From 677d978932bd34853cd4d4c0291a8c86eac576ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: voidarc <admin@voidarc.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 17:59:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] made tabs better to use in general, telescope buffer picker
 navigates to open pane

---
 lua/config/binds.lua            | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 lua/plugins/utils/telescope.lua | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lua/config/binds.lua b/lua/config/binds.lua
index 28c4a79..3d73074 100644
--- a/lua/config/binds.lua
+++ b/lua/config/binds.lua
@@ -83,5 +83,22 @@ Keymap("n", "<leader>fg", function()
 end)
 
 Keymap("n", "<leader>fb", function()
-	builtin.buffers({ cwd = vim.fn.expand("%:p:h") }) -- buffers don’t need cwd, but harmless
+	builtin.buffers({ show_all_buffers = true })
+end)
+
+-- Tab binds
+Keymap("n", "<C-T>l", function()
+	vim.cmd("tabnext")
+end)
+
+Keymap("n", "<C-T>h", function()
+	vim.cmd("tabprevious")
+end)
+
+Keymap("n", "<C-T>j", function()
+	vim.cmd("tabnew")
+end)
+
+Keymap("n", "<C-T>q", function()
+	vim.cmd("tabclose")
 end)
diff --git a/lua/plugins/utils/telescope.lua b/lua/plugins/utils/telescope.lua
index c2a1b20..466b22f 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/utils/telescope.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/utils/telescope.lua
@@ -8,11 +8,23 @@ vim.pack.add({
 	{ src = "https://github.com/2kabhishek/nerdy.nvim", name = "telescope-nerdy" },
 })
 
+local actions = require("telescope.actions")
 require("telescope").setup({
 	defaults = {
 		file_ignore_patterns = { ".git", ".venv", ".node_modules", "node_modules", ".svelte-kit", ".vscode" },
 	},
 	pickers = {
+		buffers = {
+			show_all_buffers = true,
+			mappings = {
+				i = {
+					["<CR>"] = actions.select_drop,
+				},
+				n = {
+					["<CR>"] = actions.select_drop,
+				},
+			},
+		},
 		live_grep = {
 			additional_args = function()
 				return { "--hidden" }