[TxMt] document tabs

[David Lee]

Double tab rows are a dud idea: agreed.

Allen wrote:
> For the rows of tabs, I'm afraid that this will look crappy (prove me 
> wrong by sending a mockup ;) ), and I think with changed “open in tab” 
> behavior (to make that an explicit request, like Safari, and then 
> history per tab), having the tab bar overflow will happen less.

Sounds like a great idea.

> ... to have tabs that close themselves after you don't use them for a 
> loooooong time.

I think that this and variations on this theme are well worth 
investigation too. These are so central to TextMate's interface I think 
it's worth considering from a few angles . Maybe (in any combination):

* An option to allow only as many open tabs as will fit in the (window 
width | page width according to right margin line | whatever), closing 
longest-untouched first if already saved.

* Ability to 'pin' tabs to stop them autoclosing.

* a 'buffer list' available in the sidebar (in place of tabs?). Hotkey 
or modifier (option sounds sensible) toggles between this & project 
window. I'd really like this ;)

By the way : Command-T is bitchin' . I gotta start using this more ..

D

On 26/03/2005, at 8:20 PM, Jeroen van der Ham wrote:

> On 25-03-2005 23:59, Bryan Wood wrote:
>> It would be nice to be able to have multiple rows of document tabs
>> instead of just one row and the arrows on the right you have to click 
>> on
>> to get a menu list of the rest of your open documents.
>
> Multiple rows of tabs is a *really bad* idea from a usability 
> standpoint.
> That is why they are nowhere to be found in OS X. And almost any other
> program that I know of that uses tabs (Firefox, Safari, etc.), does not
> support multiple rows.
>
> The problem with multiple tab rows is that it is not immediately clear 
> to
> the user what would happen if he would click a tab from a row that is 
> not
> the lowest. Does it stay in that row? What happens to the other rows ?
> And what if the row would move down? Then all of the lower row tabs 
> must
> move somewhere else and the user must make an effort to find them 
> again.
>
> So it might seem like a good idea when you request it, but it's really
> not that useful to have...
> A better way would be to have tabs that close themselves after you 
> don't
> use them for a loooooong time.
>
> Jeroen.
>
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