Question

When using :ex or :sex with vim, how can all of the files and subdirectories in the tree be shown? Currently when using the explore function, only the current directorie’s contents are shown.

For example, I’d like to have:

/
   /controllers
      posts.php
   /models
      posts_model.php
   /public_html
      js/
         lightbox.js
   /views
      homepage.php

Answer 1

Actually, netrw does have a tree listing mode. You can press i to toggle between its different modes.

Or you can set this to permanently default to tree listing:

let g:netrw_liststyle=3

Note that this can be VERY SLOW in large directories.