Tabs Studio Blog (organizing Visual Studio document tabs)

February 24, 2023

Tabs Studio v5.2.0 released

Filed under: Releases — Tags: , , — Sergey Vlasov @ 2:06 pm

Tabs Studio v5.2.0 released:

  • Improved solution loading performance.
  • Extended the default Comment regex in SQLComment to cover more cases.
  • Removed VS command “Show Tabs in Multiple Rows” from the tab context menu” in VS 2022.
  • Fixed a hang on loading a solution with a Xamarin Forms project in VS 2022.
  • Fixed a rare NullReferenceException in OrderKeeper.
  • Fixed a license key verification crash when AES CPU instructions are not available.
  • Fixed a comment not showing on opening a stored procedure with SQLComment.

Download link: Tabs Studio v5.2.0.

January 22, 2020

Tabs Studio v4.7.1 released

Filed under: Releases — Tags: — Sergey Vlasov @ 11:22 pm

Tabs Studio v4.7.1 released:

  • Fixed tab context menu not opening in VS 2019 v16.5.
  • Fixed comment disappearing when moving a tab between groups in SQLComment.

Download link: Tabs Studio v4.7.1.

November 18, 2019

Tabs Studio v4.7.0 released

Filed under: Releases — Tags: — Sergey Vlasov @ 1:38 pm

Tabs Studio v4.7.0 released:

  • Added support for integrated vertical tabs in VS 2019 v16.4.
  • Removed Set Tab Layout and additional Close context menu commands in VS 2019 v16.4.
  • Fixed the inability to disable Tabs Studio when the ITransform add-in is active.
  • Fixed an ArgumentException in is_move_all_to_next_group_available when opening the tab context menu with multiple tab groups in VS 2019 v16.4.
  • Fixed a rare COMException in set_IsFloating on mouse floating a tab.

Download link: Tabs Studio v4.7.0.

October 25, 2019

Integrated vertical tabs

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: — Sergey Vlasov @ 2:57 pm

Visual Studio 2019 16.4 Preview 2 adds the vertical tabs layout option to the core product:

Tabs Studio continues to work as usual if you keep the tab layout option set to the default Top value, but I’d like to use this opportunity to improve vertical tabs usage experience. More specifically, when vertical tabs are activated in VS 2019, Tabs Studio reuses this area to show tabs, instead of showing them in a separate tool window:

If you want to try it yourself, install Visual Studio Preview.

Enable vertical tabs in Visual Studio options:

And install Tabs Studio v4.6.2.

April 2, 2019

Tabs Studio v4.6.0 adds support for SSMS 18

Filed under: Releases — Tags: , — Sergey Vlasov @ 9:20 am

Tabs Studio v4.6.0 released:

  • Added support for SQL Server Management Studio 18.0 RC1.
  • Added the ability to show tab numbers with the Navigator add-in.
  • Improved reliability of the Visual Studio 2019 integration installer.
  • Fixed inactive tab text for the Visual Studio 2019 Blue theme.
Tabs Studio in SQL Server Management Studio 18.0 RC1

Tabs Studio in SQL Server Management Studio 18.0 RC1

Download link: Tabs Studio v4.6.0.

February 6, 2019

Visual Studio 2019 inactive tab text

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , — Sergey Vlasov @ 11:29 pm

Visual Studio 2019 Preview 2.2 includes an updated blue theme that makes inactive tab text in Tabs Studio invisible:

One workaround to fix it is applying the following Tabs style:

<Style TargetType="TabsStudio:Tab" BasedOn="{StaticResource DefaultTabStyle}">
  <Style.Triggers>
    <MultiTrigger>
      <MultiTrigger.Conditions>
        <Condition Property="IsGroupFocused" Value="False"/>
        <Condition Property="IsTabSelected"  Value="True"/>
      </MultiTrigger.Conditions>
      <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static vs_shell:EnvironmentColors.FileTabInactiveTextBrushKey}}"/>
    </MultiTrigger>
  </Style.Triggers>
</Style>

The fix will be included in the next Tabs Studio release.

January 11, 2019

Tabs Studio v4.5.0 adds support for Visual Studio 2019

Filed under: Releases — Tags: — Sergey Vlasov @ 10:49 am

Tabs Studio v4.5.0 released:

  • Added support for Visual Studio 2019 Preview 1.1.
  • Added a new sorting rule type TabNameUntransformed (it ignores tab title transformations by other add-ins) and made it the default one in the Sorter add-in.
  • Created the OrderKeeper add-in that remembers a tab position when it is closed and restores the position when the tab is reopened.
  • Created the OpenDesigner add-in that adds a context menu command to open a corresponding [Design] view.
  • Changed the PriorityGroup add-in to ignore tab title transformations by other add-ins.
  • Changed the SuperName add-in to not add a project name to the PriorityGroup super group.
  • Added support for solution folders and database projects to the Sync add-in.
  • Removed the “Close All But Tool Windows” command from the context menu in VS 2017.
  • Fixed the Sorter add-in to correctly tag the fist super group tab after the PriorityGroup super group.
  • Fixed a Visual Studio hang when adding a tab to the priority group with Sorter and SuperName add-ins enabled.
Tabs Studio in Visual Studio 2019 Preview

Tabs Studio in Visual Studio 2019 Preview

Download link: Tabs Studio v4.5.0.

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