Re: [libreoffice-design] Tabbed Documents

Hi,

my suggestion would be to have the tabs horizontally but in a toolbar
that can  be activated or deactivated. If it is deactivated then other
or new documents appear in new windows, if it is activated in tabs.

Christopher



Am 11.06.2011 06:53, schrieb Cyril Arnaud:
> I'm personally not so sure about the vertical tabs.
> If the tabs are similar to the one you can use on chromium for instance, you
> save more screen realestate than with a vertical bar.
> Using tab should be very discreet since it's not necessary for your activity
> in one doc, but could increase your efficiency when you work on several
> documents at the same time.
>
> -- Cyril Arnaud
> On Jun 11, 2011 12:13 AM, "planas" <jslozier@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> > --
> > Jay Lozier
> > jslozier@gmail.com
> >
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