> My work style is like yours in that I try to keep tabs to one line. I
> think
> that it would be kind of neat to be able to have one (or more) lines
of
> tabs
> with a drop down arrow to the right. If I clicked on the drop down the
tab
> window would pop down and show me all the currently open files as
tabs.

What about a neat auto-hide/show mechanism, so if you put mouse on top
it shows all lines with a nice animation effect like that of docs?

Ara.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ara Abrahamian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 09:10a
> 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
> 
> Take a look at NetCaptor, it lets you drag tabs and reposition them.
> Pretty cool stuff.
> 
> > 2) the ability to have the task bar grow automatically to
accommodate
> > multiple lines.
> 
> Currently when I open too many tabs and they are positioned into
> multiple lines I tend to close extra tabs to fit it into a single
line.
> The proposed tab rows+up/down button tries to solve this issue. It's
> irritating to see the tabs and the window you're typing it get taller
> and shorter all the times by opening/closing tabs :-) I prefer a
> single-line solution.
> 
> Ara.
> 
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