From 50a6abaac152a4d4104b565861c95def1987d13f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2019 06:59:38 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Also fix move_tab to preserve existing tab order

---
 kitty/tabs.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kitty/tabs.py b/kitty/tabs.py
index e04dba2f9..fef567638 100644
--- a/kitty/tabs.py
+++ b/kitty/tabs.py
@@ -511,8 +511,10 @@ class TabManager:  # {{{
         if len(self.tabs) > 1:
             idx = self.active_tab_idx
             nidx = (idx + len(self.tabs) + delta) % len(self.tabs)
-            self.tabs[idx], self.tabs[nidx] = self.tabs[nidx], self.tabs[idx]
-            swap_tabs(self.os_window_id, idx, nidx)
+            step = 1 if idx < nidx else -1
+            for i in range(idx, nidx, step):
+                self.tabs[i], self.tabs[i + step] = self.tabs[i + step], self.tabs[i]
+                swap_tabs(self.os_window_id, i, i + step)
             self._set_active_tab(nidx)
             self.mark_tab_bar_dirty()