Experiment: Browser-like Tabs

[Niko Sams]

On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 21:30, Andreas Pakulat <apaku at gmx.de> wrote:
> On 30.05.10 20:30:40, Niko Sams wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> When working with kdevelop I have always the problem that after some
>> time I loose the
>> overview over the opened files.
>> A possible solution to this might be to make the Tabs behave like we
>> know it from
>> web browsers:
>> (1) a normal click on a link navigates to the new url in the current tab
>> (2) entering a new url navigates to that url in the current tab
>> (3) opening a new tab is an explicit user action
>> (4) holding a shortcut (ctrl) an clicking a link opens a new tab and
>> navigates there to the the link url
>> (5) there can be two tabs with the same url opened
>>
>> I implemented 1, 2, 3 and 5 in an experimental branch:
>> browser-like-tabs branch of:
>> http://gitorious.org/~nsams/kdevelop/nsams-kdevplatform
>> http://gitorious.org/~nsams/kdevelop/nsams-kdevelop
>> (use Window -> New Tab to create a new tab)
>>
>> What do you think about it?
>
> From me just one request: Leave everything as it is right now if the
> user disabled tabs :)
>
Of course it has to be configurable.

Niko