Module 3 · Lesson 111 min
New, rename, close, navigate
Tabs are separate panel arrangements inside the same session, shown along the top by the tab bar. Use them the way you’d use tabs in an editor: one per task or per concern. Tab mode is Ctrl t, and like Pane mode, the action keys drop you back to Normal so you keep moving.
Two Alt shortcuts rearrange tabs without entering a mode: Alt i moves the current tab left, Alt o moves it right. Handy when your tab order stopped matching how you think about the work.
Try it yourself
Do
Make two named tabs
Build a small tab set you can navigate by name and index.
- Press
Ctrl tthennfor a new tab - Press
Ctrl tthenr, typelogs, pressEnter - Make another tab and rename it
editor - Jump between them with
Ctrl t 1,Ctrl t 2, andCtrl t Tab
Done whenYou have named tabs in the tab bar and can jump to each by index and by the toggle key.
Quiz
Jump to tab 3
You're in Tab mode and want tab number 3 directly.
Show answer
Correct answer: B — Press 3
In Tab mode, the digits 1-9 jump straight to that tab by index. 3 goes to tab 3.