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Add macOS window tabs (#33334)
Closes https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/14722
Closes https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/4948
Closes https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/7136

Follow up of https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/20557 and
https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/32238.

Based on the discussions in the previous PRs and the pairing session
with @ConradIrwin I've decided to rewrite it from scratch, to properly
incorporate all the requirements. The feature is opt-in, the settings is
set to false by default. Once enabled via the Zed settings, it will
behave according to the user’s system preference, without requiring a
restart — the next window opened will adopt the new behavior (similar to
Ghostty).

I’m not entirely sure if the changes to the Window class are the best
approach. I’ve tried to keep things flexible enough that other
applications built with GPUI won’t be affected (while giving them the
option to still use it), but I’d appreciate input on whether this
direction makes sense long-term.



https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9573e094-4394-41ad-930c-5375a8204cbf

### Features
* System-aware tabbing behavior
* Respects the three system modes: Always, Never, and Fullscreen
(default on macOS)
* Changing the Zed setting does not require a restart — the next window
reflects the change
* Full theme support
    * Integrates with light and dark themes
* [One
Dark](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d1f55ff7-2339-4b09-9faf-d3d610ba7ca2)
* [One
Light](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7776e30c-2686-493e-9598-cdcd7e476ecf)
    * Supports opaque/blurred/transparent themes as best as possible
* [One Dark -
blurred](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c4521311-66cb-4cee-9e37-15146f6869aa)
* Dynamic layout adjustments
    * Only reserves tab bar space when tabs are actually visible
* [With
tabs](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3b6db943-58c5-4f55-bdf4-33d23ca7d820)
* [Without
tabs](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2d175959-5efc-4e4f-a15c-0108925c582e)
* VS Code compatibility
* Supports the `window.nativeTabs` setting in the VS Code settings
importer
* Command palette integration
    * Adds commands for managing tabs to the command palette
* These can be assigned to keyboard shortcuts as well, but didn't add
defaults as to not reserve precious default key combinations

Happy to pair again if things can be improved codewise, or if
explanations are necessary for certain choices!



Release Notes:
* Added support for native macOS window tabbing. When you set
`"use_system_window_tabs": true`, Zed will merge windows in the same was
as macOS: by default this happens only when full screened, but you can
adjust your macOS settings to have this happen on all windows.

