Switching nodes (tabs) NerdTree vim on insertions mode

Question

I've been searching for the shortcut to switch tab when i'm in insertion mode. I know by pressing gT or gt for switching tab on visual mode. Is nerdTree already have this features or do I need to map the key for this?

Don't switch tabs in insert mode, that's what normal mode is for. — romainl, Feb 08 '17 at 10:29
Possible duplicate of [Switching between tabs in NERDTree](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2413005/switching-between-tabs-in-nerdtree) — GiftZwergrapper, Feb 08 '17 at 12:02

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 08 '17 at 12:11

First, this has nothing to do with NERDTree. Tabs are a built-in feature of Vim. It may be more useful with NERDTree (as you open multiple locations in different tabs), though.

If you go to the :help page of gt, you'll see all alternative keys:

:tabn[ext]                *:tabn* *:tabnext* *gt*
<C-PageDown>              *CTRL-<PageDown>* *<C-PageDown>*
gt                    *i_CTRL-<PageDown>* *i_<C-PageDown>*

In Vim's help, the i_ prefix represents insert mode. So, the built-in mapping to switch tabs in insert mode is Ctrl + PageUp / PageDown.

If you want to use different keys, you can use mappings like the following:

inoremap <C-Tab>   <C-\><C-N>:tabnext<CR>
inoremap <C-S-Tab> <C-\><C-N>:tabprevious<CR>

Switching nodes (tabs) NerdTree vim on insertions mode

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