Tabs Studio v1.2.6 is released – added ability to open corresponding files.
May 31, 2009
Open Corresponding File command
I’ve added the ability to conveniently open corresponding files. For example, having stdafx.h opened you can now quickly open stdafx.cpp and vice versa. It works for all combinable extensions that Tabs Studio supports.
Open corresponding file command was added to the top of the tab’s context menu:
Open corresponding file command in context menu
There could be multiple corresponding files to select from:
Multiple corresponding files
TabsStudio.Connect.OpenCorrespondingFile Visual Studio command was also added to be available for keyboard binding. This command looks for all available corresponding files relevant to the currently selected tab and opens first one from the list. If all corresponding files are already opened, OpenCorrespondingFile activates next extension as NextTabExtension command does. Having standard h/cpp pair this behavior allows you to hit OpenCorrespondingFile shortcut and get to a corresponding file no matter if it is currently opened or not.
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May 29, 2009
IE downloading fixed
There was a problem downloading Tabs Studio installer using Internet Explorer – IE changed vsi extension to zip. It is fixed now.
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Tabs Studio v1.2.5 is released
Tabs Studio v1.2.5 is released – added horizontal and vertical tab groups support, added .aspx.vb to the list of combinable extensions, fixed tab from moving to the last position on read only status change.
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Horizontal and vertical tab groups
Visual Studio supports horizontal and vertical tab groups and Tabs Studio now backs it up too. When you have two or more tabs open, use Visual Studio’s Window menu to create a new group:
New Horizontal/Vertical Tab Group commands
You can have as much groups as you want, but you can’t mix horizontal and vertical groups:
Three vertical tab groups
Two horizontal tab groups
IsGroupSelected property is added to all Tabs Studio controls to style inactive group. Default style sets text opacity for not selected group to 60%.
To move tabs between groups use Move to Next/Previous Tab Group tab context menu commands:
Move to Next/Previous Tab Group context menu commands
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May 21, 2009
Window tabs in Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1
Let’s see what’s new in Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 for tabs management comparing to Visual Studio 2008:
Visual Studio 2008 tabs
Visual Studio 2010 tabs
Close tab button is now on the selected tab. Close button is also become visible when mouse is over a non selected tab:
Tab background on mouse over
Notice that not showing close tab button on non selected tabs doesn’t save horizontal space as place for close tab button is always reserved.
Context menu for document tab now has a Float command that allows document window to leave bounds of Visual Studio 2010 workspace:
VS08 context menu for document tab
VS10 context menu for document tab
The same floating as it was allowed for non document windows in Visual Studio 2008 (open link in new tab to enlarge):
Floating Window1.xaml out of Visual Studio 2010 main window
Visual Studio 2010 doesn’t have Multiple documents Window layout option (aka MDI) any more:
VS08 general options
VS10 general options
Everything else is the same in VS10: there is only one row of tabs, new tabs are opened on the left, when tabs don’t fit the available space they are hidden, when hidden tab is selected it goes to the left corner, tab names for ASP.NET projects contain full path.
Update – Noah Coad has blogged about a registry setting to open tabs to the right in VS 2010:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\General] "DocumentDockPreference"=dword:00000001
Finally, some words about Tabs Studio support for VS10. Underlying tabs and windows implementation in Visual Studio 2010 is now WPF based, no more Win32 windows. Tabs Studio’s injection subsystem need to be rewritten to accommodate for this changes.
Tabs Studio v1.2.0 is released
Tabs Studio v1.2.0 public is released – no changes comparing to v1.1.6.
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May 20, 2009
Tabs Studio v1.1.6 is released
Tabs Studio v1.1.6 is released – added Save, Floating, Dockable and Close All Documents commands to tab’s context menu; added tooltip for non document tabs.
This is kind of v1.2.0 Release Candidate.
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Additional context menu commands
I’ve added Save command to document tab’s context menu, Floating and Dockable commands to non document tab’s context menu, Close All Documents command to both context menus.
Document context menu
Non document context menu
Notice that I used hard drive icon for Save command instead of traditional floppy disk icon.
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May 18, 2009
Tabs Studio v1.1.5 is released
Tabs Studio v1.1.5 is released:
- Added Visual Studio TabsStudio.Connect.* commands to open about and settings dialogs, close selected tab, activate previous and next extensions in selected tab, select previously selected tab.
- Added ability to change tab position by dragging it with mouse.
- Added IsPreviouslySelectedTab and IsDocument properties to tab controls.
- Fixed IsTabSelected and IsMultiExtensions properties for TabToolTip control; IsTabSelected, IsExtensionActive and IsExtensionReadOnly properties for TabExtensionToolTip control; IsMultiExtensions property for TabInternals and Tab controls. These properties were always false.
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Tabs Studio Blog (organizing Visual Studio document tabs) 