Questions tagged [tabs]
Tabs are a graphical user interface feature that allows multiple documents to be contained within a single window.
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In vim, how can I quickly switch between tabs?
In gnome-terminal, I can just press Alt + (1, 2, 3, etc.) to switch to specific tabs. I can also use Ctrl + (PgUp / PgDn) to cycle through tabs (admittedly less convenient, but it can be remapped).
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Multi-tab command prompt in Windows?
What are the best (i.e. bug free) Multi-tab command prompts in Windows?
They have them for Linux but Windows never seems to come out with one.
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How to get vim to open multiple files into tabs at once
Is it possible to get vim to open multiple files into tabs, similar to the way the args <path> command will open multiple files into buffers?
Doing something like :tabe ./* results in the error ...
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How do I automatically trim trailing whitespace with Notepad++?
I don't want to delete the empty lines completely, but I want to remove the trailing tabs and whitespaces in them. Eclipse usually does it (through a preference setting) when we save the file.
For ...
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Is it possible to have Notepad++ show two rows of file tabs?
Is it possible to have Notepad++ show two rows of file tabs?
I wasn't able to find such a setting.
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Using Ctrl-Tab to switch between tabs in Mac Terminal.app
How can I make Ctrl-Tab and Ctrl-Shift-Tab switch between tabs in Terminal.app on a Mac (OS 10.4 and 10.5 specifically)? This is how I switch tabs in Firefox and Aquamacs, and Command-Shift-[ and ...
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Can I restore closed tabs after quitting Chrome?
I closed Chrome by accident. Now all the tabs I had open are presumably gone. I don't want to risk anything by starting Chrome now before asking for help. I fear that they will be permanently lost (...
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Prevent Internet Explorer tabs from opening tabs in stack in taskbar
I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate, and IE 8, and have the taskbar in icon view. I'm not sure how to explain this, but I'm amazed at how each tab in IE8 seems to act like a new "thing" in the taskbar (as if ...
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How to reopen all windows in Chrome?
I have two separate chrome windows, each window has multiple tabs in it.
I want to reopen both windows with associated tabs when I open Chrome.
What I have noticed is that if I close the first ...
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How do I edit an existing buffer in a new tab in vim?
Suppose I have started vim like this:
vim foo bar
Now I decide that I want each of those files in its own tab. Is there a way to do that without exiting vim and adding the -p option to my command ...
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Switching to tabs to the right or left of the current tab in Notepad++
How can I switch to the document to the left or right of the current document in Notepad++?
For example, if I have documents A, B, and C open, and I'm currently editing B, I would like a shortcut to ...
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Do web browsers use different outgoing ports for different tabs?
In a web browser that supports having multiple tabs, such as Firefox, do different tabs that go to different website domains use a dedicated port for each domain?.
Or does the browser use a single ...
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Can I install the Custom Document Well (vertical tabs) extension for Visual Studio 2019?
The Custom Document Well extension is only available for Visual Studio 2017. Is there a way to install it for Visual Studio 2019? Specifically, I only care about the vertical tabs feature.
As of ...
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How to switch back to Firefox' old style of tabs?
The recent update (89 I think) causes all tabs to render in the same continuous shading, which makes it somehow more difficult to spot each tab's start and end (regardless of the favicon, I'm sorry, ...
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Is there a way to manage tabs efficiently in Notepad++
Is there a way to group tabs in Notepad++?
I frequently end-up with 30 or more tabs (files) opened, and it's becoming quite hard to figure out which tab I want to switch to.
If I could group them ...
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Show tabs in Chrome full screen mode?
Firefox can do it, can Chrome?
Here's what I'm looking for:
Firefox - always show the tabs in fullscreen mode
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How to leave the open file in eclipse tab after search?
when we open a file from "Package Explorer" in eclipse, after we use it, it will leave in the tabs.
If we open a file from "Search" result, then after we search another keyword, it will disappear, we ...
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Chrome - How to disable scroll over tabs
I use a laptop. Not a mac, but with a multitouchpad so I scroll down and right click with 2 fingers still.
I hate the fact that if I move too much my fingers over tabs, the scroll will but activated ...
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Gnu screen: kill a frozen tab
How to go about closing a stalled screen tab (the machine is no longer reachable) ?
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vim open file in a new tab
I would like to do this -
Open a file, say a.txt in vim. Then, do ctrl+z, which will take me back to the terminal, and hide vim in background. While I am in the terminal, now I would like to open b....
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How can I switch tabs in Notepad++ via Ctrl+PgUp/Down? [duplicate]
How can I run through the tabs in Notepad++ easily?
I would like to use Ctrl+PgUp/PgDn like in Firefox.
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How to easily transfer tabs from one PC to another?
I'm logged in with the same Chrome account at two laptops sitting next to each other. Often I want to transfer tabs/windows from one to the other. I could copy&paste the URLs to a .txt file, then ...
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Is there a way to make editor tabs stack in VS Code?
In Visual Studio, it is possible to make the tabs for your different editor windows go over multiple lines so that you can see them all at once even when you have 20 open.
Is it possible to enable ...
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How to setup vim to edit both Makefile and normal code files with two different types of indentation?
I am using Mac OSX 10.7.5, the contents of .vimrc is as follow:
set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set softtabstop=4
set expandtab
set shiftround
set smarttab
set autoindent
set copyindent
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How do I use tabs with the Linux "Screen" program?
I'm using multiple screen windows and am wondering if it's possible to add a tabbed interface to it, with tab names and keyboard shortcuts for moving between the tabs.
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Is it possible to have tabs in the new windows 10 bash terminal?
Is it possible to have tabs in the new windows 10 bash terminal? It would be really useful.
