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karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

urxvt tabs switching glitch

Once in a while when switching urxvt tabs (Shift + cursor arrow) they glitch and I can switch only between some tabs e.g. 4, 5 and 6. When I'm on tab 6 and want to go right, I get to tab 4 instead of tab 7.

Visualization. I'm going right all the time 1->2->3 etc. (but going left doesn't help). 'X' marks the tab I'm currently on:

X | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 
1 | X | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 
1 | 2 | X | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 
1 | 2 | 3 | X | 5 | 6 | 7 
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | X | 6 | 7 
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | X | 7 
1 | 2 | 3 | X | 5 | 6 | 7 
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | X | 6 | 7 
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | X | 7 
1 | 2 | 3 | X | 5 | 6 | 7 
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | X | 6 | 7 
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | X | 7 

I start the terminal with

urxvtc -pe tabbed

Any ideas?

Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

Posts: 29,523

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Re: urxvt tabs switching glitch

*giggles at Karol posting in the Newbie Corner ... NOOB*

I couldn't replicate this here, it works as expected and I can't imagine what would cause this.  However, I wanted to suggest an alternative: I just started using tmux-git which allows the status bar to be on top.  With this, and a decent tmux-conf, one can replicate all the behavior of urxvt-tabbed with more flexibility in customizing what the "tabbar" looks like.

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karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: urxvt tabs switching glitch

*giggles at Karol posting in the Newbie Corner ... NOOB*

'Applications & Desktop Environments' might be slightly better suited but meh ;P

It's an intermittent issue and not a huge deal. 'Ctrl + cursor arrow' allows me to break out of this vicious circle of tabs.
Thanks for the info about tmux-git, I'll check it in my "spare time" :-)