Multiline tabbar

[highend]

XY-wise, this is not possible. But ofc you could write a simple .ahk app, that queries XY via a script sent by WM_COPYDATA e.g. every second and evaluates what XY reports back. Display that stuff in a little window and e.g. dock that to XY. Whenever you select one of the items, again, send a script to XY, selecting that tab.

I can help with the scripts to send if necessary...

E.g. for the polling stuff:

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::copydata %ownHwnd%, get("tabs", , "a") . "<:>" . get("tabs", , "i"), 2;

While ownHwnd is the hwnd of your own application

and in the Receive() function you split the received string and have all tabs
for the active and inactive panes...

And when you select a tab in your ahk window, just send

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::seltab <the index of that selected tab>;

back to XYplorer. Your indexes should start with 1 (because XY starts to count them from 1, 2, ...)

[CompSystems]

At least two rows, please consider this idea.

Thank you

[jupe]

I'd like to offer one more alternative for use in the meantime if anyone is interested, it only requires changing 2 entries in the Xyplorer.ini file to match the below entries and then when you right click on any blank white space in the background of your tree it will popup a menu of all your open tabs with full length captions.

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CEA_TreeRightClickOnWhite=6
CEA_TreeRightClickOnWhite_Script=button "tablist";

or if you don't like icons in the menu you can change just one line to match below to achieve the same:

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CEA_TreeRightClickOnWhite=4

for instructions on how to tweak:
https://www.xyplorer.com/faq-topic.php?id=tweak

[jose]

A tab bar is highly essential,add it.

One more thing : you say that user's wishes are taken seriously.

[RalphM]

Welcome to the club!
Nice first post to get yourself introduced - XY has a tab bar already and yes, wishes are usually taken as serious as their posters seem to be around here.

[highend]

He probably meant a multiline tab bar (spontaneous guess ofc)...

[jose]

yep,i really meant a multiline tab bar.

[Nighted]

Who needs that many tabs?

Why not make 1000 tab bars? How about a bazillion? Yeah....tabs to infinity. Enough tabs 'til the sun explodes.

A veritable cornucopia of forgotten things you were going to do but then made another tab for future procrastination.

[zzzzk]

Hello,

Please add multi-row tabs with option to set tab width. Currently, if you have many tabs, you can't even read them.

Thank you

[admin]

I always found multi-row tabs ugly and a cheap shot at the real problem: lack of organization. If one row is not enough, then two rows won't be either. It will make things only worse.

Usage tip: There is the Catalog which in fact can serve as an infinite vertical tab bar with fully readable captions. A dream.