dumbtab.nvim

A neovim tabline so simple it's dumb

Preview

Features included in Dumbtab.nvim:

Formatting of the tabline

Asterisk to show modified buffers

Overview

This plugin was inspired from tabline.vim

The main reason for creating this plugin was due to wanting a simple tabline in my neovim config without needing to install a nerd font and 10 other things; I know I'm probably the only dev who doesn't like using nerd fonts, shoot me.

Installation

Lazy

{
    'nathanberry97/dumbtab.nvim'
}

Packer

use {
    'nathanberry97/dumbtab.nvim'
}

Setup

:h dumbtab.nvim

Once installed you will need to add the following to your config to initialise the plugin:

-- Setup dumbtab configuration
require('dumbtab').setup()

Note if you initialise the plugin before you set your theme the colours for the tabline will be overwritten

Key mappings

In terms of using the functionality of the plugin I have defined one custom keymapping to create new tabs:

vim.keymap.set('n', '<leader>t', ':tabedit .<CR>')

This results in you being able to press your leader key followed by t to create new tabs in neovim.

To switch between your tabs I use the default keymappings provided which are:

gt go to next tab
gT go to previous tab

To close the tab just use :q

Pre-commit

This repository uses pre-commit to lint the code before it is committed to the repository. This is to ensure that the code is formatted correctly.

To install pre-commit you can use the following command:

pip install pre-commit

Once installed you can run the following command to install the Pre-commit hooks:

pre-commit install