ctrlp.vim
Full path fuzzy file, buffer, mru, tag, ... finder for Vim.
- Written in pure Vimscript for MacVim, gVim and Vim 7.0+.
- Full support for Vim's regexp as search patterns.
- Built-in Most Recently Used (MRU) files monitoring.
- Built-in project's root finder.
- Open multiple files at once.
- Create new files and directories.
- Extensible.
Basic Usage
- Run
:CtrlP
or:CtrlP [starting-directory]
to invoke CtrlP in find file mode. - Run
:CtrlPBuffer
or:CtrlPMRU
to invoke CtrlP in find buffer or find MRU file mode. - Run
:CtrlPMixed
to search in Files, Buffers and MRU files at the same time.
Check :help ctrlp-commands
and :help ctrlp-extensions
for other commands.
Once CtrlP is open:
- Press
<F5>
to purge the cache for the current directory to get new files, remove deleted files and apply new ignore options. - Press
<c-f>
and<c-b>
to cycle between modes. - Press
<c-d>
to switch to filename only search instead of full path. - Press
<c-r>
to switch to regexp mode. - Use
<c-j>
,<c-k>
or the arrow keys to navigate the result list. - Use
<c-t>
or<c-v>
,<c-x>
to open the selected entry in a new tab or in a new split. - Use
<c-n>
,<c-p>
to select the next/previous string in the prompt's history. - Use
<c-y>
to create a new file and its parent directories. - Use
<c-z>
to mark/unmark multiple files and<c-o>
to open them.
Run :help ctrlp-mappings
or submit ?
in CtrlP for more mapping help.
- Submit two or more dots
..
to go up the directory tree by one or multiple levels. - End the input string with a colon
:
followed by a command to execute it on the opening file(s): Use:25
to jump to line 25. Use:diffthis
when opening multiple files to run:diffthis
on the first 4 files.
Basic Options
-
Change the default mapping and the default command to invoke CtrlP:
let g:ctrlp_map = '<c-p>' let g:ctrlp_cmd = 'CtrlP'
-
When invoked without an explicit starting directory, CtrlP will set its local working directory according to this variable:
let g:ctrlp_working_path_mode = 'ra'
'c'
- the directory of the current file.
'a'
- the directory of the current file, unless it is a subdirectory of the cwd
'r'
- the nearest ancestor of the current file that contains one of these directories or files:.git
.hg
.svn
.bzr
_darcs
'w'
- modifier to "r": start search from the cwd instead of the current file's directory
0
or''
(empty string) - disable this feature.If none of the default markers (
.git
.hg
.svn
.bzr
_darcs
) are present in a project, you can define additional ones withg:ctrlp_root_markers
:let g:ctrlp_root_markers = ['pom.xml', '.p4ignore']
If more than one mode is specified, they will be tried in order until a directory is located.
-
If a file is already open, open it again in a new pane instead of switching to the existing pane
let g:ctrlp_switch_buffer = 'et'
-
Exclude files and directories using Vim's
wildignore
and CtrlP's owng:ctrlp_custom_ignore
. If a custom listing command is being used, exclusions are ignored:set wildignore+=*/tmp/*,*.so,*.swp,*.zip " MacOSX/Linux set wildignore+=*\\tmp\\*,*.swp,*.zip,*.exe " Windows let g:ctrlp_custom_ignore = '\v[\/]\.(git|hg|svn)$' let g:ctrlp_custom_ignore = { \ 'dir': '\v[\/]\.(git|hg|svn)$', \ 'file': '\v\.(exe|so|dll)$', \ 'link': 'some_bad_symbolic_links', \ }
-
Use a custom file listing command:
let g:ctrlp_user_command = 'find %s -type f' " MacOSX/Linux let g:ctrlp_user_command = 'dir %s /-n /b /s /a-d' " Windows
-
Ignore files in
.gitignore
let g:ctrlp_user_command = ['.git', 'cd %s && git ls-files -co --exclude-standard']
Check :help ctrlp-options
for other options.
Installation
Use your favorite method or check the homepage for a quick installation guide.