Tab Title

This script prompts you to enter a tab title every time a new tab is created.

#!/usr/bin/env python3.7

import iterm2

async def main(connection):
    app = await iterm2.async_get_app(connection)
    window = app.current_terminal_window

    def get_all_tab_ids():
       result = []
       for window in app.terminal_windows:
           for tab in window.tabs:
               result.append(tab.tab_id)
       return set(result)

    async with iterm2.NewSessionMonitor(connection) as mon:
        before = get_all_tab_ids()
        while True:
            session_id = await mon.async_get()
            after = get_all_tab_ids()
            diff = after.difference(before)
            for tab_id in diff:
                tab = app.get_tab_by_id(tab_id)
                if tab is None:
                    continue
                existing_title = (await tab.async_get_variable("titleOverride"))
                if existing_title:
                    continue
                await tab.async_select(True)
                alert = iterm2.TextInputAlert("Edit Tab Title", "Enter the title for this tab.", "Tab title", "", app.get_window_for_tab(tab.tab_id).window_id)
                try:
                    title = await alert.async_run(connection)
                    await tab.async_set_title(title)
                except e:
                    print("WARNING - Could not edit tab title")
                    print(e)
            before = after

iterm2.run_forever(main)

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