diff --git a/autoload/wintabs/renderers.vim b/autoload/wintabs/renderers.vim
index a0c4ff9..b41249e 100644
--- a/autoload/wintabs/renderers.vim
+++ b/autoload/wintabs/renderers.vim
@@ -100,7 +100,11 @@ function! wintabs#renderers#padding(len)
 endfunction
 
 function! wintabs#renderers#bufname(bufnr)
-  let name = fnamemodify(bufname(a:bufnr), ':t')
+  if exists('*Wintabs_ui_bufname')
+    let name = g:Wintabs_ui_bufname(a:bufnr)
+  else
+    let name = fnamemodify(bufname(a:bufnr), ':t')
+  endif
   let name = substitute(name, '%', '%%', 'g')
   if empty(name)
     let name = '[No Name]'
@@ -122,6 +126,13 @@ function! wintabs#renderers#buf_label(bufnr, config)
 endfunction
 
 function! wintabs#renderers#tab_label(tabnr)
+  if exists('*Wintabs_ui_tablabel')
+    let name = g:Wintabs_ui_tablabel(a:tabnr)
+    if !empty(name)
+      return name
+    endif
+  endif
+
   let label = ''
   if get(g:, 'loaded_taboo', 0)
     let label = TabooTabTitle(a:tabnr)
diff --git a/doc/wintabs.txt b/doc/wintabs.txt
index 9249bdc..e8f16c4 100644
--- a/doc/wintabs.txt
+++ b/doc/wintabs.txt
@@ -278,6 +278,47 @@ default: ' %t '
                 '%n': |bufnr()| of buffer
                 '%o': ordinal number of buffer
 
+*g:Wintabs_ui_bufname*
+values: function
+                Function that generates the file name to be used as '%t' for
+                |g:wintabs_ui_vimtab_name_format|.
+                By default this uses the file name without any directories
+                ('%:t').
+                You can use this, for example, to display 'my-button/i'
+                instead of 'index.tsx' for the file 'src/my-button/index.tsx'
+                for a more useful tabline in JavaScript/TypeScript codebases.
+
+                    function! g:Wintabs_ui_bufname(bufnr)
+                      let file = fnamemodify(bufname(a:bufnr), ':t')
+
+                      if index(['index.tsx', 'index.ts', 'index.jsx', 'index.js'], file) != -1
+                        let parent_dir = fnamemodify(bufname(a:bufnr), ':h:t')
+                        return parent_dir . '/i'
+                      endif
+
+                      return file
+                    endfunction
+
+*g:Wintabs_ui_tablabel*
+values: function
+                Function that generates the tab name
+                |g:wintabs_ui_vimtab_name_format|.
+                By default this uses the file name without any directories
+                ('%:t').
+                You can use this, for example, to set a user configurable
+                tab name instead of using the buffer name / tab index.
+
+                    function! g:Set_wintabs_tab_name()
+                      let new_name = input('Tab name: ', get(t:, 'wintabs_custom_tab_name', ''))
+                      let t:wintabs_custom_tab_name = new_name
+                    endfunction
+                    command! WintabsSetTabName call g:Set_wintabs_tab_name()
+
+                    function! g:Wintabs_ui_tablabel(tabnr)
+                      return gettabvar(a:tabnr, 'wintabs_custom_tab_name')
+                    endfunction
+
+
 *g:wintabs_ui_vimtab_name_format*
 values: string
 default: ' %n '