Have you played Diablo II? There's an interesting interface for the "belt" - Normally only the first line of tabs is shown and you see all the tabs when you hover the mouse over them. - This could be combined with smart (MRU) or manual reordering. - There should be a mark that there are hidden tabs.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Vollmer, Thomas - CannonSA > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 3:04 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [Eap-list] Annoying editor tabs 'feature' > > > I agree. The task bar is probably a better way of > rendering this. And, if the two missing items you > mention would be implemented along with it, I would > be a very happy camper :-) > > Best Regards. > -Thomas > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mark Swinkels [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 7:38 PM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: RE: [Eap-list] Annoying editor tabs 'feature' > > > > > > The windows task bar is actually a pretty good model for what > > Thomas is > > describing. > > 1) There is one item on the task bar for every open > > application window. > > 2) The items on the task bar don't jump around. > > 3) If the task bar get too many items on it it goes to > > multiple lines with > > up down scroll buttons > > 4) You can resize the task bar to allow for multiple lines. > > 5) You can hide the task bar so it only comes up when you want it > > > > Missing are: > > 1) being able to reorder the buttons > > 2) the ability to have the task bar grow automatically to > accommodate > > multiple lines. > > > > Perhaps by changing the rendering of the tabs to look more > > like the task bar > > people wouldn't find the current behaviour confusing. > > > > -- Mark > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Vollmer, Thomas - CannonSA [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 03:57p > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: RE: [Eap-list] Annoying editor tabs 'feature' > > > > > > I looked at the WinXP screenshot, and I'm not sure if I would > > like it. The way it currently is in IDEA gives me almost > > everything I want: > > > > - an editor tab for each file I'm working on > > - editor tabs don't change their spacial relationships just by > > activating a file, but only when opening or closing files > > - take up as little screen real estate as possible while still > > showing all editor tabs at the same time > > > > (I have the tab limit set to a very high number so editor tabs > > don't disappear automatically when opening many files.) > > > > All this gives me the ability to take advantage of the spacial > > relationships between the editor tabs to be able to navigate to > > them quickly. > > > > Also, I tend to think about the editor tabs not so much as the > > tabs of physical folders in a filing cabinet (which is probably > > where this UI widget originally came from) but as tokens for the > > files I am working with. As such, I like the token-"handling" to > > exibit all the properties I mentioned above. For me, "handling" > > the tokens aka editor tabs aka files is kind of like handling > > index cards in Extreme Programming. For the full touchy-feely > > experience though, IDEA lacks one thing: the ability to reorder > > the editor tabs. Call me crazy but it also frequently drives me > > nuts that I can't reorder the programs in the windows task bar. > > > > To make a long story short. Please be careful when changing > > this functionality in IDEA, and, if it were up to me, I wouldn't > > change it at all (other than adding tab-reordering). > > > > My 2 cents. > > -Thomas > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Eugene Belyaev [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 12:35 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: RE: [Eap-list] Annoying editor tabs 'feature' > > > > > > > > > I agree. We'll try to work out this issue for the next version, > > > probably also adding the close buttons to every tab. But > how about > > > using Ctrl-E in Pandora to quickly jump to a recent file? > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > Eugene Belyaev > > > IntelliJ Software, http://www.intellij.com > > > "Develop with pleasure" > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Ara Abrahamian > > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 11:30 PM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: RE: [Eap-list] Annoying editor tabs 'feature' > > > > > > > > > > > > The best things to do IMHO is the way WinXP handles it in > > > > task bar. An image showing it in action is attached. Up and > > > > down arrow buttons. When you click on down arrow you see the > > > > second row. TextPad offers a left/right arrow button but it's > > > > hard to use, you need to press right arrow button repeatedly > > > > to get to the document you want! Another good idea for the > > > > tabs is taken from Opera browser: you have several tabs open, > > > > tab1 has focus, you go to tab2, if you single-click on tab2, > > > > tab1 comes up, or in other words in recently used order, so > > > > you can very easily navigate in open tabs. > > > > > > > > Ara. > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > On > > > > > Behalf Of Christian > > > > Sell > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 5:03 PM > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Subject: [Eap-list] Annoying editor tabs 'feature' > > > > > > > > > > >In Early Access version 521 - An annoying feature has > > > > appeared on the > > > > > tabs > > > > > >for open editors. If there is more than one row of tabs > > > > and a tab at > > > > the > > > > > >back is clicked, it isn't brought to the front. Also > > opening new > > > > editors > > > > > >places the new tab next to the tab currently in focus, > > > rather than > > > > after > > > > > the > > > > > >last tab to the front-right. > > > > > > > > > > > >Is this a 'Feature' or a bug? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > AFAIK its a feature. It was changed from the default swing tab > > > > behavior > > > > > because some users (and IDEA developers I assume) agreed > > > > that it was > > > > > irritating. I tended to agree at that time, but now that > > > I see the > > > > > results, I must say that I agree with you. The swing designers > > > > probably > > > > > went through the same thought/experience process before > > > deciding as > > > > they > > > > > did. > > > > > > > > > > I have seen apps that only allow one row of tabs, and > > provide some > > > > sort of > > > > > horizontal scroll function to allow for more tabs than > > fit on the > > > > page. > > > > > Maybe there is no ideal solution. > > > > > > > > > > Christian > > > > > > > > > > P.S.: what I do like is the new (?) CVS diff viewer. 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