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there should be an option to close all editors except for the one that is currently selected (a context menu on the tab maybe (?)) otherwise, this (quite common, because you often end up with too many and want to say: 'just keep this one open, close everything else') operation requires me to actually reopen the editor i want to keep open
We are considering added a "Close All Saved" action, which would close all editors with no unsaved changes. Would this suffice, or do you think it's important to have be able to close all but current even if there are no changes?
i have an old habit of saving editors every 20 seconds - literally, after i'm done typing a unit of text, i stop and hit ctlr+s automatically so, most of the time my editors are saved 'close all but current' would be better for users like me (otherwise we (people who work like that) would have to resort to tricks like putting bogus empty spaces to save the editors - every now and then we would forget and loose out context again)
Also, using the dirty editor workaround isn't great because undo doesn't clear the dirty flag (it should).
Eclipse 20021213 Using either Editors View (Window>Show views>other>basic>Editors) or the editor pop-down (Window>Preferences>Workbench>Editors>Show Editors pop-up) you can invert selection with the menu presented when right clicking, then close those editors. You can also access the pop-up via ctrl-shift-w if you don't want to take up the realestate on the tab folder. If you are using R2.0, or R2.1 prior to M3, ctrl-shift-w opens a dialog with the same functionality.
I'm sorry to reopen this one but I've tried current support for closing all editors except the selected one. It is too cumbersome and I agree with Adam that close all except the current one is common. 1) drop down menu 2) bring up pop-up menu of the drop down 3) select invert selection in the pop-up 4) bring up the pop-up menu of the drop down 5) select close This are too many steps for a short cut action. Given that there is now also Pin in the Tab menu, why isn't the "close all except active" not in this menu? This means I need 4 gestures to get at my goal
I came in to request this feature but found it's already here so I'll just add my name to it. Phoenix is another program that uses tabs that has a 'close tab' and 'close other tabs' menu which is fairly handy.
see bug 30874 for another guy who'd like to see it
*** Bug 30874 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 32094 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
How about setting a max_editors_open, and then closing them on an LRU bases.
Max editors open is already there (at least in 2.1).
As an alternative to closing all but current, it would be nice to close all editors which are not pinned. Sometimes I like to keep a couple of editors open but close the rest.
JBuilder had this option, you could right click on a Tab, and say "Close all but this one". An extremely handy feature.. Please Please please. It should be straight forward.
I would also like to see this, I find myself wanting to close all but one a lot. Channing
*** Bug 50376 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
There is a trial version of this available in a branch stream right now. You can see instructions on how to get this if you follow the steps in comment #45 for bug 37997. Note this will be in once the Feb 10, 2004 4pm build is done Not marking as fixed until this is in HEAD.
verified on MOTIF build I20020410 (8pm)
fixed on Feb 13, 2004 in HEAD
