[TxMt] Re: UI suggestion for tabbed file names

Jacob Rus jrus at fas.harvard.edu
Thu Mar 2 04:12:46 UTC 2006


Allan Odgaard  wrote on 2/24/06 6:25 AM:
> On 23/2/2006, at 21:40, Andrew Vit wrote:
>> [...] I'd like to see numbers on them when I hold Cmd, to indicate  
>> the keyboard shortcut for jumping to them. Beyond 5-6 it's hard to  
>> spot them at a glance and forces me to count on my fingers. ;^)
> 
> Conditional disclosure of the numbers sounds like a good idea (better  
> than having them permanently there) -- one problem is that you use  
> command for a lot more than switching tabs (through numbers), so  
> these numbers would show on a lot of keyboard actions, and are likely  
> to be a bother for most users (because part of the interface blink/ 
> flashes when using the command modifier key).

Maybe the numbers could show up whenever someone switches tabs via the 
keyboard, e.g. via Cmd-opt-right, or Cmd-4.




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