getbufvar(bufnr,'&buftype')=='quickfix'
let name = '[Quickfix List]'
else
let name = '[No Name]'
endif
endif
let tip.=name
" add modified/modifiable flags
if getbufvar(bufnr, "&modified")
let tip .= ' [+]'
endif
if getbufvar(bufnr, "&modifiable")==0
let tip .= ' [-]'
endif
endfor
return tip
endfunction
set guitabtooltip=%{GuiTabToolTip()}
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The tip could be tweaked to use the 'tabline' option for terminal Vim.
Should probably start with a simple version, something like following.
Set tab label to show tab number, filename, if modified ('+' is shown if the current window in the tab has been modified):
:set guitablabel=%N/\ %t\ %M
Then mention how the script shows '+' if any window in the tab has been modified. JohnBeckett 07:27, May 19, 2010 (UTC)
Yes, I like this. It was my original intent with this tip to include such a simple introductory example.
In fact, it may be better to tweak this easy example to remove as much script as possible. I believe the script gains very little other than what you mention. The only other thing I see is that it shows the number of windows in the tab, but I'm not sure whether that's possible without the script or not.
I believe we can readily use something like %N/\ %t\ %{ModifiedWindow()} for the tab line...not sure though.
--Fritzophrenic 17:24, May 19, 2010 (UTC)
Here's a text-style tabline for both Console and GUI modes; it displays before each filename something like 3:4/8, meaning "Tab 3, window 4 of 8". These numbers are in "User1" highlight, or "User2" for the current tab, while the TabLine, TabLineSel and TabLineFill highlight groups have their usual meanings, see :help setting-tabline. You may want to set the colours in a colorscheme, possibly an owncoded one, but that is not the topic of this tip.
if has('gui')
set guioptions-=e
endif
if exists("+showtabline")
function MyTabLine()
let s = ''
let t = tabpagenr()
let i = 1
while i <= tabpagenr('$')
let buflist = tabpagebuflist(i)
let winnr = tabpagewinnr(i)
let s .= '%' . i . 'T'
let s .= (i == t ? '%1*' : '%2*')
let s .= ' '
let s .= i . ':'
let s .= winnr . '/' . tabpagewinnr(i,'$')
let s .= ' %*'
let s .= (i == t ? '%#TabLineSel#' : '%#TabLine#')
let bufnr = buflist[winnr - 1]
let file = bufname(bufnr)
let buftype = getbufvar(bufnr, 'buftype')
if buftype == 'nofile'
if file =~ '\/.'
let file = substitute(file, '.*\/\ze.', '', '')
endif
else
let file = fnamemodify(file, ':p:t')
endif
if file == ''
let file = '[No Name]'
endif
let s .= file
let i = i + 1
endwhile
let s .= '%T%#TabLineFill#%='
let s .= (tabpagenr('$') > 1 ? '%999XX' : 'X')
return s
endfunction
set stal=2
set tabline=%!MyTabLine()
map <C-Tab> :tabnext<CR>
imap <C-Tab> <C-O>:tabnext<CR>
map <C-S-Tab> :tabprev<CR>
imap <C-S-Tab> <C-O>:tabprev<CR>
endif
The mappings at the end are for easy navigation among the tabs: Ctrl-tab = next (right of current), Ctrl-Shift-Tab = previous (left of current), both in round-robin wraparound mode.
This function is not perfect: the name for a netrw directory appears as [No Name], just like for an unnamed buffer. Feel free to enhance it if you can. — Tonymec 22:49, August 14, 2010 (UTC)
Here is my tabline function. Unlike the others, it doesn't rely on +gui. It will display 1: (tab #), [n+] (modified count on tab--only if needed) and special help and quickfix buffer labels. This tabline shows all active buffers. To minimize space, dir paths of regular files are shortened to first characters. I based it on the sample tabline in the vim docs.
Buyer Beware! This is my first attempt at a vim script. If it destroys things, don't say I didn't warn you! Use at your own risk. Finally, any pointers and improvements are welcome.
To use, just copy and paste the code into your .vimrc.
set showtabline=2 " 0, 1 or 2; when to use a tab pages line
set tabline=%!MyTabLine() " custom tab pages line
function MyTabLine()
let s = '' " complete tabline goes here
" loop through each tab page
for t in range(tabpagenr('$'))
" set highlight for tab number and &modified
let s .= '%#TabLineSel#'
" set the tab page number (for mouse clicks)
let s .= '%' . (t + 1) . 'T'
" set page number string
let s .= t + 1 . ':'
" get buffer names and statuses
let n = '' "temp string for buffer names while we loop and check buftype
let m = 0 " &modified counter
let bc = len(tabpagebuflist(t + 1)) "counter to avoid last ' '
" loop through each buffer in a tab
for b in tabpagebuflist(t + 1)
" buffer types: quickfix gets a [Q], help gets [H]{base fname}
" others get 1dir/2dir/3dir/fname shortened to 1/2/3/fname
if getbufvar( b, "&buftype" ) == 'help'
let n .= '[H]' . fnamemodify( bufname(b), ':t:s/.txt$//' )
elseif getbufvar( b, "&buftype" ) == 'quickfix'
let n .= '[Q]'
else
let n .= pathshorten(bufname(b))
endif
" check and ++ tab's &modified count
if getbufvar( b, "&modified" )
let m += 1
endif
" no final ' ' added...formatting looks better done later
if bc > 1
let n .= ' '
endif
let bc -= 1
endfor
" add modified label [n+] where n pages in tab are modified
if m > 0
let s .= '[' . m . '+]'
endif
" select the highlighting for the buffer names
" my default highlighting only underlines the active tab
" buffer names.
