Re: Re: can we have 'stacked tabs' in 3.6?
Mark McKay <[email protected]>
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Thomas Wolf wrote: > > David, > With me, the problem of the drop-down isn't that it's alphabetical or > whatever - it's just more cumbersome to use than doing a single click on > a tab. There has to be a better way than what is currently implemented. > > If others agree, I would like to create an RFE (could you point me to > the URL for filing one?) that suggests either providing a new "Open > Files" > view/tab for Explorer or changing the existing "Open Documents" window > to attach > as a tab in the explorer - and modifying it so one can single-click on a > file to make it appear in the editor! This way, I think we can all be > happy: > those who want to use the editor's drop-down and left/right arrows can > do so; > those who prefer to always see a list of open files, can just keep the > new > "Open Document" tab selected in the explorer! > > thnx for all insights, > tom > This might be the best idea of all. I agree that the drop down menu is cumbersome, and like the open files window that TextPad provides for me. This would be a great addition to NetBeans. Mark McKay