Switch to last-active tab in VIM

user_257012 0
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In Vim, is there a way to quickly toggle between the current tab and the last-active tab? Sort of the way '' toggles between the current line and the last-active line. Plugins / keyboard mappings / voodoo all acceptable.

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4 Answers

Put this in your .vimrc:

if !exists('g:lasttab')
  let g:lasttab = 1
endif
nmap <Leader>tl :exe "tabn ".g:lasttab<CR>
au TabLeave * let g:lasttab = tabpagenr()

Then, in normal mode, type \tl to swap to the tab you viewed last.

Lucas_Oman_67260

I use buffers and not tabs, but I am able to switch between the current and latest used buffer using :b#
Basics of using buffers are: 

:e filename to open file in new buffer  
:bn to go to next buffer  
:bp to go to previous buffer  
:bd to close current buffer
user_1278100

here's a solution in lua for folks that uses neovim also make sure to change <A-S-b> to your favorite keybinding.

-- switching to last active tab
vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("TabLeave",  {
    pattern = "*",
    callback = function()
        vim.api.nvim_set_keymap('n', '<A-S-b>', '<cmd>tabn ' .. vim.api.nvim_tabpage_get_number(0) .. '<CR>', { noremap = true, silent = true })
    end
})
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