* lisp/tab-bar.el (tab-bar-show-inactive-group-tabs): New defcustom.

(tab-bar-format-tabs-groups): Use it (bug#71939).
Suggested by Ship Mints <shipmints@gmail.com>.

(cherry picked from commit 63e609f6aa1e058c709b84cf132fab7ce7ecb5ee)

diff --git a/lisp/tab-bar.el b/lisp/tab-bar.el
index 4edcb27fb0474f01a981535183d589a3ab1d10a5..a4d40c5de7fce4bc391e48c9c51b2fe8c571021b 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/tab-bar.el
+++ b/lisp/tab-bar.el
@@ -1064,6 +1064,16 @@ when the tab is current.  Return the result as a keymap."
              (tab-bar-select-tab ,i))))
       :help "Click to visit group"))))
 
+(defcustom tab-bar-show-inactive-group-tabs nil
+  "Show tabs even if they are in inactive groups."
+  :type 'boolean
+  :initialize #'custom-initialize-default
+  :set (lambda (sym val)
+         (set-default sym val)
+         (force-mode-line-update))
+  :group 'tab-bar
+  :version "31.1")
+
 (defun tab-bar-format-tabs-groups ()
   "Produce tabs for the tab bar grouped according to their groups."
   (let* ((tabs (funcall tab-bar-tabs-function))
@@ -1080,7 +1090,8 @@ when the tab is current.  Return the result as a keymap."
                  ((or (equal tab-group current-group) (not tab-group))
                   (append
                    ;; Prepend current group name before first tab
-                   (when (and (not (equal previous-group tab-group)) tab-group)
+                   (when (and (not (equal previous-group tab-group))
+                              tab-group)
                      (tab-bar--format-tab-group tab i t))
                    ;; Override default tab faces to use group faces
                    (let ((tab-bar-tab-face-function
@@ -1088,9 +1099,17 @@ when the tab is current.  Return the result as a keymap."
                      (tab-bar--format-tab tab i))))
                  ;; Show first tab of other groups with a group name
                  ((not (equal previous-group tab-group))
-                  (tab-bar--format-tab-group tab i))
+                  (append
+                   (tab-bar--format-tab-group tab i)
+                   (when tab-bar-show-inactive-group-tabs
+                     (let ((tab-bar-tab-face-function
+                            tab-bar-tab-group-face-function))
+                       (tab-bar--format-tab tab i)))))
                  ;; Hide other group tabs
-                 (t nil))
+                 (t (when tab-bar-show-inactive-group-tabs
+                      (let ((tab-bar-tab-face-function
+                             tab-bar-tab-group-face-function))
+                        (tab-bar--format-tab tab i)))))
            (setq previous-group tab-group))))
      tabs)))