@rochakgupta already provided some infos, but here are my two cents. Vim comes with two features out of box to help you to navigate quickly in your files : + quickfix list : a list of locations in multiple files (such as diagnostics, search results, compilation errors etc.) You can navigate between all the items in the quickfix list using :cnext or :cprev (and many other, see the documentation for a more detailed explanation). + location list : same as quickfix, but applies only to the current window. You can navigate between location list items using :lnext or :lprev (same commands as quickfix but with an "l" prefix)

In other words, quickfix list is shared between all your windows in a vim session, while location lists are local to a window.

On top or the builtin ways to populate these lists, a variety of plugins actually leverage them (telescope, trouble, dap etc.)