Multi-Tab

logana supports multiple tabs, each showing an independent log file, directory, stdin stream, or Docker container.

Tab Keybindings

Opening Files in Tabs

From the command line, each file argument opens in its own tab (not yet supported for multiple positional args, but directory expansion creates one tab per file):

logana /var/log/         # each file in the directory gets its own tab

From within logana, use the :open command:

:open app.log            # opens in the current tab
:open /var/log/          # opens each file in a new tab (directory)

Tab State

Each tab maintains completely independent state:

• Scroll position and viewport
• Active filters (with their colors and enabled/disabled states)
• Search query
• Marks and annotations
• Detected log format
• Field layout (visible columns and order)
• Display flags (wrap, sidebar, tail mode, show-keys)

Session Restore

When you close logana and reopen it without arguments, it prompts to restore the previous session — reopening all tabs that were open at exit, with their per-tab state restored. Docker tabs are re-attached by container name.

Tail Mode Per Tab

Each tab can independently have tail mode enabled or disabled:

:tail    # toggle tail mode for the current tab

When tail is active for a tab, [TAIL] appears in that tab’s log panel title.