option to 'always show tab bar'

[wizetek]

A new terminal window with a single tab (tab is not visible) has default dimensions of 80x24. When a second tab is opened, the working area shrinks to 79x22 (size possibly differs depending on the toolkit/theme/etc.) and at this point two tabs are actually visible in the window.

I would like to have an option to always show the tab bar, even if there is only one tab, so that I can apply mouse actions to the single tab (e.g. double-click to rename, click on x to close) and so that the working area dimensions remain consistent after adding more tabs.

In comparison, this functionality is present in Xfce Terminal via a config option 'MiscAlwaysShowTabs=TRUE'. An option to control this in Terminator's Preferences would be great but a setting in ~/.config/terminator/config would be more than enough.

Thank you for your time, effort, and consideration.

[mattrose]

Interesting. I'll take a look at this

[mattrose]

Not as easy as I was hoping it would be, but still a good idea.

[mgsanava]

I would like to have an option to always show the tab bar, even if there is only one tab, so that I can apply mouse actions to the single tab (e.g. double-click to rename, click on x to close) and so that the working area dimensions remain consistent after adding more tabs.

This is a very good idea. Hope this is being implemented.

[sneerix]

+1 to this idea