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Re: [platform-ui-dev] Editor tabs
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Bob
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From: "Randy Hudson" <hudsonr@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <platform-ui-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 12:21 PM
Subject: Re: [platform-ui-dev] Editor tabs
> I'd like to see the Tabs dissappear entirely, so I can have more space.
> How about making the EditorPane and other View Pane's pluggable via an
> extension point. Just like the help.ui, there could only be one extender.
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> I have a couple suggestions regarding editor tabs. I'm glad to see that
> the scrolling idea (with the left and right arrow buttons) has been
removed
> -- I found that not very usable and frustrating.
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> In the 0501 build, the editor tabs are proportionally reduced in size as
> more editors are open. I'd like to suggest that the tab for the active
> editor be made full-sized (large enough to display the editor title).
This
> would allow the user to see what's being edited without having to hover
> over the tab. Granted it would reduce the space available for the
> non-active editor tabs, but I think it would be worth it.
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> Second, the tooltip delay on the editor tabs makes it slow to find an open
> editor. (Yes, I know about Ctrl+F6.) I think removing the delay
> altogether (so the tooltip is displayed as soon as you move the mouse to
> the tab) would help. Or maybe better yet would be to use an approach like
> the tree viewer -- as you mouse over an editor tab display the complete
> title in a rectangle overlaid on the truncated title (instead of a tooltip
> below the tab). This would also have the benefit that the tooltip could
be
> different than the title.
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> Jay
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