No problem. I didn't know about Control+Tab. I just use Control+Pageup (or 
PageDown) to change tab, as it is the same as MS Excel so easy for me to 
remember.

J


On Thursday, February 15, 2018 at 3:49:09 AM UTC, KC wrote:
>
> Hi J,
>
> I had been using an App(X-Mouse Button Control) to custom-design my mouse 
> behavior(sending out Crtl+Tag when I click mouse middle button), I forget 
> about this because I did this too long ago, that is why your middle mouse 
> button does not work like mine.  Sorry for any confusion that I caused.
>
> Regards,
>
> KC
>
> On Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 2:38:53 AM UTC+8, John . Smith wrote:
>>
>> Middle-mouse click does nothing on my system (Logitech M705)
>>
>> Yes I am using Icons a lot for working out which Contexts I've got set. 
>> This is extremely fiddly to set up but once done it works brilliantly. It 
>> has been something of a revolution in fact!  (FWIW, if you are interested 
>> it's set up in the Automatic Formatting Rules - and what's particularly 
>> nice is that you can choose which column position each Icon will appear in.)
>>
>> J 
>>
>>
>>
>> On Monday, February 12, 2018 at 3:47:11 PM UTC, KC wrote:
>>>
>>> >Really? How do you mean are you scrolling through them or clicking 
>>> through them?
>>>
>>> In my case, I click the mouse middle wheel button, the view will shift 
>>> to next on the right side.
>>>
>>> >.... would tend to left click with a mouse. And if I click on (x) by 
>>> mistake there is NO recovery!
>>>
>>> You need to consider "customized icon", just create some 15x15 pixles 
>>> JPG and put some tiny texts in there, and covert them into ico extension 
>>> file via online converter web app, and then add some customized icons into 
>>> the pinned tab...., hope this help.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Friday, February 9, 2018 at 7:18:38 PM UTC+8, John . Smith wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > I am not sure if this helps, but I can scroll through all tabs by 
>>>> clicking the middle wheel of my mouse, hope this help.
>>>> Really? How do you mean are you scrolling through them or clicking 
>>>> through them?
>>>> Either way the keyboard shortcuts Control/PgUp  and Control/PgDN work 
>>>> very well for going through them in sequence... (much like going through 
>>>> MS 
>>>> Excel sheets)
>>>>
>>>> But it doesn't solve my core problem which is that sometimes I want to 
>>>> go DIRECTLY to a tab whose name I can see, and at that point (unless I 
>>>> have 
>>>> a hotkey setup for that exact Tab) I would tend to left click with a 
>>>> mouse. 
>>>> And if I click on (x) by mistake there is NO recovery!
>>>>
>>>> J 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Friday, February 9, 2018 at 2:36:47 AM UTC, KC wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi there,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am not sure if this helps, but I can scroll through all tabs by 
>>>>> clicking the middle wheel of my mouse, hope this help.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at 6:59:00 PM UTC+8, John . Smith wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi KC
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To get clear, no, the left pane shows VIEW name, not actual TAB's 
>>>>>> (AKA Workarea) names.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, if you pin the Tabs and if you also give them a suitable icon 
>>>>>> that does stop you from closing them accidentally and yes, it's not a 
>>>>>> bad 
>>>>>> solution.
>>>>>> The advantage of having a dedicated tab for each of your views is 
>>>>>> that you can easily step through them using hotkeys Control/PgUp and 
>>>>>> Control/Pg/Dn. However I am unaware of any hotkey way to step through 
>>>>>> different views from within one Tab.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> J
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at 3:39:52 AM UTC, KC wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi there,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It seemed to me that you can still refer to filter names on the left 
>>>>>>> pane, but in my case, I have just a few pinned tabs and I use icons to 
>>>>>>> help 
>>>>>>> me to distinguish them, not a perfect solution, but it works for me so 
>>>>>>> far.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Monday, February 5, 2018 at 2:01:43 AM UTC+8, John . Smith wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> OK but how do you come with the fact that when the tabs are pinned 
>>>>>>>> you can no longer see their names?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> J
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sunday, February 4, 2018 at 1:16:04 AM UTC, KC wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi there,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Pin the tabs and then the little (x) will be gone, the tabs will 
>>>>>>>>> become a smaller size but my experience is that this way will serve 
>>>>>>>>> your 
>>>>>>>>> purpose.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> KC
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Friday, February 2, 2018 at 12:34:06 PM UTC+8, John . Smith 
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hello 
>>>>>>>>>> Is there any way to stop a Tab from being closed WITHOUT locking 
>>>>>>>>>> it?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Background
>>>>>>>>>> If you are changing between Tabs by clicking on Tab names, it's 
>>>>>>>>>> all too easy to accidentally click on the little (x) at the right of 
>>>>>>>>>> each 
>>>>>>>>>> tab and thereby close the tab by mistake.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> One way to stop this happening is to tick "Lock default in this 
>>>>>>>>>> tab". However, if you do this it becomes impossible to change your 
>>>>>>>>>> filtering on a temporary basis, and if you try to do so MLO will 
>>>>>>>>>> instantly 
>>>>>>>>>> create a new Tab and take you there. And if you're not careful, 
>>>>>>>>>> pretty soon 
>>>>>>>>>> you have far too many Tabs.  
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> e.g. I find it quite useful to open up a Tab and leave the 
>>>>>>>>>> filters on the left pane on the screen open and to step through the 
>>>>>>>>>> Contexts one at a time (e.g. by using the arrow keys). 
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> This works well, but if you don't want to be awash with new Tabs, 
>>>>>>>>>> (as above) you should only do this if your tab is NOT locked. And if 
>>>>>>>>>> it IS 
>>>>>>>>>> unlocked then (as above) it is annoyingly easy to accidentally close 
>>>>>>>>>> the 
>>>>>>>>>> Tab. If you have saved the View that your Tab is using then you can, 
>>>>>>>>>> of 
>>>>>>>>>> course, recreate the Tab as it was, but it's a fiddly, confusing, 
>>>>>>>>>> waste of 
>>>>>>>>>> time to do so.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> J
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>

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