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Move between windows: <C-w>h j k l, w, p

Hop to a neighbour, jump to window N, and pop back to where you were.

?how it works

Only one window has the cursor at a time: the current window, with the highlighted border. To work in another window, move the cursor there.

<C-w>h, <C-w>j, <C-w>k and <C-w>l move to the window on the left, below, above or to the right, the same directions as h j k l. When several windows touch that side, Neovim picks the one next to your cursor.

<C-w>w goes to the next window and wraps around at the end; <C-w>W goes back. Windows are numbered from the top-left to the bottom-right, so 3<C-w>w jumps straight to window 3. <C-w>t and <C-w>b jump to the top-left and the bottom-right window.

<C-w>p returns to the previous window, the one you just came from. It is the window version of "go back", perfect for a quick look at another file.

⌨keys

`<C-w>h`	go to the window on the left
`<C-w>j`	go to the window below
`<C-w>k`	go to the window above
`<C-w>l`	go to the window on the right
`<C-w>w`	next window (wraps around); also <C-w><C-w>
`<C-w>W`	previous window (wraps around)
`{N}<C-w>w`	go to window N (numbered top-left to bottom-right)
`<C-w>t`	go to the top-left window
`<C-w>b`	go to the bottom-right window
`<C-w>p`	go back to the previous window

Nin neovim

Neovim adds floating windows, which LSP hovers and many plugins use. A float that is marked non-focusable gets no window number, so <C-w>w, <C-w>W and {N}<C-w>w skip it: cycling only visits windows you can actually work in.

3 drills

Step in a direction: <C-w>h j k l: Move the cursor to the window named in the goal, using <C-w> with h, j, k or l.
Jump to window N: {N}<C-w>w: Windows are numbered from the top-left to the bottom-right. Jump straight to the window named in the goal by typing its number before <C-w>w.
There and back: <C-w>p: Copy the line under the cursor in the window named in the goal, then paste it below your cursor in the window you started in. Use <C-w>p to get back.

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