Tab bar to the side

[bewzaalex]

On modern wide screen monitors we have a lot of horizontal space.
iTerm2 on MacOs provide feature that allow you attach tab bar to any of screen edges.
Kitty allow attach the tab bar only to top or bottom edges.
I found hyper`s plugin that allowing that - https://github.com/randallsquared/hyper-vertical-tabs
Use it as example ;)
I realy miss tabs-to-the-side feature in linux terminals :(
It be very very cool if kitty does it.

[kovidgoyal]

Sorry not something I am interested in, I prefer to use wide screen to
tile terminals rather than tab bars, but patches are welcome.

[ctrlcctrlv]

I suppose you're asking for something like this, but much less broken?

The patch that does this is so embarrassingly broken I won't be distributing it, and I have no idea whether or not I'll finish this, but what do you think of the screenshot @bewzaalex ?

[bewzaalex]

I created an example for you:

sorry, please tell me, can they be turned off somehow?

[alttabber]

The thing about vertical tabs is that they should not consume much horizontal space either: they should be in a condensed state by default, here's a lazy mockup:

And, when you absolutely need it, you can switch to the expanded layout that gives you the full (clipped) name of the tab, Another lazy mockup:

You can switch between the two via a keybinding.