Locked (permanent) tabs

Question

Total Commander has this neat "locked tabs" functionality so that a particular set of tabs is always present.

Navigating from a "locked" tab automatically creates a new one. This allows to have a set of frequently visited places always at hand and edit them on the fly (lock/unlock/rename).

Together with the tabs surviving the application restart it creates rather convenient environment for managing files at scale.

Admittedly, the functionality is somewhat similar to marks, but feels less rigid as it does not require editing the config.

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Somewhat related to https://q2a.vifm.info/661/there-automatically-set-tabs-and-jump-specified-directories

Answer 1

Navigating from a "locked" tab automatically creates a new one.

Seems like this feature is meant for pane-level tabs and wouldn't fit global tabs. I might have even used it in some file manager, but it didn't really suit my workflow. It sounds kinda simple to do, but I'm sure there are various corner cases.

Admittedly, the functionality is somewhat similar to marks, but feels less rigid as it does not require editing the config.

Marks also don't require editing the config and can survive a restart. Just add bmarks to the value of 'vifminfo' option.