Tabs

Create a new tab

Switch to Global mode then press:

<Alt-period>

Open a file in a new tab

In order to open a file in a new tab, in Global mode press:

<Alt-comma>

It shows a file dialog window to select a file to be opened in a new tab.

Move focus one tab left

It is possible to open files in multiple tabs, there is a handy keycommand to move the focus between tabs. For moving focus one tab left, press the keycommand below regardless of the mode that vy is in. The keycommand below works in GLOBAL mode it is a mode whose events have their handles called regardless of the mode in which an AreaVi instance is in:

<Alt-o>

Move focus one tab right

In order to move the focus one tab right, press the keycommand below:

<Alt-p>

Move focus to a specific tab

Imagine that there are a lot of opened tabs it would spend some time to get a specific tab focused by moving focus one by one. This keycommand solves that problem.

The keycommand below is used to move focus to a tab whose title matches a given pattern.

<Alt-i>

It will open an input text area to type part of the tab title.

Remove a tab

In order to remove the focused tab, press in Global mode the keycommand below:

<Alt-x>