Tabs Studio v2.7.5 released:
Download link: Tabs Studio v2.7.5.
The tabs layout algorithm in Tabs Studio tries to minimize number of rows, distribute tabs evenly between rows and minimize tab movements between rows as you add or remove tabs. The last goal to minimize tab movements between rows sometimes creates quite wide tabs:
Extra wide tabs in the top row
For the new release I’ve reduced the priority of no tab movement and for the same tabs the new look is this:
More priority for shorter tabs in the new release
Plus I’ve added the new ShortTabsPriority property that you can customize from a custom style. It is a double value. Value of 1 is old behavior. Default in the new release is 3. Value of 10 is a high priority and 100 is a very high priority. Following is an example that you can use to customize the tabs width/movement balance:
<Style TargetType="TabsStudio:Tabs" BasedOn="{StaticResource DefaultTabsStyle}">
<Setter Property="ShortTabsPriority" Value="10"/>
</Style>
High priority of short tabs
Download link: Tabs Studio v2.7.5.
Tabs Studio v2.7.3 released: added the Floating tab context menu command for grouped tabs in VS 2010+, fixed loss of icons in the Tabs Studio toolbar after customization in VS 2010.
Download link: Tabs Studio v2.7.3.
Tabs Studio v2.7.2 released: added support for SSMS 2012 to NewGroup, Navigator and XMenu add-ins.
Download link: Tabs Studio v2.7.2.
Tabs Studio v2.7.1 released: fixed the installation error code 2753 when Visual Studio 11 Beta installed after Tabs Studio.
Download link: Tabs Studio v2.7.1.
Tabs Studio v2.7.0 released: added support for SQL Server 2012 Management Studio, separated Visual Studio 11 settings from Visual Studio 2010 settings.
Download link: Tabs Studio v2.7.0.
SQL Server 2012 was released about a month ago:
SQL Server 2012 Management Studio splash screen
The new management studio uses Visual Studio 2010 shell. Extensibility for SSMS 2012 is still not officially supported by Microsoft, but luckily Visual Studio add-ins work just fine in it. Unfortunately, Visual Studio extensions don’t work as ssms.exe contains white list of allowed package GUIDs. I had to change my Visual Studio 2010 helper extension to helper add-in and after that Tabs Studio works without problems in the new IDE:
Tabs Studio in SSMS 2012
Download link: Tabs Studio v2.7.0.
Tabs Studio v2.6.5 released:
Download link: Tabs Studio v2.6.5.
Tabs Studio v2.6.3 released:
Download link: Tabs Studio v2.6.3.
The preview tab in Visual Studio 11 is a separate reusable tab displayed in the right corner of the document tabs well. In Tabs Studio the preview tab is opened in the last tab position:
The preview tab in Tabs Studio
All relevant add-ins like Sorter, AutoOpener, PriorityGroup and OpenNext were updated to ignore the preview tab and don’t move it from the last position. I’ve added the new IsPreviewTab property to style the preview tab and show the, also new, Open button that transforms the preview tab into the regular tab.
In the Tab Coloring Rule dialog you can now access the preview tab property similar to the other properties like selected tab and previously selected tab. Most of the time, I think, you will set it to False to keep the default preview tab look. (Note, that I’ve also changed, sometimes confusing, three state checkboxes to descriptive comboboxes):
Preview tab property setup in the Tab Coloring Rule dialog
If you are interested in custom VS 11 styling, see the new light and dark default style definitions. Next I plan to add support for floating tab groups in Visual Studio 11.
Download link: Tabs Studio v2.6.3.
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