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GoldenView.Vim

Automatically resizes Vim splits so the active window is larger than inactive ones — the "golden ratio" proportion. Lazy-loaded on first use.

Toggle

<leader>gv    toggle GoldenView on / off

The first keypress loads the plugin and enables auto-resizing. A second press disables it and restores equal split sizes.

What it does

When enabled, the active split takes up roughly 62% of the available space. Inactive splits share the rest. As you move between splits (<C-h/j/k/l>), the layout rebalances automatically.

This is useful when you have several splits open (e.g. file + fugitive diff + NERDTree) and want reading space in whichever one you're editing.

Default mappings (provided by plugin)

GoldenView's own default mappings are disabled in this config:

let g:goldenview__enable_default_mapping = 0

Only the toggle is wired up via <leader>gv. This avoids conflicts with split-navigation keys.

Tips

  • Works best with 3+ splits open.
  • Combine with <C-h/j/k/l> (wired in .vimrc) to navigate splits — the layout rebalances on every focus change.
  • If you temporarily want equal splits, toggle GoldenView off, run :wincmd =, then toggle back on.