[suggestion] manage sets of tabs

[FrankCH]

Function to manage “Tab Sets” like in the filebrowser called "Path Finder" for OS-X (http://www.cocoatech.com/pf4/). You could then switch between whole sets of tabs i.e. when you manage data from different customers.

[Hacker]

What is wrong with the current approach of OPENTABS?

Roman

[JohnFredC]

IMHO the whole tab groups thing would be better served with a second row of "tab group" tabs placed above the existing folder tabs row(s). Then for most groups I could simply click directly on the group I wanted instead clicking, waiting for the Open dialog to appear, identifying the tab group from the list, clicking again.

For me, this functionality would contribute to fewer tabs on screen at once, since the current method (load from file) is so "cumbersome", I don't use it much and on busy days end up with 20 or more tabs on each side...

"Tab group" tabs could have their own context menu with (among other things) entries to control merging groups with each other or the currently active group, saving under a different name, etc.

[StatusQuo]

2Hacker

What is wrong with the current approach of OPENTABS?

I couldn't find a corresponding command like SAVETABS.
So saving a group of tabs can only be done like:

• - right-click for context menu,
  - choose "save tabs to file"
  - enter the file name manually

In 11/2004 the author wrote, there is no SAVETABS, because OPENTABS is designed to call some often used settings from a button (german post).
If I didn't miss it, a command for SAVETABS is still missing?

2JohnFredC

IMHO the whole tab groups thing would be better served with a second row of "tab group" tabs placed above the existing folder tabs row(s).

Support++, sounds nice to me.
This way the user wouldn't have to handle tab file names, but instead have all projects just a click away.

Additional commands to switch between group of tabs would be nice to attach keyboard shortcuts (or buttons) for them.

[icfu]

Support for the additional row plus additional commands.
Also support for SAVETABS command!

Icfu

[CEUM]

I use the sets of tabs very often by using the command opentabs, very strong feature, but handling should be improved,
everyone should have easy access to it without knowledge of special internal commands and hidden menues
--> support for SAVETABS or put the tab options in the standard menue
CEUM

[Vochomurka]

http://ppro.totalcmd.net/Scripts/SaveOpen.htm

[jaco]

My problem with the current Opentabs/Savetabs implementation is that you have to remember yourself to save your tabs back to the right file before you open another set of tabs.
Ideally TC would remember this for you, and treat tabs more like a document opened and changed similar to other applications.

If Mr. Ghisler could add somethis like this to the wincmd.ini :
[lefttabs]
filename=MyTabs.tab
when opening another set of tabs, then a new savetabs command could simply write-back changes to the right file,
opentabs could prompt to save changes and you could use sets of tabs, without fear of losing your current settings.[/i]

[Stitscher]

@Ghisler
What do you think about this suggestions?

Stitscher

[fredscal]

How about getting inspiration from Firefox's session manager?

[oko]

WANTED TOO !

Maybe some repeatition will occur, but I had prepered text below before I have found this topic.

I would like to have quick option to switch between groups of tabs. Something like buttons of drives. So I could only click on button or select in combobox "GroupX" and all current tabs would close and tabs had opened (and had closed) during previous "GroupX session" would (re)open. It would work like now is possible to save and load tabs, but now I must right-click choose to save, choose dir where to save, write name of file, then close all tabs, then right-click, select load, find directory... it is too long path. During changing tabs, there would be autosaving of current tabs (no promting "Would you like to save changes to current group of tabs?" - automatically yes). It can be designed e.g. as one combobox (with list of saved groups of tabs) -click and choose from list another group of tabs. Also new commands would needed: Save current group, save current as new group, organize groups...

[ghisler(Author)]

Well, the idea of OPENTABS is meant more for projects or so which remain static, not for dynamic changes (which are already stored internally). If you need this, you can use RedirectSection in the [LeftTabs] and [RightTabs] section to your tab file...

[ND]

you can use RedirectSection in the [LeftTabs] and [RightTabs] section to your tab file

I tried to get this idea to work in the past, but it doesn't. The .ini file has [Configuration] (ActiveRight=?), [left], [right], [lefttabs] and [righttabs], whereas the .tab file contains [activetabs] and [inactivetabs].

[oko]

to Ghisler and ND
I dont understand. Could you (or someone) explain that method ?

[ghisler(Author)]

I mean something like this:
[lefttabs]
RedirectSection=mytabs.tab

[righttabs]
RedirectSection=mytabs.tab

You will of course need to change the headers in the tab file from [activetabs] and [inactivetabs] to [lefttabs] and [righttabs]. Also it doesn't consider the currently active tab...