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Subject says it all. It would be nice to be able to put the tabs on the sides of the editor. When you get a lot of tabs in the editor, the names get truncated with a ... and it's sometimes hard to find the tab you're looking for if a lot of files start with the same text.
If you use the editor switcher (Ctrl+F6, hold down Ctrl and hit F6 or Shift+F6 to select different items) then you can see the whole file name.
Can also use the editors dialog (Ctrl+Shift+W).
The following bugs are all related to the same issue: Bug 20626 Bug 21968 Bug 22716 Bug 25165 Can the priority of this issue be increased?
Eclipse 20021213 Have you tried the new editor management? You can turn this feature on via the preference page window>preferences>workbench>editors>Show Editors pull-down The pull-down can be accessed via ctrl-shift-w In addition a view has been added window>show view>other>basic>editors On the same preference page above you will also see an option for setting the tab compression level. Give these a try, see if they solve your issues. If they do please close this PR.
*** Bug 32334 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 46430 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 54953 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Is this enhancement still under consideration for implementation? (Not much action on it recently). I would definitely like to see it implemented as per the description. Having the _option_ to put tabs where I want is extremely useful (RHS is much more convenient than top/bottom). I used to use JBuilder, which got the editor tabs right. You could put them where you want and the tabs flowed over multiple lines (as requested for Eclipse in bug 28722). When you're changing files repeatedly, I find being able to pick up the mouse and click on a filename that is already visible most convenient, especially when the files are sorted by name so the file position remains more or less consistent (as others in related bugs have mentioned).
I agree with comment #8, but I would add: the sorting of the filenames should simply be optionnal with the usual 'a->z' toggle button. I like to order filenames myself, for grouping them by themes of code for example.
can we have a target version? because that sound pretty simple to implement, and is one of those features making life much easier (like the 'mark occurences' can't-live-without feature)
Moving Dougs bugs
As per http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_UI/Bug_Triage_Change_2009
I don't think this can be done in 3.x with reasonable effort. e4 / Eclipse 4.0 will allow modifications like this, but don't expect that the Platform UI team will implement the particular tab look and feel described in this bug. Rather, it will be possible to replace parts of Eclipse (like the tab rendering) with your own. Feel free to participate in http://wiki.eclipse.org/e4 if you are interested.
Can we reopen this bug but target it for a 4.x release?
(In reply to comment #14) > Can we reopen this bug but target it for a 4.x release? The implementation is still not something that we would provide. In 4.2 it should be possible to modify the org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.renderers.swt.StackRenderer hierarchy (LazyStackRenderer as well) to provide a different container for the editor stack without having to re-write the entire presentation. PW
(In reply to comment #15) > The implementation is still not something that we would provide. I am not sure who should provide this functionality. Should I open a different enhancement request against a different Product or Component on eclipse.org?
(In reply to comment #16) > > I am not sure who should provide this functionality. Should I open a different > enhancement request against a different Product or Component on eclipse.org? The platform changes will allow a contributor to do what is described here, but the platform won't code it or distribute it. What that means: A contributor (someone that wants this functionality) would have to decide to write the plugin, build the plugin, and distribute the plugin on their own and then announce it to the community. PW
In Eclipse 4.2 M6 SHIFT+CTRL+W closes all editors and does NOT open the editor dialog. The "EditorViewer Plugin For Eclipse" (http://editorviewer.sourceforge.net/, downloadable at http://sourceforge.net/projects/editorviewer/files/) seems to be promising. Still working with Eclipse 4.2 M6. With "Flat Mode" enabled, it is nearly a list of all open tabs.
