Tabs Studio v2.5.5 released:
Download link: Tabs Studio v2.5.5.
Sometimes you get tabs arranged in more rows than necessary:
Tabs in 4 rows
The same tabs in 3 rows
This is because the current tab layout algorithm first of all tries to minimize distracting tab movement between rows (keeping tab in the last position, reserving a row buffer for new tabs and changes in tab width).
I’ve added the new LessRowsPriority property to let you customize this behavior. (Remember also the RowBuffer property.) The larger LessRowsPriority value the more actively Tabs Studio will try to minimize number of rows. It is a double with default value of 1. Value of 10 is kind of high priority and value of 100 – very high priority. You can set it in a custom style like this:
<Style TargetType="TabsStudio:Tabs" BasedOn="{StaticResource DefaultTabsStyle}">
<Setter Property="LessRowsPriority" Value="10"/>
</Style>
If you have a frequently accessed tab that is open for a long time, you may want to position it at the beginning of the list for easier access and better tabs organization. The new PriorityGroup add-in lets you add such tab to the priority group and will keep it at the beginning when this tab is open:
Adding a tab to the priority group
Priority tabs are identified by tab name and work globally across all solutions. To remove a tab from the priority group, right click on the tab and select Remove from priority group.
You can color priority tabs using the new TabsStudioPriorityGroup:Properties.Top property. For example, in the standard Tab Coloring Rule dialog, add the following custom condition:
<Condition Binding="{Binding Path=(TabsStudioPriorityGroup:Properties.Top),
RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" Value="True"/>
A tab coloring rule for priority tabs
The Sorter add-in now recognizes if PriorityGroup is running and sorts priority tabs first:
Sorter and PriorityGroup sort and prioritize tabs
PriorityGroup will be included in the next Tabs Studio release.
Tabs Studio Blog (organizing Visual Studio document tabs) 