[MonoDevelop] Pad docking area idea

[Lluis Sanchez Gual]

I think that with our current tabbing model, the pad header is useful.
It may take some space, but it is not that much space.

VS uses the same model. Eclipse and Netbeans have different ways of
organizing tabs. I can't tell which model is better since I haven't used
Eclipse extensively. In any case, I don't see big usability differences.

El dv 23 de 07 de 2010 a les 13:58 +0200, en/na Mike Krüger va escriure:
> Hi
> 
> Currently our pads duplicate information. We show a header bar + tabs at 
> the bottom when more than one tab is docked.
> This gives you the information twice: which tab is selected & provides 
> another drag&drop area.
> 
> Screenshot:
> http://www.screencast.com/t/YjAwOGQ5ZG
> 
> I think that this limits the valuable screenspace too much. I think that 
> it would be cool to merge the header & tab area into one. I now have 
> tried out the latest netbeans release and they're doing exactly this:
> 
> http://screencast.com/t/Yzc5MWZj
> 
> The downside would be that it's not that easy to see which tab is selected ?
> (I don't need that info because I can distinguish the pads by their content)
> 
> .. yes I know vs.net duplicates information too - but I don't think 
> that this is a reason to do it as well.
> 
> /discuss
> Mike
> 
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