zbuffers

Convenient switching between tabs with search capabilities.

A Zellij plugin heavily inspired by Emacs vertico/switch-workspace-buffer and Zellij session-manager resurection tab.

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Installation

Download the plugin binary from the latest release

$ mkdir -p ~/.config/zellij/plugins && \
   curl -L "https://github.com/strech/zbuffers/releases/latest/download/zbuffers.wasm" \
        -o ~/.config/zellij/plugins/zbuffers.wasm

Add this shared key binding into keybinds section of your Zellij config

shared_except "locked" {
    bind "Ctrl b" {
        LaunchOrFocusPlugin "file:~/.config/zellij/plugins/zbuffers.wasm" {
            floating true
        }
        SwitchToMode "Normal"
    }
}

Plugin key bindings are:

Important

Key bindings prefixed with Ctrl + might interfere with default key bindings

Key (default)	Emacs	Vim	Action
Esc	Ctrl + g	Ctrl + c	Hide the plugin
Up	Ctrl + p	Ctrl + k	Move up
Down	Ctrl + n	Ctrl + j	Move down
Tab			Auto-complete search (selected tab name)
Backspace			Delete character from search
Enter			Switch to the selected tab
(any character)			Start searching

Development

# If you don't have Zellij installed already
cargo install zellij

# Building the plugin
cargo build

# Building the plugin for release
cargo build --release

# Running in Zellij
zellij --layout plugin-dev-workspace.kdl
zellij --layout plugin-dev-workspace.kdl options --theme dark

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/Strech/zbuffers/issues.