Tabs component incorrect padding/whitespace

[EmreDogann]

When using the tabs component in lualine.nvim like so:

lualine_x = {
	{
		_G.Statusline_Getcwd,
		icons_enabled = true,
		icon = "",
	},
	{
		require("nvim-possession").status,
		cond = function()
			return require("nvim-possession").status() ~= nil
		end,
	},
	{
		require("tabline").tabline_tabs,
		padding = {
			left = 1,
			right = 0,
		},
	},
},

There is an issue where other lualine components configured to render before tabline's tab component leads to incorrect whitespace:

There should not be any padding/whitespace between 📌 tabline-plugin | and the tab component on the far right. Below is what it is supposed to look like:

This was done by changing M.format_tabs() to remove the %= separation status item:

function M.format_tabs(tabs, max_length)
	
	...
	
	M.total_tab_length = total_length
	if M.options.show_tabs_always then
		line = "%#TabLineFill#%999X" .. line			<--- Removed %= from the start
	elseif #tabs == 1 and tabs[1].name ~= "1 " then
		line = "%#TabLineFill#%999X" .. line			<--- Removed %= from the start
	elseif #tabs > 1 then
		line = "%#TabLineFill#%999X" .. line			<--- Removed %= from the start
	else
		line = "%#TabLineFill#%999X"					<--- Removed %= from the start
		M.total_tab_length = 0
	end
	
	return line
end