Tab-Bar at bottom

Tab-Bar at bottom

[Peter]

Hello!

I'm enjoying the new tab-bar very much, displaying non-tab content
(time-of-day, celestial things [moon phase, sunrise/set], battery, wifi
status, things like that). However, as I'm using EXWM, this means that
now the upper screen edge no longer belongs to some client window (tabs
in various programs for example), but to the tab-bar. It would be really
nice if the tab-bar could be moved to the *bottom* of the screen. I've
looked in tab-bar.el, but haven't found anything, I guess there's no
proviso for that? Would this be a worthy addition to Emacs, or are there
reasons for not wanting the flexibility of moving the tab-bar to the
bottom?

Thanks a lot for such great releases!
Peter

Re: Tab-Bar at bottom

[Juri Linkov]

> I'm enjoying the new tab-bar very much, displaying non-tab content
> (time-of-day, celestial things [moon phase, sunrise/set], battery, wifi
> status, things like that). However, as I'm using EXWM, this means that
> now the upper screen edge no longer belongs to some client window (tabs
> in various programs for example), but to the tab-bar.

Sorry, I don't understand, I've never seen any such problems in EXWM.
The tab-bar is at the top, and a client window with tabs is below
like on this screenshot:
https://github.com/ch11ng/exwm/issues/638#issuecomment-559912638

> It would be really nice if the tab-bar could be moved to the *bottom*
> of the screen. I've looked in tab-bar.el, but haven't found anything,
> I guess there's no proviso for that? Would this be a worthy addition
> to Emacs, or are there reasons for not wanting the flexibility of
> moving the tab-bar to the bottom?

Interesting idea.  When implemented, it could be used as the "global
mode-line" taking space below or above the minibuffer/echo area.

Re: Tab-Bar at bottom

[Peter]

> Sorry, I don't understand, I've never seen any such problems in EXWM.
> The tab-bar is at the top, and a client window with tabs is below
> like on this screenshot:
> https://github.com/ch11ng/exwm/issues/638#issuecomment-559912638

Yes, that is "the problem". Normally I can just move the mouse to the
very top of the screen and assume I'm hitting a tab (in Firefox for
example). So I just need to get the horizontal motion right, vertically
it's very easy to hit (just go all the way up, can't overshoot).

However, now I can't do that, I have to move *down* a bit.

This is a problem specific to my use of the tab-bar, if I were using it
for actual *tabs* (and not as some sort of global information bar), this
would be a different story. However, I thought I'd ask whether there
might be any interest in having an option to move the tab-bar to the
very bottom. If this is a feature that might be acceptable for inclusion
in Emacs, I could try and see whether I can implement it ;)

Thanks and greetings,
Peter

Re: Tab-Bar at bottom

[Juri Linkov]

> This is a problem specific to my use of the tab-bar, if I were using it
> for actual *tabs* (and not as some sort of global information bar), this
> would be a different story. However, I thought I'd ask whether there
> might be any interest in having an option to move the tab-bar to the
> very bottom. If this is a feature that might be acceptable for inclusion
> in Emacs, I could try and see whether I can implement it ;)

This is a welcome addition.  And when you will implement
an additional bottom row for the tab-bar, I'm sure people will
ask to reuse it for the echo area separate from the minibuffer.