Layout Templates
The templates section of the layout file describes the structure of the layout. To understand how it works let us look at the default layout a little bit closer.
zellij setup --dump-layout default:
---
template:
direction: Horizontal
parts:
- direction: Vertical # part 1
borderless: true
split_size:
Fixed: 1
run:
plugin:
location: "zellij:tab-bar"
- direction: Vertical # part 2
body: true
- direction: Vertical # part 3
borderless: true
split_size:
Fixed: 2
run:
plugin:
location: "zellij:status-bar"
The default layout consists of three parts. The plugin tab-bar (part 1), a body (part 2) and the status-bar plugin (part 3).
Since the tabs section is empty, a default pane will be inserted in to the
body section
Let us now use the default layout and build upon it:
---
template:
direction: Horizontal
parts:
- direction: Vertical # part 1
borderless: true
split_size:
Fixed: 1
run:
plugin:
location: "zellij:tab-bar"
- direction: Vertical # part 2
body: true
- direction: Vertical # part 3
borderless: true
split_size:
Fixed: 2
run:
plugin:
location: "zellij:status-bar"
tabs:
- name: "tab 1" # tab 1
- name: "tab 2" # tab 2
direction: Vertical
parts:
- direction: Horizontal
- direction: Horizontal
- name: "tab 3" # tab 3
direction: Vertical
parts:
- direction: Horizontal
- direction: Horizontal
parts:
- direction: Horizontal
- direction: Vertical
This layout will create the following tabs upon loading.
Tab 1:
Tab 2:
Tab 3:
This is how the tabs would look like with pane frames disabled.
Tab 1:
Tab 2:
Tab 3:
