More Tab Features!!

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Capricorn
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More Tab Features!!

Post by Capricorn »

For me the tab bar is the weak spot of RapidPHP, especially when developing larger projects with more than 15-20 main-files.
Thats why it would be great if:
  • RapidPHP asks before closing all Tabs at once or all other tabs ("Close all" function is often clicked by accident, because it's below "Close")
  • Close all Tabs which are left/right of the current tab
  • Lock a tab, so you can't close it (the "Close all" function as well)
  • Multiline tab bar instead of scroll-arrows (option to decide in control panel)
  • color tabs (by context menu option or if it belongs to a specific project, which has a color)
  • Include File Icon in tab (in front of the filename)
Feel free to comment my suggestions!
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Re: More Tab Features!!

Post by Gatis »

Hi,

Thank you for your suggestions.

* RapidPHP asks before closing all Tabs at once or all other tabs ("Close all" function is often clicked by accident, because it's below "Close")
=> I will add this to the suggestion list;

* Close all Tabs which are left/right of the current tab
* Lock a tab, so you can't close it (the "Close all" function as well)
* color tabs (by context menu option or if it belongs to a specific project, which has a color)
* Include File Icon in tab (in front of the filename)
=> We need more feedback about the necessity of this. My personal opinion is that this is not so important.

* Multiline tab bar instead of scroll-arrows (option to decide in control panel)
=> With next major version there will be improved Tab Bar, so it will be easier to quickly open the Tab you need. (a special button will show list of all invisible tabs).

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Gatis
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Re: More Tab Features!!

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Gatis wrote: * Close all Tabs which are left/right of the current tab
* Lock a tab, so you can't close it (the "Close all" function as well)
* color tabs (by context menu option or if it belongs to a specific project, which has a color)
* Include File Icon in tab (in front of the filename)
=> We need more feedback about the necessity of this. My personal opinion is that this is not so important.
As WeBuilder user, I think "close all to the right/to the left" would clutter the menu unnecessarily, locking would confuse people who lock their tabs by accident and file icon would take up a valuable space, leaving less for file name (and seeing 30 php icons is not useful :)).
Tab coloring might be an interesting feature, although I doubt I personally would use it often.
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Re: More Tab Features!!

Post by MikeyB »

Just my thoughts on these ideas:

[*]RapidPHP asks before closing all Tabs at once or all other tabs ("Close all" function is often clicked by accident, because it's below "Close")
Yes, like this it would be a good feature.

[*]Close all Tabs which are left/right of the current tab
Personally see no use for this, if you have a lot of files open how can you be certain you only want to close the ones to left/right, but even if only a few files I cannnot see a use.

[*]Lock a tab, so you can't close it (the "Close all" function as well)
Again, can't see the use in this, if I select close all surely I want to close all! And as Aivars could lock a tab by accident.

[*]Multiline tab bar instead of scroll-arrows (option to decide in control panel)
Nice idea, very useful.

[*]color tabs (by context menu option or if it belongs to a specific project, which has a color)
Would be handy if you work on multiple projects at once, can this even be done?

[*]Include File Icon in tab (in front of the filename)
All the icons would be the same WeBuilder file icon as that's what they show as in Windows Explorer?

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Mike
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Re: More Tab Features!!

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[*]RapidPHP asks before closing all Tabs at once or all other tabs ("Close all" function is often clicked by accident, because it's below "Close")
Yes, like this it would be a good feature.
Hi, we have decided this feature will not be implemented with next major upgrade, although I myself can understand people who would like to see it implemented.
If more people vote for this, we will reconsider our decision.

Sorry, if these are bad news for some of you.

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Gatis
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