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Add a horizontal tab bar for `boo ui`

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
zig
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by locating the existing tab-bar implementation and the layout or configuration entry point for boo ui. Determine how a horizontal tab bar should be selected as an option, then verify that tabs render horizontally without breaking the terminal multiplexer UI; done means the requested layout works in the user's portrait-oriented terminal view.

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Description

As young as this project is it really sounds great!

One thing for me though is that I prefer a horizontal tab line. Main reason being that with a standard 4k monitor I use half of my screen for my terminal so I can have something else open at the safe time and so my terminal ends up in portrait mode and horizontal space is at a premium. If boo had a horizonal tab bar as an option it would basically match my current tmux use .

Thanks and keep up the good work!

Dominant language
Zig
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Forks
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