@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ *06/03/22:
    * More external tabs work (Simon)
      - Can now be placed TopLeft/TopRight/BottomLeft/BottomRight
      - New "Tab Options" config menu, with (efficient) runtime updating
+     - New tab.width config option to control external tab width
      - edge snapping includes tabs
      - decoration fixes where some missed the tab option
      - label text color was not updated

@@ -260,7 +260,10 @@ 
 }
 
 void Container::setMaxSizePerClient(unsigned int size) {
-    m_max_size_per_client = size;
+    if (size != m_max_size_per_client) {
+        m_max_size_per_client = size;
+        repositionItems();
+    }
 }
 
 void Container::setMaxTotalSize(unsigned int size) {

@@ -80,13 +80,12 @@ ButtonMotionMask | ExposureMask |
                  EnterWindowMask | LeaveWindowMask),
     m_bevel(1),
     m_use_titlebar(true), 
-    m_tabplacement(BOTTOMRIGHT),
     m_use_tabs(true), 
     m_use_handle(true),
     m_focused(false),
     m_visible(false),
     m_button_pm(0),
-    m_tabmode(NOTSET),
+    m_tabmode(screen.getDefaultInternalTabs()?INTERNAL:EXTERNAL),
     m_need_render(true),
     m_themelistener(*this),
     m_shape(new Shape(m_window, theme.shapePlace())) {
@@ -128,6 +127,8 @@ if (tabmode == NOTSET)
         tabmode = m_tabmode;
 
     m_tabmode = tabmode;
+
+    m_tab_container.setUpdateLock(true);
 
     // reparent tab container
     if (tabmode == EXTERNAL) {
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ GrabModeSync, GrabModeSync, None, None);
         XUngrabButton(m_tab_container.display(), Button1, Mod1Mask|Mod2Mask|Mod3Mask, m_tab_container.window());
 
         int tabx, taby;
-        switch (m_tabplacement) {
+        switch (m_screen.getTabPlacement()) {
         case TOPLEFT:
             m_tab_container.setAlignment(Container::LEFT);
             tabx = x();
@@ -173,8 +174,13 @@ m_tab_container.reparent(m_screen.rootWindow(), tabx, taby);
             m_layeritem.addWindow(m_tab_container);
         }
 
-        m_tab_container.setMaxSizePerClient(64); //!!TODO make this a setting
+        m_tab_container.setMaxSizePerClient(m_screen.getTabWidth());
+        m_tab_container.setUpdateLock(false);
         m_tab_container.setMaxTotalSize(window().width());
+
+        renderTabContainer();
+        applyTabContainer();
+        m_tab_container.clear();
 
         // TODO: tab position
         if (m_use_tabs && m_visible)
@@ -194,7 +200,13 @@ m_tab_container.raise();
         }
         m_tab_container.setBorderWidth(0);
         m_tab_container.setMaxTotalSize(0);
+        m_tab_container.setUpdateLock(false);
         m_tab_container.setMaxSizePerClient(0);
+
+        renderTabContainer();
+        applyTabContainer();
+        m_tab_container.clear();
+
         if (!m_use_tabs)
             m_tab_container.show();
         else
@@ -310,7 +322,7 @@ } else {
         m_window.resize(width, height);
     }
 
-    if (move || resize && m_tabplacement != TOPLEFT)
+    if (move || resize && m_screen.getTabPlacement() != TOPLEFT)
         alignTabs();
 
     if (resize) {
@@ -333,8 +345,10 @@ void FbWinFrame::alignTabs() {
     if (m_tabmode != EXTERNAL)
         return;
 
+    m_tab_container.setMaxSizePerClient(m_screen.getTabWidth());
+
     int tabx = 0, taby = 0;
-    switch (m_tabplacement) {
+    switch (m_screen.getTabPlacement()) {
     case TOPLEFT:
         tabx = x();
         taby = y() - yOffset();
@@ -877,8 +891,10 @@ m_titlebar.raise();
     } else 
         m_titlebar.lower();
 
-    if (m_tabmode == EXTERNAL)
+    if (m_tabmode == EXTERNAL) {
         m_tab_container.resize(m_tab_container.width(), buttonHeight());
+        alignTabs();
+    }
 
     // leave client+grips alone if we're shaded (it'll get fixed when we unshade)
     if (!m_shaded) {
@@ -1271,9 +1287,7 @@ m_clientarea.setBorderWidth(0);
     m_label.setBorderWidth(0);
     m_shaded = false;
 
-    // TODO: configurable default (on compile, for backwards compat)
-//    setTabMode(EXTERNAL);
-    setTabMode(INTERNAL);
+    setTabMode(NOTSET);
 
     m_label.setEventMask(ExposureMask | ButtonPressMask |
                          ButtonReleaseMask | ButtonMotionMask |
@@ -1605,7 +1619,7 @@ int FbWinFrame::yOffset() const {
     if (m_tabmode != EXTERNAL || !m_use_tabs) 
         return 0;
 
-    switch (m_tabplacement) {
+    switch (m_screen.getTabPlacement()) {
     case TOPLEFT:
     case TOPRIGHT:
         return m_tab_container.height() + m_window.borderWidth();

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ void setFocus(bool newvalue);
     inline void setFocusTitle(const std::string &str) { m_label.setText(str); }
     void setDoubleClickTime(unsigned int time);
     bool setTabMode(TabMode tabmode);
-    inline void setTabPlacement(TabPlacement tabplacement) { m_tabplacement = tabplacement; alignTabs(); }
+    inline void updateTabProperties() { alignTabs(); }
 