if t + 1 == tabpagenr()
let s .= '%#TabLine#'
else
let s .= '%#TabLineSel#'
endif
" add buffer names
let s .= n
" switch to no underlining and add final space to buffer list
let s .= '%#TabLineSel#' . ' '
endfor
" after the last tab fill with TabLineFill and reset tab page nr
let s .= '%#TabLineFill#%T'
" right-align the label to close the current tab page
if tabpagenr('$') > 1
let s .= '%=%#TabLineFill#%999Xclose'
endif
return s
endfunction
--JonSkanes 14:34, February 6, 2011 (UTC)
This is also my first attempt at a Vim script. I modified the above by JonSkanes to make it look more like the default style. I haven't tried it in GUI Vim.
set tabline=%!MyTabLine()
function MyTabLine()
let s = '' " complete tabline goes here
" loop through each tab page
for t in range(tabpagenr('$'))
" select the highlighting for the buffer names
if t + 1 == tabpagenr()
let s .= '%#TabLineSel#'
else
let s .= '%#TabLine#'
endif
" empty space
let s .= ' '
" set the tab page number (for mouse clicks)
let s .= '%' . (t + 1) . 'T'
" set page number string
let s .= t + 1 . ' '
" get buffer names and statuses
let n = '' "temp string for buffer names while we loop and check buftype
let m = 0 " &modified counter
let bc = len(tabpagebuflist(t + 1)) "counter to avoid last ' '
" loop through each buffer in a tab
for b in tabpagebuflist(t + 1)
" buffer types: quickfix gets a [Q], help gets [H]{base fname}
" others get 1dir/2dir/3dir/fname shortened to 1/2/3/fname
if getbufvar( b, "&buftype" ) == 'help'
let n .= '[H]' . fnamemodify( bufname(b), ':t:s/.txt$//' )
elseif getbufvar( b, "&buftype" ) == 'quickfix'
let n .= '[Q]'
else
let n .= pathshorten(bufname(b))
"let n .= bufname(b)
endif
" check and ++ tab's &modified count
if getbufvar( b, "&modified" )
let m += 1
endif
" no final ' ' added...formatting looks better done later
if bc > 1
let n .= ' '
endif
let bc -= 1
endfor
" add modified label [n+] where n pages in tab are modified
if m > 0
"let s .= '[' . m . '+]'
let s.= '+ '
endif
" add buffer names
if n == ''
let s .= '[No Name]'
else
let s .= n
endif
" switch to no underlining and add final space to buffer list
"let s .= '%#TabLineSel#' . ' '
let s .= ' '
endfor
" after the last tab fill with TabLineFill and reset tab page nr
let s .= '%#TabLineFill#%T'
" right-align the label to close the current tab page
if tabpagenr('$') > 1
let s .= '%=%#TabLine#%999XX'
endif
return s
endfunction
Jordon Kalilich 22:31, March 25, 2011 (UTC)
Hi, here are my two cents: if you simply want your tab line displaying tab numbers and file names, just copy the example code shown in the official 'tabline' documentation in your .vimrc, and then modify the MyTabLabel function this way:
function MyTabLabel(n) let buflist = tabpagebuflist(a:n) let winnr = tabpagewinnr(a:n) return buflist[winnr - 1] . ') ' . bufname(buflist[winnr - 1]) endfunction
This will show a tab line like this:
| 1) file1.txt | 2) file2.txt | 3) file3.txt |
Of course, feel free to change the separator defined in the last line (here, the parenthesis).
--BobFavazzi 16:22, October 10, 2011 (UTC)
- No, this will display the buffer number, not the tab number. You could easily end up with something like:
| 4) file4.txt | 1) file1.txt | 1) file1.txt | 2)file2.txt |- --Fritzophrenic 17:16, October 10, 2011 (UTC)
- You're right. Thank you for the correction, I am no Vim expert at all.
- I finally ended up with the .vimrc entry below, borrowed (and simplified) from this vim_use thread about "setting Vim tabline".
if exists("+showtabline")
function MyTabLine()
let s = ''
let t = tabpagenr()
let i = 1
while i <= tabpagenr('$')
let buflist = tabpagebuflist(i)
let winnr = tabpagewinnr(i)
let s .= '%' . i . 'T'
let s .= (i == t ? '%1*' : '%2*')
let s .= ' '
let s .= i . ')'
let s .= ' %*'
let s .= (i == t ? '%#TabLineSel#' : '%#TabLine#')
let file = bufname(buflist[winnr - 1])
let file = fnamemodify(file, ':p:t')
if file == ''
let file = '[No Name]'
endif
let s .= file
let i = i + 1
endwhile
let s .= '%T%#TabLineFill#%='
let s .= (tabpagenr('$') > 1 ? '%999XX' : 'X')
return s
endfunction
set stal=2
set tabline=%!MyTabLine()
endif
- Hope this may helps. :)
- --BobFavazzi 11:10, October 13, 2011 (UTC)