diff --git a/src/tui/mainview.zig b/src/tui/mainview.zig
index 9fe0104..9605564 100644
--- a/src/tui/mainview.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mainview.zig
@@ -1182,6 +1182,16 @@ const cmds = struct {
         _ = try self.widgets_widget.msg(.{"previous_tab"});
     }
     pub const previous_tab_meta: Meta = .{ .description = "Switch to previous tab" };
+
+    pub fn move_tab_next(self: *Self, _: Ctx) Result {
+        _ = try self.widgets_widget.msg(.{"move_tab_next"});
+    }
+    pub const move_tab_next_meta: Meta = .{ .description = "Move tab to next position" };
+
+    pub fn move_tab_previous(self: *Self, _: Ctx) Result {
+        _ = try self.widgets_widget.msg(.{"move_tab_previous"});
+    }
+    pub const move_tab_previous_meta: Meta = .{ .description = "Move tab to previous position" };
 };
 
 pub fn handle_editor_event(self: *Self, _: tp.pid_ref, m: tp.message) tp.result {
diff --git a/src/tui/status/tabs.zig b/src/tui/status/tabs.zig
index 2072c73..c324f25 100644
--- a/src/tui/status/tabs.zig
+++ b/src/tui/status/tabs.zig
@@ -155,6 +155,10 @@ pub const TabBar = struct {
             self.select_next_tab();
         } else if (try m.match(.{"previous_tab"})) {
             self.select_previous_tab();
+        } else if (try m.match(.{"move_tab_next"})) {
+            self.move_tab_next();
+        } else if (try m.match(.{"move_tab_previous"})) {
+            self.move_tab_previous();
         } else if (try m.match(.{ "E", "open", tp.extract(&file_path), tp.more })) {
             self.active_buffer_ref = if (buffer_manager.get_buffer_for_file(file_path)) |buffer|
                 buffer_manager.buffer_to_ref(buffer)
@@ -277,6 +281,26 @@ pub const TabBar = struct {
         if (goto) |tab| navigate_to_tab(tab);
     }
 
+    fn move_tab_next(self: *Self) void {
+        tp.trace(tp.channel.debug, .{"move_tab_next"});
+        for (self.tabs, 0..) |*tab, idx| if (tab.buffer_ref == self.active_buffer_ref and idx < self.tabs.len - 1) {
+            const tmp = self.tabs[idx + 1];
+            self.tabs[idx + 1] = self.tabs[idx];
+            self.tabs[idx] = tmp;
+            break;
+        };
+    }
+
+    fn move_tab_previous(self: *Self) void {
+        tp.trace(tp.channel.debug, .{"move_tab_previous"});
+        for (self.tabs, 0..) |*tab, idx| if (tab.buffer_ref == self.active_buffer_ref and idx > 0) {
+            const tmp = self.tabs[idx - 1];
+            self.tabs[idx - 1] = self.tabs[idx];
+            self.tabs[idx] = tmp;
+            break;
+        };
+    }
+
     fn navigate_to_tab(tab: *const TabBarTab) void {
         const buffer_manager = tui.get_buffer_manager() orelse @panic("tabs no buffer manager");
         if (buffer_manager.buffer_from_ref(tab.buffer_ref)) |buffer|