Bug 421370 - reorder the source file tabs
Summary: reorder the source file tabs
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: IDE (show other bugs)
Version: 4.4   Edit
Hardware: All All
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform-UI-Inbox CLA
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Reported: 2013-11-08 15:29 EST by Dave Dyer CLA
Modified: 2013-11-13 06:17 EST (History)
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Description Dave Dyer CLA 2013-11-08 15:29:46 EST 
I've always found the left-right order of source files to be unhelpful, especially after a while when many source files have been opened, 
usually the file I want next is buried at the end of the "other" menu.

I suggest that tabs be dynamically reordered so that the most recently
viewed file is leftmost on the tab list, and unviewed files will
gradually migrate right and onto the "other" list.
Comment 1 Paul Webster CLA 2013-11-13 05:57:36 EST 
Probably related to bug 397942

As a workaround, you can try:

#org-eclipse-ui-editorss CTabFolder.MPartStack {
    swt-mru-visible: true;
}

See https://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse4/CSS#Editing_the_CSS_in_eclipse for more details

PW
Comment 2 Dani Megert CLA 2013-11-13 06:17:28 EST 
(In reply to Dave Dyer from comment #0)
> I suggest that tabs be dynamically reordered so that the most recently
> viewed file is leftmost on the tab list, and unviewed files will
> gradually migrate right and onto the "other" list.

Opening to the left of the existing editor, e.g. when doing Ctrl+Click, would be very distracting, at least to me. But I agree that the MRU tabs should be visible. See bug 388476.