On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 09:48:39AM +0200, racoon wrote: > On 20.07.2016 08:33, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > > Dear LyX users, > > > > I'm implementing a very small feature and before I proceed further I > > would like to get a little feedback. I have two questions that are > > relevant if you have more than one document open in LyX, using tabs. > > > > 1a. What do you *expect* to happen if you middle-click on a tab? > > 1b. What do you think *should* happen? > > > > 2a. What do you *expect* to happen if you middle-click on the space to the > > right of the tabs? I'm referring to the blank space where if you had > > more tabs it would take that space up. > > 2b. What do you think *should* happen? > > > > Note that "nothing" is a perfectly acceptable answer. The "expect" > > question is more about whether you're familiar with how things happen in > > other applications that use tabs; the "should" question is more about > > your opinion on what you would like to happen. > > > > Scott > > I was not expecting anything to happen since most of the time I used a > portable computer that has no middle mouse button. > > This is no answer you were seeking, but I think if anything should happen, > it is a good idea to always show the tabs even if only one document is open. > Otherwise the functionality works only in some context (where tabs are > shown) but not others (where they aren't) and one would probably get used to > a way to do things that always works (keyboard, menu, or software buttons).
Interesting idea. I guess we do not show it to use the extra space, but I'm not sure which is best. Scott
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