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Tab bar multiline

#1

hello sir/madam,

can you update Multi line tab bar feature in your sublime text editor like this picture https://prnt.sc/371NBpzLQ4h2 in the next new update sir ?

thank you so much for reply me and help me

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#2

Hi. Fellow user here. Here’s a relevant issue for that feature request.

in my opinion, I don’t think Sublime will implement that. You can use “Goto Anything” (ctrl+p) or try packages like CompassNavigator for code navigation.

Curious. Why do you want to see tabs in multiple rows? Do you need a sense of “overview” of what files are open? You can always toggle the open files on the side bar for that too. Or does it look more aesthetically pleasing to the eye?

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#3

thank you so much for your reply mister.

sorry I just replied to your message I see we can freely move from one file to another. because it’s difficult and complicated if there are already a lot of files that we have opened before, we have to search for files manually if there is no feature for “Multiline/Multirow”? I see this feature is already included in Notepad++ too. for image multiline notepad++ like here =(https://prnt.sc/2Q-yc8EHRwNo)

-I hope the developer team from Sublime Text will fulfill this request soon.

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#4

Goto Anything quick panel may contain many irrelevant files.

If the task is to as quickly as possible find and move to open views in current tab - which tab bar is for - you could alternatively use plugins like

They provide quick panels with lists of views per group.

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#5

thank you so much sir for reply me.

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#6

hello sir,

I have used “Goto Anything” this but it is a bit difficult and complicated every time we have to press the ctrl+p button again and again.

I beg if there are any sublime text’s programmer/developer reading this to fulfill my request immediately. I see many are asking for this feature in sublime text too.

i think sublime text’s team will give this feature ““show tabs in : Multiple Rows”” as soon as possible.

thank you so much sublime text’s team

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#7

Why do you want to see tabs in multiple rows?

  1. My “coding” screen is a 27" flat-screen monitor that is turned vertically, to help reduce “tunnel vision” when coding. It is MUCH more efficient to code when you are able to see more context in the code itself. And it’s just wide enough to gracefully contain about 96 fixed-width characters which is more than enough to see all of most source code.

  2. On serious projects, I am usually editing (or using for reference) anywhere from 10 to 20 files at the same time, and sometimes as many as 30-50, depending on what I am doing (e.g. I like to do large find/replace operations in a way that leaves all files OPEN after they have been edited so I can check them visually that the changes happened in the right place before closing them). All of them are part of the “cycle of action” I am currently working on. As I found this very common, it is important to be able to go DIRECTLY to the file I need. In this tightly-vertical space, 4 tabs wide with scrolling just doesn’t work. As such, the best arrangement I have found is to be able to sort the tabs alphabetically by filename so I can find the one I am looking for quickly. Although Netbeans offers a very nice feature to “group” tabs together (and use the same color for) tabs that are from the same top-level directory, while doing an alphabetical “sub-sort” within them. This is very useful. Otherwise, Netbeans offers the ability to leave the tabs in the order opened (which can also be helpful), as well as opening new tabs just to the right of the “current file”. My (old) text editor has made multiple-rows of tabs possible since 2006, Netbeans has offered it since probably 2016 or so (? don’t quote me), and Visual Studio has been offering it since about 2019, all due to REAL NEED for multiple rows for certain developers.

I hope that helps answer the question. I am really, really hopeful that a full-featured multi-row tab capabilities becomes available soon. I both NEED it, and have the screen room for it in my vertical code-editing display.

Here is a screenshot showing what I am looking at. It’s a code-editor’s paradise in my opinion.

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Here is my “older” (programmable programmer’s) editor in a similar scenario.

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I just encountered Sublime Text about 2 days ago and it has been growing on me quickly, seeing the amount of community support it has, and its ability to be customized. I’m sitting here ready to drop the money for a license TODAY if I know this feature is coming…

Note: I do see that the OPEN FILES section of the side bar compensates for lack of multi-row tabs somewhat, and supports drag-and-drop sequencing, which is certainly nice for file grouping. I am currently thinking that if multi-row tabs are not forthcoming that I may be able to create a package that keeps the OPEN FILES list sorted by full-path, and colorized by top-level directories so files from the same top-level folder group together…

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#8

I also think that this functionality would be nice. After you open more than 10-ish files you can not see the names of files/tabs at all.

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#9

For the last several days I have been working with 30-40 files open and I have found a work-around for this is

View > Side Bar > Show Open Files

It produces a vertical list of the open tabs above the FOLDERS tree, and it supports drag-and-drop ordering.

One other possibly-forgiving feature is tab groups, which I haven’t looked into how to use yet, but it sounds promising. I know there are a LOT of key bindings associated with tab groups, so I am guessing SOMEBODY is using them to compensate for lack of tab visibility.

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