VIM: How can I open a file on the right side as vsplit on the left side of the NerdTree panel?

Question

I installed the NerdTree plugin.

How can I open a file on the right side as vsplit on the left side of the NerdTree panel?

Answer 1

There is an s command here, but it opens a file split to the left of the current buffer. Although you can press Ctrl + W r to share windows then.

Answer 2

To vsplit place a new buffer to the right of the current buffer:

 set splitright 

Similarly, to split place a new buffer below the current buffer:

 set splitbelow 

However, I have not tried this with NerdTree.

Answer 3

This is a little hack, but how do I do it:

• Place the cursor in the window. I want to open a file in
• Press <leader>n<leader>n (this closes NERDtree and then opens it again with the cursor in NERDtree)
• select a file

On my system, this will open in the last window on which I was included, if the file is not already open on my screen.

Launch the window where you want to open the file.

Press <leader>n<leader>n to close and reopen NERDTree

Choose the file you want!

Fast Cw = will return your windows to the correct proportions.

Answer 4

Not sure if anyone else is struggling with this, but here's how I dealt with it.

you can use

 :ls 

to view available files. That would look something like this:

 1 "foo.txt" 2 "blame_the_user.java" 

:b1 to select foo.txt

:b2 for blame_the_user.java

This method can be executed from any window installation using :sp or :vs

First open the files you want to split.