[TxMt] UI suggestion for tabbed file names

[Brad Choate]

Btw, the dimming of the file icon is primarily to indicate that it is  
not draggable, not to communicate the saved/unsaved state of the  
file. File-based document windows that show an icon allow you to  
command+click on the file to see the path to it and allow you to drag  
the icon off to move / alias / copy it.

For new, unsaved documents, the icon is dimmed to indicate that this  
feature is disabled because no physical file exists.

For changed, unsaved documents, it is disabled to prevent you from  
operating on the file. Because you might assume the file would have  
the changes currently represented in the open document, but they  
wouldn't, since you haven't saved them.

I've wondered if they might someday offer the ability to drag an  
unsaved file regardless, invoking a "save a copy" behavior upon  
dropping it someplace... but I'm not familiar enough with the  
interfaces at work here to know if that's even feasible or not.


On Feb 24, 2006, at 3:21 AM, Allan Odgaard wrote:

> On 23/2/2006, at 15:33, Dr. Drang wrote:
>
>> I'd like to add a mild complaint about the way unsaved files are  
>> denoted in a window without tabs [...]
>
> This should go to https://bugreport.apple.com/ (yes, they accept  
> constructive criticism there as well).
>
> For the records, I dislike the faint dimming as well.
>
>
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