Changing the width and height of the Workspace

The height and width of each individual splits can be increased or decreased as per our requirements. Let is consider the following workspace as an example and try to modify the height and width of the splits.

Increasing and Decreasing Width

1. Let us now increase the width of the pane on the left top corner. This can be achieved by using the key binding mentioned below.

• CTRL + w and > – Incrementally increase the window to the right. Takes a parameter, e.g. CTRL-w 20 >
• CTRL + w and < – Incrementally increase the window to the left. Takes a parameter, e.g. CTRL-w 20 <

Increasing and Decreasing Height

2. Let us now increase the height of the pane on the left top corner. This can be achieved by using the key binding mentioned below.

• CTRL + w and – – Incrementally decrease the window’s height. Takes a parameter, e.g. CTRL-w 10 –
• CTRL + w and + – Incrementally increase the window’s height. Takes a parameter, e.g. CTRL-w 10 +

Reset all the split size

3. This is a very handy command which will normalize the height and width of all the split screens.

• CTRL+w and = – Normalize all split sizes, which is very handy when resizing terminal

4. Maximizing the height and width of the current split using the following commands.

• CTRL + w and _ – Max out the height of the current split
• CTRL + w and | – Max out the width of the current split

Vim, short for “Vi IMproved,” is an open-source text editor which is considered to be one of the most powerful and popular text editors for Linux. Vim is a powerful and highly configurable text editor which is known for its extensive feature set. It is available for free download and use across various platforms, including MacOS, Linux, and Windows. In this article we will see how to split the vim editor screen horizontally and vertically.