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Rearrange windows: <C-w>x, <C-w>r, <C-w>H J K L

Swap, rotate and move windows without closing anything.

?how it works

Sometimes you have the right windows in the wrong places. These commands move windows around and never close anything.

<C-w>x exchanges the current window with the next one in the same row or column (or with the previous one if there is no next). The cursor stays in the same spot on the screen, which now shows the other buffer.

<C-w>r rotates the windows in your row or column: each one moves down (or right) a place, and the last one wraps to the front. Your cursor travels with its window. <C-w>R rotates the other way. Rotating only works when none of the windows in that row or column is split further.

<C-w>H, <C-w>J, <C-w>K and <C-w>L (capitals) move the current window to the far left, bottom, top or right, at full height or width. <C-w>K turns a side-by-side pair into a top-and-bottom pair, and <C-w>H turns it back.

To fix sizes, <C-w>= makes all windows equal again, and <C-w>_ and <C-w>| stretch the current window as tall or as wide as it can go.

⌨keys

`<C-w>x`	exchange with the next window in the row/column
`<C-w>r`	rotate windows down/right; the cursor moves with its window
`<C-w>R`	rotate windows up/left
`<C-w>H`	move the window to the far left, full height
`<C-w>J`	move the window to the bottom, full width
`<C-w>K`	move the window to the top, full width
`<C-w>L`	move the window to the far right, full height
`<C-w>=`	make all windows (almost) the same size
`<C-w>_`	make the window as tall as possible
`<C-w>\|`	make the window as wide as possible

3 drills

Swap neighbours: <C-w>x: Swap the current window with its neighbour so the layout matches the goal.
Rotate the row: <C-w>r and <C-w>R: Rotate the windows in your row or column until the layout matches the goal, in one press. Your cursor moves along with its window.
Move to an edge: <C-w>H J K L: Move the current window to the edge shown in the goal, with <C-w> and a capital H, J, K or L.

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