Issue 188: UI: tab overflow http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=188
Comment #22 by jedediah: Some ideas: 1. Let the tabs get tiny but enlarge the one currently under the mouse cursor. You can drag your mouse across the tab bar to see all the tabs, one by one. As a variation, you could make the tabs gradually enlarge as the mouse comes closer, like the OSX dock. If the mouse is not over the tab bar, enlarge the current tab. When the tabs get really tiny, get rid of the edges and just show a row of icons. If the icons alone don't even fit on the screen, shrink them (but enlarge them when their tab enlarges). 2. Allow multiple rows of tabs but only show the row containing the current tab. When the mouse enters the tab bar, show all the rows, but keep the current row at the top (so it doesn't move). When the mouse moves off the tab bar, hide the rows that don't contain the current tab. Instead of completely hiding rows, you could overlap them, so just the tops of the hidden rows are visible. This gives a visual indication that there are hidden rows but then the current row has to be at the bottom and it will move when the mouse comes near it. Generally not good to have clickable things move when you go to click on them. 3. After the tabs get squished to a certain point, switch to a vertical tab bar. It will be rather jarring to have the whole UI paradigm suddenly switch but it's the most practical option. I don't know why someone would want to have 40 tabs open and not go vertical. Maybe I'm just biased because I use vertical tabs all the time. At least, I did in Firefox :( -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue. You may adjust your issue notification preferences at: http://code.google.com/hosting/settings --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chromium-bugs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-bugs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
