I think you should read the last three lines of this email, and file a feature
request at the address they contain.
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On 28 Dec 2012, at 6:02 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> I would like to request showing currently open files in tabs as a UI feature.
>
> This is follow up on a short discussion I had with the person behind @BBEdit
> on Twitter.
>
> ~~
> @bbedit: File list instead of tabs is a conscious choice -- have you ever
> opened 100 documents at once, and tried to deal with tabs?
>
> @ahmadh: that's a theoretical concern because tabs have been successfully
> implemented in every text editor other than BBEdit and Notepad.exe.
>
> @bbedit: Not theoretical. No editor can "successfully" display dozens of open
> documents in tabs. Good topic for http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit/
> though.
> ~~
>
> There might be a significant number of people who's workflow does not involve
> having dozens of files simultaneously open in the same window. My personal
> workflow involves opening and juggling a handful of tabs for the current task
> I'm working on and relying on the project/filesystem list on the right to
> access the rest of my documents.
>
> My case for tabs is:
> * Tabs have become a standard UI element for managing multiple open
> documents. We're already trained to understand them and use them all the
> time, thanks to modern browsers.
>
> * Tabs provide a quick visual reminder of which part of the project you're
> working on right now after you step away from the window for a minute to
> answer a phone call or for a few hours to respond to that tweet. The list of
> currently opened files on the sidebar is difficult to spot quickly because it
> is visually indistinguishable from the project file list.
>
> * Tabs' less compact design lends itself to easier visual identification of
> the currently active tab and easier mouse selection of a particular tab.
>
> I realize that the current solution is technically superior. But there must
> be a reason why this feature is standard in every modern text editor in the
> market. For an editor that is trying to be the grand daddy of all text
> editors with tons of preferences, such a ubiquitous feature is glaringly
> missing.
>
> A clever solution might be displaying open documents as tabs, space allowing,
> then automatically reverting to the drop down menu when someone opens "100
> documents" or "dozens of documents" at once.
>
> Thoughts?
>
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