Re: Bug#45109: Manage open documents with tabbed list, like Konqueror

On Sunday 14 July 2002 01:10, Anders Lund wrote:
> On Saturday 13 July 2002 16:08, [email protected] wrote:
> > Package: kate
> > Version: KDE 3.0.6 CVS/CVSup/Snapshot
> > Severity: wishlist
> > Installed from:    Compiled sources
> > Compiler:          gcc 3.1
> > OS:                Linux
> > OS/Compiler notes: Not Specified
> >
> > It would be nice if open documents were managed through a tabbed-window
> > display, similar to the tabbed browsing in Konqueror.  I think the user
> > should also have the ability to choose the location of the tabs (top,
> > bottom, left, right).  For me, that would make it easier to see which
> > documents are open.
> >
> > Everything else in 3.1 alpha is looking great!  Congratulations.
>
> Please everybody STOP repeating this request....
>
> The file list is there for displaying which documents are open, and there
> are reasons why a tab widget is supposedly not gping to work well with
> kate:
>
> * it would quickly run out of space, in most cases with more than 3 or 4
> docs open. Then you would have to cliks those annoying buttons on the tab
> bar anyway...
>
> * it works bad with split frames.
>
> At least I will _not_ be the one implementing it. If it gets in, what I
> badly hope will NEVER happen, I want it DISABLED by default.

You should realize, that there are people, who dislike sidebars the same way 
you dislike tabbed-windows. Sidebars use up your precious screen estate. Tabs 
use up less screen, and it is taken from the vertical dimension, which is in 
some cases better.

So I there would be people who would like tabbed panes. And also there is a 
need, to have a simple menu entry (with shortcut), to disable the sidebar. 
Like in konqueror (Window|Show Navigation Panel F9).
That way you can easily switch off the sidebar to do some editing, and switch 
it back, when you want to select a different file.
This (the sidebar menu-shortcut) would be really nice, even if the tabs would 
not be implemented.

As a final note: one of the most popular windows programmer editors UltraEdit, 
has both sidebar, and tabbed windows. And both are turned on by default. That 
way the user can see what he has available, and turn off what he does not 
need/dislike.

Regards
Zsolt Rizsanyi