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Bug 340520 - [EditorMgmt] Tabs are unpredictable
Summary: [EditorMgmt] Tabs are unpredictable
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 68684
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 4.1   Edit
Hardware: All Mac OS X - Carbon (unsup.)
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform UI Triaged CLA
QA Contact: Remy Suen CLA
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Reported: 2011-03-20 14:25 EDT by Mark Davis CLA
Modified: 2011-03-21 09:09 EDT (History)
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Description Mark Davis CLA 2011-03-20 14:25:51 EDT
Build Identifier: 20100917-0705

When you open a file that doesn't already have a tab in the editor, which tab disappears is unpredictable. I'd expect it to be the rightmost, or maybe the oldest (either last viewed or last edited), but that does not seem to be the case. In any event, it is quite often exactly the tabs that I am working in, which is frustrating.

Best would be a predictable algorithm, like always the rightmost one. Then I could ensure that the tabs I am working in are on the left.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a bunch of files.
2. Edit and view different ones.
3. Now, look over the tabs and predict which will disappear when you open a new file
4. Open the new files.
5. Your guess is almost always wrong.
Comment 1 Remy Suen CLA 2011-03-21 09:09:16 EDT
I think bug 68684 comment 95 may do what you want.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 68684 ***