fix(ux): configuration fixes (#3713)

* fix(startup): try create config folder if it doesn't exist

* fix(configuration): tab bar ui

* fix(configuration): rebind ctrl-s to ctrl-a

* fix(configuration): remove extra rebinding leaders screen

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/zellij-utils/src/home.rs b/zellij-utils/src/home.rs
index e0f12399..9bde367c 100644
--- a/zellij-utils/src/home.rs
+++ b/zellij-utils/src/home.rs
@@ -67,6 +67,15 @@ pub fn home_config_dir() -> Option<PathBuf> {
     }
 }
 
+pub fn try_create_home_config_dir() {
+    if let Some(user_dirs) = BaseDirs::new() {
+        let config_dir = user_dirs.home_dir().join(CONFIG_LOCATION);
+        if let Err(e) = std::fs::create_dir_all(config_dir) {
+            log::error!("Failed to create config dir: {:?}", e);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn get_layout_dir(config_dir: Option<PathBuf>) -> Option<PathBuf> {
     config_dir.map(|dir| dir.join("layouts"))
 }
diff --git a/zellij-utils/src/input/config.rs b/zellij-utils/src/input/config.rs
index 0e7547d8..8075ea0d 100644
--- a/zellij-utils/src/input/config.rs
+++ b/zellij-utils/src/input/config.rs
@@ -291,6 +291,11 @@ impl Config {
     }
     // returns true if the config was not previouly written to disk and we successfully wrote it
     pub fn write_config_to_disk_if_it_does_not_exist(config: String, opts: &CliArgs) -> bool {
+        if opts.config.is_none() {
+            // if a config file path wasn't explicitly specified, we try to create the default
+            // config folder
+            home::try_create_home_config_dir();
+        }
         match Config::config_file_path(opts) {
             Some(config_file_path) => {
                 if config_file_path.exists() {