I also really preferred this design (tabs only over active document), but if I recall correctly, Allan said this was too hard to do after one of the macOS AppKit upgrades.

On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 9:09 PM Matt Neuburg <matt@tidbits.com> wrote:

I'm sorry to lose the feature where there was a pref to keep the tabs from appearing above the project browser. I'm not used to having to reach way over to the side, and I find the tab above the browser confusing visually. m.

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