[vim/vim] gvim tabs not showing on startup (regression in 9.1) (Issue #19723)
twjobs2005
twjobs2005 created an issue (vim/vim#19723)Steps to reproduce
gvim -p *
(in a directory with a few files)
Tab headers do not properly appear initially, only the first tab is visible. If I subsequently do certain operations, like type colon or try to navigate to the next tab with PageDown , all of the tabs that should have been visible before suddenly appear! It's magic! :)
Expected behaviour
All of the tab headers should be visible from the start (this is a regression as it used to work fine).
Version of Vim
VIM - Vi IMproved 9.1 (2024 Jan 02, compiled Jan 16 2026 00:00:00) Included patches: 1-2086
Environment
Fedora Silverblue Version: 43.20260201.0 (2026-02-01T00:27:58Z)
ptyxis (Terminal) 49.2
GNU bash, version 5.3.0(1)-release (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu)
Logs and stack traces
gvim --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 9.1 (2024 Jan 02, compiled Jan 16 2026 00:00:00)
Included patches: 1-2086
Modified by <bugz...@redhat.com>
Compiled by <bugz...@redhat.com>
Huge version with GTK3 GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
+acl
+arabic
+autocmd
+autochdir
-autoservername
+balloon_eval
+balloon_eval_term
+browse
++builtin_terms
+byte_offset
+channel
+cindent
+clientserver
+clipboard
+clipboard_provider
+cmdline_compl
+cmdline_hist
+cmdline_info
+comments
+conceal
+cryptv
+cscope
+cursorbind
+cursorshape
+dialog_con_gui
+diff
+digraphs
+dnd
-ebcdic
+emacs_tags
+eval
+ex_extra
+extra_search
-farsi
+file_in_path
+find_in_path
+float
+folding
-footer
+fork()
+gettext
-hangul_input
+iconv
+insert_expand
+ipv6
+job
+jumplist
+keymap
+lambda
+langmap
+libcall
+linebreak
+lispindent
+listcmds
+localmap
+lua/dyn
+menu
+mksession
+modify_fname
+mouse
+mouseshape
+mouse_dec
+mouse_gpm
-mouse_jsbterm
+mouse_netterm
+mouse_sgr
-mouse_sysmouse
+mouse_urxvt
+mouse_xterm
+multi_byte
+multi_lang
-mzscheme
+netbeans_intg
+num64
+packages
+path_extra
+perl/dyn
+persistent_undo
+popupwin
+postscript
+printer
+profile
-python
+python3/dyn-stable
+quickfix
+reltime
+rightleft
+ruby/dyn
+scrollbind
+signs
+smartindent
+socketserver
+sodium
+sound
+spell
+startuptime
+statusline
-sun_workshop
+syntax
+tabpanel
+tag_binary
-tag_old_static
-tag_any_white
-tcl
+termguicolors
+terminal
+terminfo
+termresponse
+textobjects
+textprop
+timers
+title
+toolbar
+user_commands
+vartabs
+vertsplit
+vim9script
+viminfo
+virtualedit
+visual
+visualextra
+vreplace
+wayland
+wayland_clipboard
+wayland_focus_steal
+wildignore
+wildmenu
+windows
+writebackup
+X11
+xattr
-xfontset
+xim
-xpm
+xsmp_interact
+xterm_clipboard
-xterm_save
system vimrc file: "/etc/vimrc"
user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
2nd user vimrc file: "~/.vim/vimrc"
3rd user vimrc file: "~/.config/vim/vimrc"
user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
system gvimrc file: "$VIM/gvimrc"
user gvimrc file: "$HOME/.gvimrc"
2nd user gvimrc file: "~/.vim/gvimrc"
3rd user gvimrc file: "~/.config/vim/gvimrc"
defaults file: "$VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim"
system menu file: "$VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim"
fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK -I/usr/include/gtk-3.0 -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/cloudproviders -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -I/usr/include/glycin-2 -I/usr/include/at-spi2-atk/2.0 -I/usr/include/at-spi-2.0 -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/../../include/dbus-1.0 -I/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/../../lib64/dbus-1.0/include -I/usr/include/fribidi -I/usr/include/libxml2 -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I/usr/include/harfbuzz -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng16 -I/usr/include/gio-unix-2.0 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/libmount -I/usr/include/blkid -I/usr/include/sysprof-6 -O2 -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fexceptions -g -grecord-gcc-switches -pipe -Wall -Wno-complain-wrong-lang -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -fstack-protector-strong -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1 -m64 -march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection -mtls-dialect=gnu2 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -mno-omit-leaf-frame-pointer -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -std=c17 -DSYS_VIMRC_FILE=/etc/vimrc -D_REENTRANT -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1
Linking: gcc -Wl,--enable-new-dtags -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-z,pack-relative-relocs -Wl,-z,now -Wl,--build-id=sha1 -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-z,pack-relative-relocs -Wl,-z,now -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld-errors -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1 -Wl,--build-id=sha1 -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-package-notes -L/usr/local/lib -o vim -lgtk-3 -lgdk-3 -lz -lpangocairo-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lharfbuzz -latk-1.0 -lcairo-gobject -lcairo -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lgio-2.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lSM -lICE -lXt -lX11 -lwayland-client -lm -lSM -lICE -lm -lselinux -lncurses -lcanberra -lsodium -lacl -lattr -lgpm
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Christian Brabandt
chrisbra left a comment (vim/vim#19723)please verify first with master
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twjobs2005
twjobs2005 left a comment (vim/vim#19723)I saw a comment in #18864 and tried
gvim --clean -p *
and this seems to work ok.
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twjobs2005
twjobs2005 left a comment (vim/vim#19723)please verify first with master
Sorry, I'm not building vim myself, just using the official latest version that's distributed in Fedora Silverblue, so not sure I can do that easily!
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twjobs2005
twjobs2005 left a comment (vim/vim#19723)I've just found an OS update and hence, re-tested with 9.2. Bug is still present in this version (hope this helps!)
version info:
VIM - Vi IMproved 9.2 (2026 Feb 14, compiled Mar 06 2026 00:00:00)
Included patches: 1-112
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dezza
dezza left a comment (vim/vim#19723)Try build >= 9.2.0334
#19853
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