Vim Ultisnips - How do I move to the next placeholder or tabstop?

Question

I just installed a brand new copy of Macvim and UltiSnips, but I can't figure out how to move to the next completions using tabstops and placeholders.

When I press tab, it simply adds a tab space.

My guess is that the tab key was remapped in another plugin or vimrc, so I went with fresh installs and an empty ~/.vim folder. Still nothing...

How do I move to the next tabstop? Is there a key mapping I can set?

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score 35 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 27 '13 at 08:24

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I have the following in my vimrc:

" Set ultisnips triggers
let g:UltiSnipsExpandTrigger="<tab>"                                            
let g:UltiSnipsJumpForwardTrigger="<tab>"                                       
let g:UltiSnipsJumpBackwardTrigger="<s-tab>"

answered Sep 27 '13 at 08:24

pnezis

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Doesn't work for me :( although I can move with ctrl+j – holms Mar 13 '14 at 08:08

score 6 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 27 '13 at 00:16

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It looks like jumping to the next tabstop was mapped to control j. I switched it to tab in the ultisnips source.

" The trigger used to jump forward to the next placeholder.
" NOTE: expansion and forward jumping can, but needn't be the same trigger

if !exists("g:UltiSnipsJumpForwardTrigger")
    let g:UltiSnipsJumpForwardTrigger = "<tab>"
endif

edited Sep 27 '13 at 00:16

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answered Sep 26 '13 at 23:21

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can i make a similar change to `JumpBackwardTrigger` using `backspace` key.. and if yes, what should i place inside `"< >"` – arvindh Aug 26 '15 at 08:23

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 19 '22 at 23:37

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For me it worked only after saving and sourcing my init.vim, doing a :PlugInstall, and then reopening nvim..

answered Jan 19 '22 at 23:37

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Vim Ultisnips - How do I move to the next placeholder or tabstop?

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