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Pane traversal with one tab open

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#1,444 opened on May 31, 2022

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Description

When traversing panes within one tab in the multiplexer there is a case where I would like to see a small behaviour change. If we have one tab open and we jump to the right until there is no more panes I would expect that jumping right would place the cursor at the left most pane. As in :

|          |            | 
|          |         ▮  | # then pressing alt + l 
|          |            |
should be 

|          |            | 
| ▮        |            | 
|          |            |

This works well when we have multiple tabs open, it's just this edge case. Currently the cursor just stays in place and ignores the keyboard

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Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
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half day
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stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
RustZellij architecturePane traversal logic
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
75
Research direction
Examine the pane traversal logic in the Zellij codebase, likely in modules related to pane management. Look for how cursor movement is handled when multiple tabs are present vs single tab. Identify the condition that causes the cursor to stay instead of wrapping. Implement a fix to wrap to the leftmost pane in the single tab case.