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Place the windows of an application into tabs drawn on its titlebar

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API Documentation

Functions

enableForApp
Signature hs.tabs.enableForApp(app)
Type Function
Description

Places all the windows of an app into one place and tab them

Parameters:

  • app - An hs.application object or the app title

Returns:

  • None
focusTab
Signature hs.tabs.focusTab(app, num)
Type Function
Description

Focuses a specific tab of an app

Parameters:

  • app - An hs.application object previously enabled for tabbing
  • num - A tab number to switch to

Returns:

  • None

Notes:

  • If num is higher than the number of tabs, the last tab will be focussed
tabWindows
Signature hs.tabs.tabWindows(app)
Type Function
Description

Gets a list of the tabs of a window

Parameters:

  • app - An hs.application object

Returns:

  • An array of the tabbed windows of an app in the same order as they would be tabbed

Notes:

  • This function can be used when writing tab switchers