---
name: "urxvt-tabbed"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "rxvt-unicode"
version: "9.31-11"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/urxvt-tabbed"
---

# urxvt-tabbed(1)

tabbed interface to urxvt

## NAME

tabbed - tabbed interface to urxvt

## DESCRIPTION

This transforms the terminal into a tabbar with additional terminals, that is, it implements what is commonly referred to as "tabbed terminal". The topmost line displays a "\[NEW\]" button, which, when clicked, will add a new tab, followed by one button per tab.

Clicking a button will activate that tab. Pressing **Shift-Left** and **Shift-Right** will switch to the tab left or right of the current one, while **Shift-Down** creates a new tab. Pressing **Ctrl-Left** and **Ctrl-Right** will renumber the current tab by moving it to the left or to the right.

The tabbar itself can be configured similarly to a normal terminal, but with a resource class of `"URxvt.tabbed"`. In addition, it supports the following four resources (shown with defaults):

```
   URxvt.tabbed.tabbar-fg: <colour-index, default 3>
   URxvt.tabbed.tabbar-bg: <colour-index, default 0>
   URxvt.tabbed.tab-fg:    <colour-index, default 0>
   URxvt.tabbed.tab-bg:    <colour-index, default 1>
```

See *COLOR AND GRAPHICS* in the [**urxvt**(1)](/urxvt/1.md) manpage for valid indices.