From 752028944232c4e93d6fbd52114c4fd82e1d92b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CJ van den Berg <cj@vdbonline.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 09:54:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: always update tab views when splits arrangement has
 changed

closes #485
---
 src/tui/mainview.zig    | 2 +-
 src/tui/status/tabs.zig | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/tui/mainview.zig b/src/tui/mainview.zig
index f444d10..5cdf21c 100644
--- a/src/tui/mainview.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mainview.zig
@@ -1739,6 +1739,7 @@ fn add_and_activate_view(self: *Self, widget: Widget) !void {
     try self.views.add(widget);
     self.active_view = self.views.widgets.items.len - 1;
     if (self.views.get_at(self.active_view)) |view| view.focus();
+    _ = try self.widgets_widget.msg(.{"splits_updated"});
 }
 
 pub fn find_view_for_widget(self: *Self, w_: *const Widget) ?usize {
@@ -1864,7 +1865,6 @@ fn create_home(self: *Self) !void {
 pub fn create_home_split(self: *Self) !void {
     tui.reset_drag_context();
     try self.add_and_activate_view(try home.create(self.allocator, Widget.to(self)));
-    _ = try self.widgets_widget.msg(.{"splits_updated"});
     tui.resize();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/tui/status/tabs.zig b/src/tui/status/tabs.zig
index 00fcd91..b7bc505 100644
--- a/src/tui/status/tabs.zig
+++ b/src/tui/status/tabs.zig
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ pub const TabBar = struct {
         const mv = tui.mainview() orelse @panic("tabs no main view");
         const buffer_manager = tui.get_buffer_manager() orelse @panic("tabs no buffer manager");
         var prev_widget_count: usize = 0;
+
         for (self.widget_list.widgets.items) |*split_widgetstate| if (split_widgetstate.widget.dynamic_cast(WidgetList)) |split| {
             prev_widget_count += 1;
             for (split.widgets.items) |_| prev_widget_count += 1;
@@ -296,6 +297,10 @@ pub const TabBar = struct {
             split.deinit(self.widget_list.allocator);
         };
 
+        for (self.tabs) |*tab| if (buffer_manager.buffer_from_ref(tab.buffer_ref)) |buffer| {
+            tab.view = buffer.get_last_view() orelse 0;
+        };
+
         const views = mv.get_view_count();
 
         var widget_count: usize = 0;