Feature #2528 2006-08-17 14:36

nix_bb

Stacked Tabbing

Hello C::B team,

Would it be possible to provide an alternate method to Document Tab switching?

Currently when a user presses [Ctrl+Tab] the next document in the open document list is displayed, while [Shift+Ctrl+Tab] will switch focus to the previous document. It's a simple and widely used form of document tabbing, but it proves to be very cumbersome if there are a number of open documents present.

An elegant solution to the problem is a form of stacked tabbing, very much like task switching in the windows environment. In this system each time [Ctrl+Tab] is pressed the last document you accessed is displayed. To access the second to last document one only needs to hold [Ctrl] and tap [Tab] twice.

Typically while holding the [Ctrl] key down the stack of open documents is displayed. This allows the user to navigate up or down through the stack of documents with [Tab] or [Shift+Tab]

I believe the addition of stacked tabbing will surely assist in easing the transition from the VC IDE's to C::B - not to mention enhancing the keyboard accessibility of the C::B IDE.

Category

Interface

Status

Closed

Close date

2006-10-11 17:45

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