The tab scrolling is lackluster
Which is a shame, cause it's a great thing to have. To make the horizontal tab scrolling worth it at all it needs two things:
Adjust the tab width
And adjust the scroll speed
Both of these things not being there are making this feature a non-use.
Posted Feb 14, 2022, 7:39 AM UTC
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I think they need to proceed cautiously with the tab width. I prefer the horizontal bar because it has no tab resizing. I find the constant shuffling and resizing of a regular tab bar to be visually irritating. I've been using vertical tabs to address that, but vertical tabs have other issues.
I do think there should be a tab width setting in the options, but I am concerned how they would implement it. Currently, there's an option to change the minimum width of the active tab. This only comes into play with regular horizontal tabs, where the option prevents the active tab from shrinking beyond the designated size. Having another option there for "minimum tab width" would therefore be a confusing addition, and a probable cause for issues. For example, say you have a "minimum tab width" that is bigger than your "active tab width". The expected result here is that the active tab is smaller than the rest of the tabs. But that makes no sense.
TL;DR: The point of horizontal scrolling tabs is that the tabs stay a fixed width. Changing that would be nonsense.