Re: [libreoffice-design] Tabbed Documents

Hi Phil and Patrick

On Sat, 2011-06-11 at 09:54 +1200, Phil Jackson wrote:

> Hi Patrick
>
> This could work also if there was an option for vertical tabs to the 
> left. Certainly it is important for Writer to maximise vertical space 
> for document display and some users (including me) would like to see 
> this idea as an option on the left or right.
>
> It could be part of another toolbar with a maximum list of 3-5 items 
> that could be scrollable, on top of a list of other tools.
>
> I think that having a single click of keyboard command that switches 
> between documents is essential - I'm sure I am not in the minority in 
> sometimes wanting to be able to switch quickly between two different 
> documents either for comparison purposes or to copy and paste between them.
>
> It also therefore raises an interesting new idea which might be beyond 
> the scope of this suite - have a mode where you can display two 
> different documents side-by-side, each with its own vertical scroll 
> bars, displayed in slightly shrunk fonts with the ability to copy and 
> paste directly between the two. Obviously you can change the screen size 
> of two different sessions of Write and achieve the same but this takes a 
> little time and you still get unnecessary duplication of menus. On some 
> wide screens this would be very useful occasionally and again something 
> that would give it another point of difference.
>
> This idea could be used for Calc.
>
> Cheers
>
> Phil Jackson
>
> On 6/11/2011 8:55 AM, Patrick Scott wrote:
> > Hi all.
> >
> > What do people think about tabbed documents a la Lotus Symphony. I wouldn't
> > have much use for it myself but I keep seeing the suggestion pop up in the
> > comments on forums and articles etc so it's seems like it might be an
> > important feature for some [and another means of differentiating ourselves
> > from OO and MS Office]. I've looked a few pages back through the archives
> > and couldn't see any mention of it and since I've only been on this list for
> > a couple of days I thought I'd just ask if it was on the radar for
> > LibreOffice.
> >
> > Tabbed Documents in Lotus Symphony:
> > http://static.howtoforge.com/images/IBM_Lotus_Symphony_On_Ubuntu704/pic8.jpg
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Patrick

The side by side view would be very useful in Writer and Calc. Also,
Phil I think you correct about the placement on the side.

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Jay Lozier
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