adds function MiniTabline.select({tab_index}) which makes tab_index of the tabline as the current buffer. You can try |:h MiniTabline.select()|

First time I have "made"/forked a neovim plugin because I really wanted this feature and would like it if its built into the plugin itself but its fine if you dont merge it, this was mainly for myself anyways.

Assigning to keymaps

Ex. 1

for i = 1, 9 - 1 do
    vim.api.nvim_set_keymap(
        'n',
        '<A-' .. i .. '>',
        '<CMD>lua MiniTabline.select(' .. i .. ')<CR>',
        { silent = true }
    )
end

Ex. 2

local keys = 'asdfjkl;'
for i = 1, #keys do
    local c = keys:sub(i, i)
    vim.keymap.set('n', string.format('<A-%s>', c), function()
        MiniTabline.select(i)
    end, { silent = true })
end

I have an idea where you press a button (lets say g) and then all the devicons of the bufferline turns into letters you ten can press any letter so the n you can and you get transported to there, buts tats for another time damn this already exists in the two other competent bufferlines bufferline.nvim and barbar.nvim (i personally think this one kinda looks cool but im still sticking with mini.tabline cause yeah mini)

Original README.md

Minimal and fast tabline showing listed buffers

See more details in Features and help file.

⦿ This is a part of mini.nvim library. Please use this link if you want to mention this module.

⦿ All contributions (issues, pull requests, discussions, etc.) are done inside of 'mini.nvim'.

⦿ See the repository page to learn about common design principles and configuration recipes.

If you want to help this project grow but don't know where to start, check out contributing guides of 'mini.nvim' or leave a Github star for 'mini.nvim' project and/or any its standalone Git repositories.

Demo

demo-tabline.mp4

Features

Buffers are listed in the order of their identifier.
Different highlight groups for "states" of buffer affecting 'buffer tabs'.
Buffer names are made unique by extending paths to files or appending unique identifier to buffers without name.
Current buffer is displayed "optimally centered" (in center of screen while maximizing the total number of buffers shown) when there are many buffers open.
'Buffer tabs' are clickable if Neovim allows it.
Allow showing extra information section in case of multiple Neovim tabpages.

Dependencies

For full experience needs (still works without any of suggestions):

Enabled 'mini.icons' module to show icons near file names. Can fall back to using nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons plugin.

Installation

This plugin can be installed as part of 'mini.nvim' library (recommended) or as a standalone Git repository.

There are two branches to install from:

main (default, recommended) will have latest development version of plugin. All changes since last stable release should be perceived as being in beta testing phase (meaning they already passed alpha-testing and are moderately settled).
stable will be updated only upon releases with code tested during public beta-testing phase in main branch.

Here are code snippets for some common installation methods (use only one):

With mini.deps

Github repo	Branch	Code snippet
'mini.nvim' library	Main	Follow recommended 'mini.deps' installation
'mini.nvim' library	Stable	Follow recommended 'mini.deps' installation
Standalone plugin	Main	`add('echasnovski/mini.tabline')`
Standalone plugin	Stable	`add({ source = 'echasnovski/mini.tabline', checkout = 'stable' })`

With folke/lazy.nvim

Github repo	Branch	Code snippet
'mini.nvim' library	Main	`{ 'echasnovski/mini.nvim', version = false },`
'mini.nvim' library	Stable	`{ 'echasnovski/mini.nvim', version = '*' },`
Standalone plugin	Main	`{ 'echasnovski/mini.tabline', version = false },`
Standalone plugin	Stable	`{ 'echasnovski/mini.tabline', version = '*' },`

With junegunn/vim-plug

Github repo	Branch	Code snippet
'mini.nvim' library	Main	`Plug 'echasnovski/mini.nvim'`
'mini.nvim' library	Stable	`Plug 'echasnovski/mini.nvim', { 'branch': 'stable' }`
Standalone plugin	Main	`Plug 'echasnovski/mini.tabline'`
Standalone plugin	Stable	`Plug 'echasnovski/mini.tabline', { 'branch': 'stable' }`

Important: don't forget to call require('mini.tabline').setup() to enable its functionality.

Note: if you are on Windows, there might be problems with too long file paths (like error: unable to create file <some file name>: Filename too long). Try doing one of the following:

Enable corresponding git global config value: git config --system core.longpaths true. Then try to reinstall.
Install plugin in other place with shorter path.

Default config

-- No need to copy this inside `setup()`. Will be used automatically.
{
  -- Whether to show file icons (requires 'mini.icons')
  show_icons = true,

  -- Function which formats the tab label
  -- By default surrounds with space and possibly prepends with icon
  format = nil,

  -- Whether to set Vim's settings for tabline (make it always shown and
  -- allow hidden buffers)
  set_vim_settings = true,

  -- Where to show tabpage section in case of multiple vim tabpages.
  -- One of 'left', 'right', 'none'.
  tabpage_section = 'left',
}

GravityShark0/mini.tabline