[Suggestion] Tabs Improvements

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Coldblackice
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[Suggestion] Tabs Improvements

Post by Coldblackice »

If I can add a couple minor request/suggestions for improving upon Everything's search-tab/session functionality (which I love and utilize heavily):

  1. Vertical tabs (Personal favorite) -- monitors have much more horizontal resolution vs. vertical; vertical tabs would enable displaying tab's full search titles without getting compressed down to pinches like with horizontal tabs, and having to horizontal scroll
    • Ability to "tree" tabs
      • For visual organization/grouping of related searches instead of opening numerous separate windows
      • For sub-searches spawned from a particular search/tab -- I frequently use Everything's context menu ability in the "Path" column to navigate down a sub-folder tree before activating a "Search in Everything" on a particular folder, usually as a temporary check
        • When using Everything's context-menu "Search in Everything" inside an Everything window, a setting to do so as a new tab spawned adjacent to the current tab
  2. "Save session" ability, for saving a search window's tabs (or optionally all open search windows/tabs), retrievable via a popup window similar to Filters, with previous sessions able to be loaded:
    • As a "Replace session", which closes out Everything's current windows/tabs (optionally saving them as a session) before restoring the saved session's windows/tabs
    • Or, restoring a saved session into a new window appended to any currently windows/tabs
  3. "Merge windows/tabs", collating tabs from currently open windows into a single window
  4. Ability to add custom name/tag to Everything windows, appending a custom tag or title to an Everything window, for designating a search window to a particular topic/task related searches, e.g. "Work", "Programming", "Journal", "De-duping", etc.
I frequently have a number of Everything windows of searches open at any given time for separate focuses/tasks, but over time I inadvertently gradually open new searches/tabs in the "wrong" window, mixing up search focuses.

Not a big deal or issue, of course. However, the above suggestions would greatly help the organizing and management of searches for any who do a lot of searching and sub-searches, especially for separate focuses/tasks!

That said, I realize most of these are likely wishful thinking and probably beyond scope, so no offense taken if they're rejected :D
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void
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Re: [Suggestion] Tabs Improvements

Post by void »

Vertical tabs (Personal favorite)
I will consider vertical tabs for a future version of Everything.

"Save session" ability
Sessions have been implemented.

You can copy your Sessions.json and restore this with a bookmark using the /restore-session search command.


"Merge windows/tabs"
Merging tabs is on my TODO list.


Ability to title search windows
Custom window and tab labels are on my TODO list.



Thank you for the suggestions.
therube
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Re: [Suggestion] Tabs Improvements

Post by therube »

Ability to title search windows
Depending... you could use separate instances... & those instances could each have their own (taskbar) icons...
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