Tab template children ignores previous split direction

[diegofariasm]

Basic information

zellij --version: zellij 0.39.2

stty size: 48 175

uname -av or ver(Windows): Linux tokyo 6.1.82 #1-NixOS SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Mar 15 18:27:50 UTC 2024 x86_64 GNU/Linux

2. Issues with the Zellij UI / behavior / crash

Issue description

When trying to use children with a tab template, the children of said template seem to ignore the split
direction of the parent.

Minimal reproduction

Expected behaviour

When using the panes directly, instead of as the template's children, they work as expected; being split vertically.

layout {
    tab_template name="ui" {
        pane size=1 borderless=true {
            plugin location="zellij:compact-bar"
        }
        pane split_direction="vertical" {
            pane
            pane
        }
    }
    ui
}

As seem on terminal

Unexpected

When using something like this, the children of ui will be placed horizontally, which is the default;
ignoring the split_direction of where they are.

layout {
    tab_template name="ui" {
        pane size=1 borderless=true {
            plugin location="zellij:compact-bar"
        }
        pane split_direction="vertical" {
            children
        }
    }
    ui {
       pane
       pane
    }
}

As seem on terminal