casonadams / z-tab-bar

zellij tmux stlye tab bar plugin

z-tab-bar

zellij tab-bar plugin that is similar to tmux default status line

building

cargo build --release

usage

setup

• Create a common place for plugins

mkdir -p ~/.config/zellij/plugins

• Update ~/.config/zellij/layouts/default.yaml

• NOTE HOME needs to be the full path for now

// ~/.config/zellij/config.kdl

default_layout "z-tab-bar"

plugins {
  tab-bar { path "tab-bar"; }
  z-tab-bar { path "$HOME/.config/zellij/plugins/z-tab-bar"; }
  status-bar { path "status-bar"; }
  strider { path "strider"; }
  compact-bar { path "compact-bar"; }
}

// ~/.config/zellij/themes/z-tab-bar.kdl
layout {
  pane
  pane size=1 borderless=true {
    plugin location="zellij:z-tab-bar"
  }
}
session_name "0"
attach_to_session true

• Suggested theme

// ~/.config/zellij/themes/default.kdl
themes {
  default {
    fg 7
    bg 24
    black 0
    red 1
    green 2
    yellow 3
    blue 4
    magenta 5
    cyan 6
    white 7
    orange 208
  }
}

• Copy complied plugin to the plugins directory

cp target/wasm32-wasi/release/z-tab-bar.wasm ~/.config/zellij/plugins

roadmap

• config driven options for colors
• config driven options to customize statusline (hostname, time, etc)