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User forums => Help => Topic started by: xawari on December 21, 2007, 09:55:43 pm

Title: [feature req] Close file button
Post by: xawari on December 21, 2007, 09:55:43 pm: Hi! First of all, CB rules! It's the first IDE after VS6.0 from the long past I considered the most convinient! But...
Can you please add a "close file" or "close notebook" X button to the right of all tabs like in all MDI programs (or make it an option)? Many people and I miss it very much!

Thank you for making the best IDE! :)

(svn build rev 4711 (2007-12-06 15:36:04) gcc 4.2.1 Windows/unicode)

BTW: "feature request" FAQ link works... strangely
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=126998&atid=707419
gives the following ERROR:
Artifact: Only Artifact Admins Can Modify Private ArtifactTypes
Title: Re: [feature req] Close file button
Post by: Jenna on December 21, 2007, 10:12:48 pm: Active editor-tabs have an X and all other (the active also of course) can be closed with a click of the middle mouse-button/scrollwheel.

The project is no longer hosted on sourceforge, but on berlios.de.

Try the link on the MainPage.
Title: Re: [feature req] Close file button
Post by: xawari on December 22, 2007, 09:47:47 am: Yes, I know all of that. But I always have to aim at the active (tab instead of single button) which is sometimes very annoying thing to do (when about 10 tabs are opened).

For some reason I cannot register on berlios.de. It simply does not accept my reginfo. Somehow.
Is there any other acceptable way to post feature requests?
Title: Re: [feature req] Close file button
Post by: alchemist on December 22, 2007, 09:48:50 am: you can also press CTRL+F4 ;)
Title: Re: [feature req] Close file button
Post by: Albenejean on December 23, 2007, 02:17:05 pm: I aggree with xawari.
One rule I always apply when programming, is to minimize the number of mouse click the user has to make.
Making a window active in order to close it is -in my opinion- one click too much.
Title: Re: [feature req] Close file button
Post by: eranif on December 23, 2007, 02:25:37 pm: Quote from: Albenejean on December 23, 2007, 02:17:05 pm
I aggree with xawari.
One rule I always apply when programming, is to minimize the number of mouse click the user has to make.
Making a window active in order to close it is -in my opinion- one click too much.
Closing a tab using the mouse middle button (even if the tab is not the active one) does not selects the file, thus only one click to close it.

Eran
Title: Re: [feature req] Close file button
Post by: killerbot on December 23, 2007, 02:26:56 pm: I think we have both , it somewhere in the environment or editor settings :

- you can have the close x on the right
- or a close x on every tab (seems the most convenient)

and

- ctrl f4
- middle mouse click on the tab
Title: Re: [feature req] Close file button
Post by: Albenejean on December 23, 2007, 02:48:24 pm: Quote
Closing a tab using the mouse middle button
OK for me, I didn't know this feature.
Title: Re: [feature req] Close file button
Post by: xawari on December 23, 2007, 04:33:28 pm: alchemist :) I knew that. I want to change the "x" button not only because of it's constant position but also because tabs change their size when selected. (yeah, I'm that kind of person who set "browser.tabs.closeButtons" to 2 in Firefox 2.0 :) ).

killerbot
Where are those settings?
I searched through many times to make sure I'm not asking silly questions.

Thanks everyone.
Title: Re: [feature req] Close file button
Post by: dje on December 23, 2007, 07:21:28 pm: Hi !

I like current behaviour (one unique X button in active editor).
I work with a lot of open files and putting an x in each open file looses a lot of space.
If it is implemented, i'd like it to be an option to keep current behaviour.

Dje