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Two File Tabs Bars?

#1

hello everyone,
I’m quite new to Sublime, but I like a lot how customizable Sublime Text is. However I’m missing a feature. I want to have two bars with file tabs on the top. I didn’t find any plugin giving me that functionality in Package Control. I’ve come across a solution proposed by other user, but it’s not what i want. His idea is to have two groups. One group is with very small height(0.00-0.05)(height). And the second(active) is the rest(0.05-1.00)(height). When I focus on the top(small) group, it changes its cell height to (0.05-1.00) and the other one changes its cell height to (0.00-0.05). This way, when i switch groups (tab bars), the position of the bars changes. The bar on the active group is always the bottom one.
I have 2 ideas in my mind. And I’m asking is either one of the possible. If so, I’ll try to make a plugin and share it with you.

Idea 1: we have two groups (Group1 - Top & Group2 -Bottom). The Group1 cell height is from (0.00-1.00), it covers the whole layout. The Group2 cell is (0.05-1.00), it is on top of Group1 and lets say its currently active. When i click on the top bar (Group1), all of the layout of Group2 get 100% transparent, except the tabs bar. And I have Group1 covering the whole layout and Group2 sitting on top of it and being transparent except the tabs bar. When I click on a tab on the Group2 bar, the Group2 gets transparent 0%.
I’m attaching a image to better explain what I mean:
https://photos-3.dropbox.com/t/2/AAAOYbQ1xsvia3hyCQnUsMCcbLXhXF6wjcIlk1GlBnhdtA/12/117219850/jpeg/32x32/1/_/1/2/idea1.jpg/CIrE8jcgASACIAMgBCAFIAYgBygBKAI/9_WgqpX7Z3hZMTQydvYIx1Htj59m_gtzL8XNFAwD5RE?size=1024x768&size_mode=2

Idea 2: Again having Group1 being at the very top with very little height(0.00-0.05) and Group2 being at the top with the same height(0.05-0.10). The other space (0.10-1.00) is occypied by some other Group3. When I click on Group1 tab, the content of that tab is shown in Group3 layout, and when I click on Group2 tab, the content is shown also in the Group3 tab. The Group3 layout is acting like some kind of buffer, where I load the content.

So my question is: Is it possible to realize any of my ideas. Does Sublime Text(3) plugins can have that kind of functionallity? If so, can you give me some guidance which functions and classes to use? If my ideas are not realizable, do you have any ideas how can this be done?

Thank you :smile:

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#2

I don’t believe there are any transparency options in the API, so I’d say your second idea is most viable.

Based on a quick scan of https://www.sublimetext.com/docs/3/api_reference.html:
I’d say some of these functions might come in handy:

Class sublime_plugin.EventListener

     on_activated(view)
     on_deactivated(view)

Class sublime.Window

     active_view()
     active_view_in_group(group)
     views()
     views_in_group(group)
     focus_group(group)
     focus_view(view)
     get_view_index(view)
     set_view_index(view, group, index)

You should be able to write a script that listens for a view change, and moves the newly selected view to your “main” group. Maybe even move the deactivated view back to one of your tab strips, if you wanted to.

Here’s a piece of code that I use to set a vertical split layout:

window = sublime.active_window()

window.run_command \
	(
		"set_layout",
			{
				"cols"  :  0.0, 0.5, 1.0 ],
				"rows"  :  0.0, 1.0 ],
				"cells" :   0, 0, 1, 1 ],  1, 0, 2, 1 ] ]
			}
	)

And for creating your custom layout, here’s a nice reference that explains how to set up your coordinates:
http://nikolaloncar.com/sublime-text-custom-layout-tutorial-inside-out-with-examples/

Cool plugin idea :smiley:
Def post when you’re finished!

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