     /// add a button to the left of the label
     void addLeftButton(FbTk::Button *btn);
@@ -367,7 +367,6 @@ FbTk::Color m_grip_unfocused_color; ///< unfocused color for grip if no pixmap is given
     //@}
 
     TabMode m_tabmode;
-    TabPlacement m_tabplacement;
 
     bool m_need_render;
     int m_button_size; ///< size for all titlebar buttons

@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ unfocused_alpha(rm, 255, scrname+".window.unfocus.alpha", altscrname+".Window.Unfocus.Alpha"),
     menu_alpha(rm, 255, scrname+".menu.alpha", altscrname+".Menu.Alpha"),
     menu_delay(rm, 0, scrname + ".menuDelay", altscrname+".MenuDelay"),
     menu_delay_close(rm, 0, scrname + ".menuDelayClose", altscrname+".MenuDelayClose"),
+    tab_width(rm, 64, scrname + ".tab.width", altscrname+".Tab.Width"),
     menu_mode(rm, FbTk::MenuTheme::DELAY_OPEN, scrname+".menuMode", altscrname+".MenuMode"),
 
     gc_line_width(rm, 1, scrname+".overlay.lineWidth", altscrname+".Overlay.LineWidth"),
@@ -287,7 +288,7 @@ scrname+".overlay.capStyle",
                  altscrname+".overlay.CapStyle"),
     scroll_action(rm, "", scrname+".windowScrollAction", altscrname+".WindowScrollAction"),
     scroll_reverse(rm, false, scrname+".windowScrollReverse", altscrname+".WindowScrollReverse"),
-    default_internal_tabs(rm, false /* TODO: autoconf option? */ , scrname+".tabs.intitlebar", altscrname+".Tabs.InTitlebar") {
+    default_internal_tabs(rm, true /* TODO: autoconf option? */ , scrname+".tabs.intitlebar", altscrname+".Tabs.InTitlebar") {
     
 
 }
@@ -900,7 +901,7 @@ if ((*w_it)->windowList().size()) {
             Workspace::Windows::iterator win_it = (*w_it)->windowList().begin();
             const Workspace::Windows::iterator win_it_end = (*w_it)->windowList().end();
             for (; win_it != win_it_end; ++win_it) {
-                (*win_it)->frame().setTabPlacement(*resource.tab_placement);
+                (*win_it)->frame().updateTabProperties();
                 if (*resource.default_internal_tabs)
                     (*win_it)->frame().setTabMode(FbWinFrame::INTERNAL);
                 else
@@ -1642,11 +1643,21 @@ _BOOLITEM(*tab_menu,Configmenu, TabsInTitlebar,
               "Tabs in Titlebar", "Tabs in Titlebar",
               *resource.default_internal_tabs, save_and_reconftabs);
 
+    FbTk::MenuItem *tab_width_item =
+            new IntResMenuItem(_FBTEXT(Configmenu, ExternalTabWidth, 
+                                       "External Tab Width",
+                                       "Width of external-style tabs"),
+                               resource.tab_width, 10, 3000, /* silly number */
+                               *tab_menu);
+    tab_width_item->setCommand(save_and_reconftabs);
+    tab_menu->insert(tab_width_item);
+
+
     typedef pair<const char*, FbWinFrame::TabPlacement> PlacementP;
     typedef list<PlacementP> Placements;
     Placements place_menu;
 
-    // menu is 3 wide, 5 down
+    // menu is 2 wide, 2 down
     place_menu.push_back(PlacementP(_FBTEXT(Align, TopLeft, "Top Left", "Top Left"), FbWinFrame::TOPLEFT));
     place_menu.push_back(PlacementP(_FBTEXT(Align, BottomLeft, "Bottom Left", "Bottom Left"), FbWinFrame::BOTTOMLEFT));
     place_menu.push_back(PlacementP(_FBTEXT(Align, TopRight, "Top Right", "Top Right"), FbWinFrame::TOPRIGHT));

@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ inline const std::string &getScrollAction() const { return *resource.scroll_action; }
     inline const bool getScrollReverse() const { return *resource.scroll_reverse; }
     inline const bool getDefaultInternalTabs() const { return *resource.default_internal_tabs; }
 
+    inline unsigned int getTabWidth() const { return *resource.tab_width; }
+
     inline Slit *slit() { return m_slit.get(); }
     inline const Slit *slit() const { return m_slit.get(); }
 
@@ -445,7 +447,7 @@ FbTk::Resource<std::string> windowmenufile;
         FbTk::Resource<FollowModel> follow_model;
         bool ordered_dither;
         FbTk::Resource<int> workspaces, edge_snap_threshold, focused_alpha,
-            unfocused_alpha, menu_alpha, menu_delay, menu_delay_close;
+            unfocused_alpha, menu_alpha, menu_delay, menu_delay_close, tab_width;
         FbTk::Resource<FbTk::MenuTheme::MenuMode> menu_mode;
 
         FbTk::Resource<int> gc_line_width;

@@ -394,13 +394,6 @@ }
 
     frame().setUseShape(!m_shaped);
 
-    frame().setTabPlacement(screen().getTabPlacement());
-    if (screen().getDefaultInternalTabs()) {
-        frame().setTabMode(FbWinFrame::INTERNAL);
-    } else {
-        frame().setTabMode(FbWinFrame::EXTERNAL);
-    }
-
     //!! TODO init of client should be better
     // we don't want to duplicate code here and in attachClient
     m_clientlist.push_back(m_client);