Tip 32: Tab-Complete Your Ex Commands

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• <C-d>: reveal a list of possible completions.
• <Tab>: scroll forward
• <S-Tab>: scroll backward

Example:

References:

# If you open the file in vim,
# then you can \"ayy@a the next line to execute the vim command: 
:h c_CTRL-D

Define tab-completion behavior

References:

# If you open the file in vim,
# then you can \"ayy@a the next line to execute the vim command: 
:h :commmand-complete

Choosing from Multiple Matches

Custom the choosing behavior by tweaking the wilemode option:

• Bash:

  set wildmode=longest,list
  

• Zsh:

  set wildmenu
  set wilemode=full
  

wildmenu enables:

• scroll forward: <Tab>/<C-n>/<Right>
• scroll backward: <S-Tab>/<C-p>/<left>