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How to open several tables in different tabs in SQL Developer
I have several schemes and need to open different tables in different tabs from different schemes at the same time.
SQL Developer opens the table view in the same tab.
Clicking whilst holding Ctrl ...
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Vim: close all tabs to the right
I was wondering if there is a way of closing all tabs to the right of the current tab. ie
-----|active|-----|-----|------|
and after, say:
:tabcright
-----|active
Thanks!
Pedro
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How to view log of network requests across tabs in Firefox?
Within Firefox, I would like to see all network requests being made by Firefox.
Using Firefox developer tools works great for this. Just open the developer tools, click on Network, and there you go.
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Ubuntu: Is there a good tabbed PDF viewer? [closed]
Is there a good non-bloated PDF viewer for (Ubuntu) Linux that supports tabs?
I don't want to use Acrobat Reader because it is slow and takes much memory, and my computer isn't the fastest. I know ...
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Group Windows by Application in Windows Alt-Tab
Being developer, I have 20+ tabs are in Alt-Tab view [mostly from 4-5 applications]. In OSX, you can switch between different windows of sample application using shortcut. Is there any such shortcut ...
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Shortcut to switch tabs in MacVim
Are there any shortcuts to switch the Tabs from one to another in MacVim?
Any tips to bind the shortcuts myself in .vimrc like ⌘ + 1 for Tab 1 and ⌘ + 2 for Tab 2. For example, like switching browser ...
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How can I make Chrome open bookmarked pages in new tab by default?
Current situation:
I am currently browsing a page (say, www.google.com). I want to open a bookmarked page (say, www.bing.com), but I want to keep the current page (Google) opened. I need to click on ...
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Stop pinned tabs changing in Chrome
Can I prevent my pinned tabs in Chrome from changing domain? Here's what keeps happening:
I pin Gmail
I inadvertently go to that tab (I have a lot of tabs open, so visually there's no difference) ...
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Get the number of open tabs in Firefox
While using Firefox I want to keep tabs on the number of open tabs (pun intended). Is there a way to quickly get this number while using the browser?
In older versions of Firefox there was a pop up ...
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Foxit Reader tab navigation keyboard shortcut
Is there a way to browse between tabs of different open PDFs in Foxit Reader using a keyboard shortcut?
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Why is the default tab size 8 spaces? Where does this come from and why is it that big? [closed]
When I push tab in many applications like vim, OpenOffice etc., the tab size is equivalent to 8 spaces/characters.
This is the default for many applications. When the default terminal size is 80 ...
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Chrome new tab page changed but I want it back
I'm using Google Chrome version 21.0.1180.89 m (on Windows 7).
The problem is that I installed an anti-virus program that accidentally changed the home page (I didn't uncheck the option). Now every ...
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Mozilla Thunderbird: Compose Messages in a New Tab
Is it possible (with or without extensions) to always compose/write/reply-to messages in a new tab, as opposed to a new window, so that those open tabs will be saved (along with their contents) when ...
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How can I set a keyboard shortcut to switch between Excel tabs?
I find the Ctrl+ PgDn/PgUpnot good enough. When I have a lot of tabs it's very annoying to get to the right tab, or move it and change the order, which is sometimes important.
I need Excel to switch ...
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Windows Explorer add-in to give tabbed functionality in Windows 7? [closed]
Anyone know of a Windows Explorer add-in to give tabs in Windows 7?
Previously a very satisfied user of QTTabBar in XP but this doesn't appear to work.
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Disabling doc list when using ctrl-tab in Notepad++
I'Is there a way to disable the "doc list" that is displayed when you switch between documents with CTRL+TAB?
I'm used to editplus, where hitting CTRL+TAB simply switches the document immediately.
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VisualStudio: Automatically turn tabs into spaces
It's weird that Google did not bring up an answer to this question:
I am using Visual Studio 1.56.0 (user setup) and would like to configure an editor to input the appropriate number of spaces when I ...
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Change Google Chrome’s Process model?
Does anyone know how to stop Chrome doing this?
Chrome seems to group all tabs I open through the same page into one process. If I copy and paste the links individually into separate tabs, it creates ...
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Vim: Show the index of tabs in the tabline
Lets say I opened file1.txt, file2.txt, file3a.txt and file3b.txt such that the tabline (the thing on the top) looks like this:
file1.txt file2.txt 2 file3a.txt
(Note how file3b.txt. is missing ...
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How to aggressively throttle background tabs in Firefox using dom.min_background_timeout_value
What are the correct settings to aggressively throttle background tabs in Firefox?
Years ago I stumbled on this post explaining various about:config settings in Firefox for throttling background (and ...
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Change vscode close tab behavior to next show left neighbor instead of previously selected tab
Suppose you have 5 open tabs in order from 1-5. If you select tab 1, then select tab 5 and close it (ctrl+w), the editor goes back to tab 1.
I want it to go to tab 4, i.e. the previous neighboring ...
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Is there a way to limit cpu usage per tab in Firefox?
Opening 20+ tabs in Firefox inevitably leads to a situation where 2-3 tabs are constantly using a fair amount of CPU, slowing the entire system down. I wonder if it's possible to impose a limit on ...
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Always open URLs from a pinned tab in a new window
I want to make sure that all the tabs that I've pinned will stay pinned at the correct page. In Google Chrome, is it possible to prevent the URL of a pinned tab from being changed (so that clicking on ...
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How do I turn off or adjust the clever tab completion in Ubuntu (Programmable Completion)
When I am running various commands on the command line in Ubuntu and use tab-completion for files. The only files I am given are ones which have the appropriate extension for the command I am running. ...
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