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 ~/.zellij/plugins

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

• NOTE USER_HOME needs to be the full path for now

---
template:
  direction: Horizontal
  parts:
    - direction: Vertical
      body: true
    - direction: Vertical
      borderless: true
      split_size:
        Fixed: 1
      run:
        plugin:
          location: "file:USER_HOME/.zellij/plugins/z-tab-bar.wasm"
session:
  name: "0"
  attach: true

• Suggested theme

themes:
  default:
    fg: 7
    bg: 24
    black: 0 # tab-bar foreground color
    red: 1
    green: 2 # tab-bar background color
    yellow: 3
    blue: 4
    magenta: 5
    cyan: 6
    white: 7
    orange: 208
    gray: 247

• Copy complied plugin to the plugins directory

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

roadmap

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