Limit on number of files opened in tabs

[Thorsten Haude]

Hi,

* Tony Balinski wrote (2004-08-11 16:54):
>Quoting Thorsten Haude <yoo at vranx.de>:
>> * Scott Tringali wrote (2004-08-10 15:26):
>> >Scrolling tabs IMO are an abomination, but we could do something like
>> >use a multiple rows of tabs, over some certain amount.  Somewhere around
>> >15-20 tabs they are too small to be useful, and I'd prefer a second row
>> >rathen than more little bitty tabs.
>>
>> I absolutely despise multiple tab rows, as they destroy my screen
>> geometry. Scroll buttons are much less intrusive.
>>
>> So it has to be preferencable again.
>
>I agree. To a large extent however, I find I don't need to see the whole
>file name to know which it is. So the options we have are:
>- crunch up the tabs until their text is invisible (you have to wait for
>  the tab-tip balloon to appear to be certain you're in the right place)

That's what we have now, hardly elegant or very usable.


>- one row of tabs and a (dropdown) "more tabs" selection widget

Not too shabby, but may take more space than two little arrows. It
might depend on the number of open documents what is better.


>Variations might be:
>- Allow most recently accessed tabs to shift to the left end of the tab bar
>  so that they can be found easily

Recently accessed files are visisble anyway.


>- Drag and drop ordering

Alternatively, you could use the mouse to drag the whole tab bar to
scroll it.


>- Name crunching (where common prefixes on adjacent tabs are elided,
>  eg /file.c\/file.h\ could appear as /file.c\/.h\ instead

Neat. This could increase the number of files possible before whatever
widget kicks in.


Thorsten
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