On Mon, 2009-07-13 at 00:29 +0200, Reinout van Schouwen wrote: > Op dinsdag 07-07-2009 om 09:18 uur [tijdzone -0400], schreef Sam H: > > > I would like to implement support for tabbed windows in Mutter, and > > was hoping for some helpful pointers. I envision tabbed windows > > working essentially the same way that tabs work in Google Chrome. > > However, being part of the window-manager, every application would > > make use of tabs without having to re-invent them specifically for > > that application. It has always struck me that tabs were something > > that belonged into the window manager, not in browsers, terminals, > > editors, etc. > > If you can pull this off, you will be my personal hero! > > (I would advise you to look at the current open bugs against > GtkNotebook, though, to get an idea of what kind of functionality is > currently missing and what UI dilemma's you will be facing.)
Information on current implementations of tabs in GNOME can be found here: http://live.gnome.org/UsabilityProject/Whiteboard/TabImplementation A list of bugs relating to tabs (particularly UI issues) can be found here: http://live.gnome.org/UsabilityProject/Whiteboard/TabImplementation/TabBugs Hope that's of help. Allan -- aday on irc.gnome.org _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list