Once Vim has been launched, there are many commands that directly create or close tabs:
:tabedit {file} edit specified file in a new tab
:tabfind {file} open a new tab with filename given, searching the 'path' to find it
:tabclose close current tab
:tabclose {i} close i-th tab
:tabonly close all other tabs (show only the current tab)
Navigation
vim tab 操作的小技巧
:tabs list all tabs including their displayed windows
:tabm 0 move current tab to first
:tabm move current tab to last
:tabm {i} move current tab to position i+1
:tabn go to next tab
:tabp go to previous tab
:tabfirst go to first tab
:tablast go to last tab
In normal mode, you can type:
gt go to next tab
gT go to previous tab
{i}gt go to tab in position i
Note that the gt command counts from one. That means 3gt will jump to the third tab. Also note is 0gt and 1gt mean the same thing: jumping to the first tab.