GoToDefinition in a new tab

[j5shi]

Could you please add (or is there) an option to go to definition in a new tab? I found nnoremap <leader>f :YcmCompleter GoToDefinition<CR> will open the buffer in the current tab view.

[vheon]

:h g:ycm_goto_buffer_command

[j5shi]

I couldn't find g:ycm_goto_buffer_command on help doc youcompleteme.txt, strange...I'm using YCM on windows.

[j5shi]

though I added let g:ycm_goto_buffer_command = 'new-tab' to my _vimrc, nothing changed, and I'm using YCM on windows, I'm afriad my YCM is way behind the latest version.

[vheon]

I'm not sure if you have to restart vim. And this feature has been there since March 4th.

EDIT: I'm trying but it seems to be broken. Reopening.

[vheon]

I'm investigating further and it seems that the g:ycm_goto_buffer_command options is used only when we have to move in a different file. Which is reasonable but I don't know if it is the intended behaviour, so we have to wait for @Valloric.

[Valloric]

I'm investigating further and it seems that the g:ycm_goto_buffer_command options is used only when we have to move in a different file. Which is reasonable but I don't know if is the intended behaviour

This is the intended behavior. It's what most people want and adding a conf option to change this isn't worth it.

[pbn4]

I know it's a bit old, but the solution is to map multiple commands to one key i.e.:
nnoremap f :tab split | YcmCompleter GoToDefinition

[jnm]

Now it's even older 😏 but, in case it's helpful, I found I had to escape the pipe:

nnoremap f :tab split \| YcmCompleter GoToDefinition

[forwidur]

We are almost there:
nnoremap f :tab split \| YcmCompleter GoToDefinition<CR> ;-)

[Kipparis]

Reason may be not in ycm, but in other plugins:
I noticed that jedi-vim takes control over go-to command and after specifying
let g:jedi#use_tabs_not_buffers = 1
all work as expected