Bug 71805 - [EditorMgmt] tabs: Remove editor drop-down menu and keep compressing
Summary: [EditorMgmt] tabs: Remove editor drop-down menu and keep compressing
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 3.0   Edit
Hardware: All All
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform UI Triaged CLA
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Reported: 2004-08-11 12:37 EDT by Rob Jones CLA
Modified: 2019-09-06 16:10 EDT (History)
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Description Rob Jones CLA 2004-08-11 12:37:52 EDT
Hi

Just upgraded to 3.0.0 from one of the MX 3.0 builds.
I notice a change in behaviour if I have lots of editor windows (10+ but varies
with screen width and view positions) 

Pre 3.0.0: As many tabs as I had open editors would appear in the tab bar with
less and less space being used per tab as more editors were openened.

3.0.0: Once a limit if reached a '>>' symbol appears on the right with a number
representing how many "untabbable" editors there are. The ">>" opens a drop down
box that lets me choose my editor.

Personally I prefered the pre 3.0.0 method. I deal with a lot of files typically
and I find the ">>" drop down list more time consuming and unintuitive to deal with.

Could we have one of 

A) A choice of either method configurable in the preferences.

B) To stop the -ve side of the pre 3.0.0 method (being that the tabs got very
small and you couldnt read names) could we have an option so that instead of the
">>" symbol an additional row(s) of tabs were used.

Sorry for the lengthy explanation. Hope it makes sense. If not please ask.

thanks

Rob
Comment 1 Rob Jones CLA 2004-08-11 12:38:48 EDT
sorry I forgot to say please.
"please"
Comment 2 Douglas Pollock CLA 2004-09-28 12:30:23 EDT
I'm trying to gather all the tab related bugs.... 
Comment 3 Michael Van Meekeren CLA 2006-04-21 13:19:39 EDT
Moving Dougs bugs
Comment 4 Susan McCourt CLA 2009-07-09 19:06:03 EDT
As per http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_UI/Bug_Triage_Change_2009
Comment 5 Boris Bokowski CLA 2009-11-17 13:02:27 EST
Remy is now responsible for watching the [EditorMgmt] component area.
Comment 6 Eclipse Webmaster CLA 2019-09-06 16:10:55 EDT
This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it. The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is (for whatever reason) no longer relevant.