---------

Co-authored-by: Conrad Irwin <conrad.irwin@gmail.com>
2025-08-28 03:51:22 +00:00
.cargo windows: Publish nightly (#24800) 2025-07-09 08:57:03 +08:00
.cloudflare docs: Document context servers (#21170) 2024-11-25 11:05:14 -05:00
.config emmet: Extract to zed-extensions/emmet repository (#36323) 2025-08-16 17:02:51 +00:00
.github chore: Fix typo in 10_bug_report.yml (#36922) 2025-08-26 11:05:40 +02:00
.zed Ensure *.json recognized as JSONC if checkout folder not zed (#34289) 2025-07-11 14:25:09 +00:00
assets Add macOS window tabs (#33334) 2025-08-28 03:51:22 +00:00
crates Add macOS window tabs (#33334) 2025-08-28 03:51:22 +00:00
docs Add macOS window tabs (#33334) 2025-08-28 03:51:22 +00:00
extensions editor: Add "Wrap Selections in Tag" action (#36948) 2025-08-28 02:37:32 +05:30
legal ci: Check for broken links (#30844) 2025-06-06 09:39:35 +00:00
nix Use IBM Plex Sans / Lilex (#36084) 2025-08-13 13:25:52 -06:00
script Add get stable channel release notes script (#36969) 2025-08-26 23:35:29 +00:00
tooling acp: Remove ACP v0 (#36785) 2025-08-22 22:09:08 -06:00
.clinerules Initial .rules file for agent with symlinks for other rules file paths (#29014) 2025-04-17 23:41:23 +00:00
.cursorrules Initial .rules file for agent with symlinks for other rules file paths (#29014) 2025-04-17 23:41:23 +00:00
.git-blame-ignore-revs Add PR 15352 to .git-blame-ignore-revs (#30870) 2025-05-17 11:35:58 +00:00
.gitattributes Prevent GitHub from displaying comments within JSON files as errors (#7043) 2024-01-29 23:11:25 -05:00
.gitignore Account for issue types in top-ranking issues script (#33118) 2025-06-20 14:19:29 -04:00
.mailmap Update .mailmap (#30874) 2025-05-17 12:34:42 +00:00
.prettierrc ci: Add check for formatting default.json (#30034) 2025-05-06 18:55:26 +00:00
.rules gpui: Simplify Action macros + support doc comments in actions! (#33263) 2025-06-24 04:34:51 +00:00
.windsurfrules Initial .rules file for agent with symlinks for other rules file paths (#29014) 2025-04-17 23:41:23 +00:00
Cargo.lock Revert "Remote LSP logs (#36709)" (#37051) 2025-08-27 23:24:19 +00:00
Cargo.toml Enhance syntax highlight for C++20 keywords (#36817) 2025-08-27 04:31:57 +00:00
CLAUDE.md Initial .rules file for agent with symlinks for other rules file paths (#29014) 2025-04-17 23:41:23 +00:00
clippy.toml Restructure agent context (#29233) 2025-04-24 21:29:33 +00:00
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md Remove community content from docs and point to zed.dev (#19895) 2024-10-29 09:44:58 -04:00
compose.yml Set stripe-mock version to 0.178.0 to match stripe API version used (#34786) 2025-07-20 19:39:04 +00:00
CONTRIBUTING.md Allow icon themes to provide their own file associations (#24926) 2025-02-15 00:35:13 +00:00
Cross.toml Add remote server cross compilation (#19136) 2024-10-12 23:23:56 -07:00
debug.plist WIP 2023-12-14 09:25:14 -07:00
default.nix Fix nix build (#26270) 2025-03-10 01:06:11 -07:00
docker-compose.sql collab: Setup database for LLM service (#15882) 2024-08-06 17:18:08 -04:00
Dockerfile-collab Revert "Revert "chore: Bump Rust to 1.89 (#35788)"" (#35937) 2025-08-09 23:48:58 +02:00
Dockerfile-collab.dockerignore ci: Move collab to Dockerfile-collab (#18515) 2024-09-30 16:14:26 -04:00
Dockerfile-cross Add remote server cross compilation (#19136) 2024-10-12 23:23:56 -07:00
Dockerfile-cross.dockerignore Add remote server cross compilation (#19136) 2024-10-12 23:23:56 -07:00
Dockerfile-distros Support More Linux (#18480) 2024-09-30 17:46:21 -04:00
Dockerfile-distros.dockerignore Support More Linux (#18480) 2024-09-30 17:46:21 -04:00
flake.lock Revert "Revert "chore: Bump Rust to 1.89 (#35788)"" (#35937) 2025-08-09 23:48:58 +02:00
flake.nix nix: Add job names and garnix substitutor (#31625) 2025-05-28 13:32:12 -07:00
LICENSE-AGPL Update license year (#24191) 2025-02-04 09:02:59 -05:00
LICENSE-APACHE Update license year (#24191) 2025-02-04 09:02:59 -05:00
LICENSE-GPL Licenses: change license fields in Cargo.toml to AGPL-3.0-or-later. (#5535) 2024-01-27 13:51:16 +01:00
livekit.yaml Add LiveKit server to Docker Compose (#7907) 2024-02-16 10:49:48 -05:00
lychee.toml ci: Check for broken links (#30844) 2025-06-06 09:39:35 +00:00
Procfile Update instructions for local collaboration (#35689) 2025-08-06 11:10:28 -07:00
Procfile.postgrest Fix llm queries (#16006) 2024-08-08 17:21:38 -07:00
Procfile.web Add a few more testing features (#36778) 2025-08-22 22:17:02 +00:00
README.md Adjust Zed badge (#35290) 2025-07-29 14:24:10 -04:00
renovate.json renovate: Require dependency dashboard approval for updates (#29065) 2025-04-18 18:44:30 +00:00
rust-toolchain.toml Eliminate host targets from rust toolchain file (#36077) 2025-08-12 14:36:48 -07:00
shell.nix Fix nix build (#26270) 2025-03-10 01:06:11 -07:00
typos.toml Remove /docs slash command (#36325) 2025-08-16 19:00:31 +00:00

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