Hi Maggie, Thanks for the proposal. One of the reasons why office suites in general have been hesitant to support tabs is because it's not really meant for that workflow -- a user is likely to work on one or two documents at a time or two documents side-by-side, and it's a waste of memory to open a large number of documents and only use one of them. Rather than using tabs, I would love to implement something along the lines of the Gnome Overview [1], which is going to replace tabs in Epiphany. It makes getting to any document simple, especially simple for recent documents, but also lets you focus on the current document.
That said, I wouldn't be opposed to having tabs in LibreOffice as long as: - the tab bar is hidden by default, only shown when you have 2 tabs or more - the tab bar appears as part of or just below the title bar (like Chrome), able to contain tabs from any LibreOffice module - there is no tab management -- the user just shouldn't have many tabs open (he can't work on 12 documents at once); not even Chrome manages multiple tabs - tabs are always docked on top -- if they could be docked anywhere, it would be an unnecessary complication for both developers and UI designers and wouldn't really provide much advantage to the user. I'll bring up Chrome again -- it experimented with side tabs, but dropped the feature because it wasn't working well enough. But since people are not going to have 20 LibreOffice tabs open, we really don't need a tab sidebar. [1] https://live.gnome.org/Design/Apps/Web 2012/3/21 King Duck <rotteneo...@gmail.com> > Hello everyone. I have been working on a simple mockup for tabs in > LibreOffice. I checked some past suggestions in Bugzilla for tabs in LO. LO > and Office 2007 (along with 2010) have support for tabs but only with > add-ons. I think that implementing tabs into LO would help attract more > users. The convenience of having multiple tabs in one window instead of > having to shift between several separate windows is a feature which I feel > would be appreciated by many users. I have used Office Tabs and despite it > being rather limited it improved my user experience with Office 2007 by > allowing me to easily shift between several documents. > > Some potential ideas: > > * Tab positioning > _ Positions tabs at the top, bottom, left, or right of the page; controlled > according to what the user wants > > Pro: Tab position is left in control of the user so that zie can show zir's > tabs in location most convenient to user > Con: Could potentially overshadow panels (if implemented) > > * List tabs button > _ Shows all tabs which are open in the current application; Useful for when > 4+ tabs (at least) are in use > > Pro: Multiple tabs easily seen by user without having to take up too much > screen space > Con: Tab list could end up excessively long and require scrolling on part > of user > > *Sort tab order > _ Order of tabs controlled by mouse (click-and-drag), touch > (touch-and-drag), or keyboard command > > Pro: Tab order easily shifted around by user at zir's convenience > Con: Not sure how to implement for visually impaired users > > Later on this week I'll do a mockup using the Citrus UI images. Any > feedback is much appreciated. > > https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BzbVEiGiz0dnS3paaHMzeEtUUU96aFZWMVBoMzFnUQ > > ~ Maggie > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to design+h...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to design+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
