"Another option would be to make a keyboard driven tab switcher that shows a dialog list of the tabs in a vertical list with their current active paths. Horizontally expanding things don't work well with the terminal and most of the tabs are off the edge of the screen and effectively invisible. At the moment the ALT key + number is a tab switcher. It would be super cool if you pressed ALT this list of tabs would popup, you could see all your tabs, then complete your ALT chord with the number you are wanting."