tablabel example

Question

Do you have any example of using tablabel to make tab bar similar to something like powerline or anything close to it that I can use as starting point?

I can't figure out how to reset highlighting when it comes to active and inactive tabs.

Thank you.

Answer 1

The best you can do without using Lua: https://github.com/vifm/vifm/issues/875

Lua plugin that produces powerline-like look: https://github.com/vifm/vifm/blob/master/data/plugins/tabline/init.lua

Comments

I tries the Lua plugin by copying the init.lua under plugins folder and adding the following line to my vifmrc as it was suggested in init.lua.

set tabline=#tabline#fmt

However, in vifm, I see the error "Invalid handler" on the tab bar.
Is there any other step I need to follow to get it to work?

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See here for an overview. You need an additional directory level for the plugin, so the path is $VIFM/plugins/tabline/init.lua. Then you should see it loaded in :plugins menu.

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Great, thank you very much.