Vim close buffer with nerdtree

Question

My current use case is: I have a buffer open with a NERDTree (Left) and 1 with a file being edited (Right)

Lets also assume 2 other files in background buffers are open as well.

If i press c (shortcut for closing buffer, basically :bd), the Right side is gone and only the left side is displayed. But when closing a buffer, i would expect that vim will close the current file buffer and keep the right side to open one of the buffers that are in the background.

How do I achieve the expected behavior?

Answer 1

You can use

nnoremap c :bp\|bd #<CR>

Which will first go to the previous buffer, then delete the last buffer. This way it will both close the buffer and go to the previous one.

Answer 2

May be bufkill can solve this issue for you.