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Thu, 28 August 2003 04:57

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Re: editor tabs [message #89934 is a reply to message #89905]

Thu, 28 August 2003 06:34

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: faust.acm.org

Not that I'm aware of although maybe it's something I missed. You can limit
the number of editors open:
Windows->Preferences->Workbench->Editors. Choose "close editors
automatically" and supply the number you want open before closing.

In general the multi-editor tab notion could stand to be cleaned up. Maybe
multi-layers or combo drop down. Suggestions?

Randy

"javi" <javier.crespo@altana.es> wrote in message
news:bikg6c$kf0$1@eclipse.org...
> hi!
> is there any way to view the name of the editor

Re: editor tabs [message #90098 is a reply to message #89905]

Thu, 28 August 2003 09:29

Eclipse User

javi <javier.crespo@altana.es> wrote:
> is there any way to view the name of the editor

Re: editor tabs [message #90321 is a reply to message #90098]

Thu, 28 August 2003 11:48

Eclipse User

helped by Jon, i have realize that you can control the size of the tabs
width with the property EDITOR_TAB_WIDTH in pref_store.ini placed in
/eclipse\workspace\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.ui.workben ch

a value of 500 is enough for my question.

Jon, thanks for your help

javi.

pd.- your class works fine over eclipse3, it will be great if it would set
the EDITOR_TAB_WIDTH property with the dialog. if i have time to do it i
will send you.

Jon Skeet wrote:

> javi <javier.crespo@altana.es> wrote:
> > is there any way to view the name of the editorŽs classes.
> > i mean, in my editor when i open more than 10 files, i see (for example)
> > MyC...|MyC...|MyC...| _ _ _ < >
> > and i want see
> > MyClass1|MyClass2|MyClass3| _ _ _ < >
> >
> > any suggestions?

> I have a patch which gives a lot more space by getting rid of the icon
> for each file and getting rid of the extension in the name. It makes a
> big difference - and each of them is optional in preferences. Let me
> know if you want the jar file - it's only for 2.1.1 though. (I'll be
> redoing it for 3.0M3 when I install that though.)

Re: editor tabs [message #92875 is a reply to message #89934]

Fri, 05 September 2003 13:47

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: jimothy.mac.com

Randy Faust wrote:

> Not that I'm aware of although maybe it's something I missed. You can limit
> the number of editors open:
> Windows->Preferences->Workbench->Editors. Choose "close editors
> automatically" and supply the number you want open before closing.

> In general the multi-editor tab notion could stand to be cleaned up. Maybe
> multi-layers or combo drop down. Suggestions?

I'd go with the drop down menu. In fact, didn't a release in the 2.x
lineage have exactly this? What happened to that?

I hope Eclipse stays away from multi-row tabs. Most of the people on my
team use JBuilder, which does use multi-row tabs. Half of the left side
of their screen is taken by a list of classes (similiar to Navigator or
Package Explorer), half of the top is taken by multiple rows of tabs,
leaving a postage stamp sized area for their source code.

Personally, I'm not a big fan of tabbed editors at all. I like what
Project Builder (Mac OS X) has done, with a menu for the open files, and
to right of that, a menu for the methods in the open file (a compact
alternative to Eclipse's Outline view). These approaches take a minimum
amount of screen real estate. But, naturally, not everybody shares this
opinion, so options are nice.

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