❗ vim(9.0.0667) deprecates this plugin

A new option is now available in both vim(9.0.0667) and neovim(0.9) that should replace this plugin. The new 'splitkeep' option offers two new available behaviors.

• set splitkeep=screen keeps the same screen screen lines in all split windows and is the most "stable" to me.
• set splitkeep=topline keeps the same topline as an alternative.

Not maintained anymore

There are issues with this plugin, but I've decided that I'm not going to try to maintain it.
I also converted my nvim config to lua and am trying to use only lua based plugins.

A good lua based plugin that solves this same problem, and even better: stabilize.nvim

stable-windows

Keeps vim windows stable when layout changes.

It really annoys me when opening new windows in vim (especially using the quickfix or location list) and vim automatically adjusts the text in all the windows so the cursor line is centered.

This is what I'm talking about:

And after using the 'stable-windows' plugin, your vim will behave like this:

Installation

• VimPlug
  Place this in your .vimrc:
  Plug gillyb/stable-windows

  And then open vim and run:

  :source %
  :PlugInstall

• Vundle
  Place this in your .vimrc:
  Plugin gillyb/stable-windows

  And then open vim and run:

  :source %
  :PlugInstall

• NeoBundle
  Place this in your .vimrc:
  NeoBundle gillyb/stable-windows

  And then open vim and run:

  :source %
  :NeoBundleInstall

• Pathogen
  Run the following in a terminal:

  cd ~/.vim/bundle
  git clone https://github.com/gillyb/stable-windows

Usage

You do not need to do anything special (except installing) to use this plugin. Once it's loaded in vim, it will just work.

Please enjoy, feel free to contribute and keep on vimming.