feat: add option always_show_tabline to control whether show `tabli…

…ne` when there are only one tab. (#1013) * feat: add option `always_show_tabline`. --------- Co-authored-by: shadmansaleh <[email protected]>
nvim-lualine · Nov 1, 2024 · 2563fa4 · 2563fa4
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ require('lualine').setup {
     },
     ignore_focus = {},
     always_divide_middle = true,
+    always_show_tabline = true,
     globalstatus = false,
     refresh = {
       statusline = 1000,
@@ -378,6 +379,10 @@ options = {
                                -- can't take over the entire statusline even
                                -- if neither of 'x', 'y' or 'z' are present.
 
+  always_show_tabline = true -- When set to true, if you have configured lualine for displaying tabline
+                          -- then tabline will always show. If set to false, then tabline will be displayed
+                          -- only when there are more than 1 tab. (see :h showtabline)
+
   globalstatus = false,        -- enable global statusline (have a single statusline
                                -- at bottom of neovim instead of one for  every window).
                                -- This feature is only available in neovim 0.7 and higher.

diff --git a/lua/lualine.lua b/lua/lualine.lua
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ local function set_tabline(hide)
       "call v:lua.require'lualine'.refresh({'kind': 'tabpage', 'place': ['tabline'], 'trigger': 'autocmd'})",
       'lualine_tal_refresh'
     )
-    modules.nvim_opts.set('showtabline', 2, { global = true })
+    modules.nvim_opts.set('showtabline', config.options.always_show_tabline and 2 or 1, { global = true })
     timers.halt_tal_refresh = false
   else
     modules.nvim_opts.restore('tabline', { global = true })

diff --git a/lua/lualine/config.lua b/lua/lualine/config.lua
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ local config = {
     },
     ignore_focus = {},
     always_divide_middle = true,
+    always_show_tabline = true,
     globalstatus = vim.go.laststatus == 3,
     refresh = {
       statusline = 1000,

diff --git a/tests/spec/lualine_spec.lua b/tests/spec/lualine_spec.lua
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ describe('Lualine', function()
         },
         ignore_focus = {},
         always_divide_middle = true,
+        always_show_tabline = true,
         globalstatus = false,
         refresh = {
           statusline = 1000,