Preserve tab names on rename

[Kitchi]

When I have previously named a tab, and then I want to rename it, the original name is fully deleted. It would be nice if the current name was preserved, so minor modifications are made much easier.

For example, If I ctrl-t n and then ctrl-t r to name the tab my_tab_1 when I ctrl-t r to change the name of the tab, it goes completely blank. So If all I want to do is change it from my_tab_1 to my_tab_2 that becomes quite cumbersome. This will also make the behaviour consistent with how tmux handles tab renaming.

[orium]

👍 Often time I'm renaming because of a typo, and I don't need to rewrite the entire thing.

[cristiand391]

You can achieve this by modifing the default keybind:

from:

...
bind "r" { SwitchToMode "RenameTab"; TabNameInput 0; }
...

to:

...
bind "r" { SwitchToMode "RenameTab"; }
...

see:
https://zellij.dev/documentation/configuration

[orium]

Ah, that's great! Thanks @cristiand391.

[orium]

I've tried bind "r" { SwitchToMode "RenameTab"; } and that doesn't quite work: there's no cursor so I can only append to the end of the existing name or delete characters at the end.