diff --git a/lib/tab-view.coffee b/lib/tab-view.coffee
index e378f47e..31ae2aa5 100644
--- a/lib/tab-view.coffee
+++ b/lib/tab-view.coffee
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ module.exports =
 class TabView extends HTMLElement
   initialize: (@item) ->
     @classList.add('tab', 'sortable')
-    if itemPath = @item.getPath?()
-      @classList.add('has-path')
 
     @itemTitle = document.createElement('div')
     @itemTitle.classList.add('title')
@@ -110,6 +108,14 @@ class TabView extends HTMLElement
     if itemPath = @item.getPath?()
       @itemTitle.dataset.name = path.basename(itemPath)
       @itemTitle.dataset.path = itemPath
+    else
+      delete @itemTitle.dataset.name
+      delete @itemTitle.dataset.path
+
+    if itemClass = @item.constructor.name
+      @dataset.type = itemClass
+    else
+      delete @dataset.type
 
   updateTitle: ({updateSiblings, useLongTitle}={}) ->
     return if @updatingTitle