I agree, I tried to switch to Zed this week, and I prefer it in all respects, but the tab model is much worse, and it made me switch back. I never imagined I would care so much about a feature I felt was secondary.
I actually find myself using the agent mode less now, I like keeping code lean by hand and avoid technical debt. But I do use the tab completions constantly and they are fantastic now ever since they can jump around the file.