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Bug 501007 - GtkNotebook lacks a tab names dropdown in the tab-bar
GtkNotebook lacks a tab names dropdown in the tab-bar
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: Widget: GtkNotebook
2.12.x
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: gtk-bugs
gtk-bugs
Depends on: 326953 330676
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-12-02 10:37 UTC by Patrizio Bruno
Modified: 2013-05-10 10:49 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: Unversioned Enhancement


Description Patrizio Bruno 2007-12-02 10:37:39 UTC 
I think a menu is not as usable as it should a tab-list, maybe's better to have it in the tab-bar like Firefox and IE7.
Comment 1 Reinout van Schouwen 2007-12-02 16:36:16 UTC 
This is a GTK+ issue.
Comment 2 Patrizio Bruno 2007-12-02 17:42:11 UTC 
I don't agree, not all apps need a tablist in GtkNotebook, I think it's enough to move to the epiphany's toolbar or to the locationbar what at the moment is in the menu "Tabs", just to have the tab-list much closer the tab-bar
Comment 3 Reinout van Schouwen 2007-12-02 17:57:07 UTC 
Patrizio: you could try the Tabs on treeview extension: http://kmichel.info/projects/epiphany/

nevertheless, having a dropdown on the tabbar with open tab names is a valid GTK+ enhancement request.
Comment 4 Patrizio Bruno 2007-12-02 18:16:13 UTC 
Tabs on treeview is a nice extension, but it wastes a lot of space :)

OT:
Maybe you're right about filing a feature request to the gtk+ team, but past experience say me that is a waste of time. Bugs 326953 and 330676 have been filed 2 years ago and nothing changed since then. For a long time lot of people asked for a multi-window interface in gtk+, several people (me too) have tried to submit ideas and/or patches to the gtk+ team, with simply no results, just because they include in libgtk what they like, not what thousands of users need.
Comment 5 Carlos Garnacho 2008-05-28 16:39:33 UTC 
Why not use gtk_notebook_popup_enable()?
Comment 6 Reinout van Schouwen 2013-05-10 05:18:17 UTC 
@Matthias, what's the rationale for WONTFIXing this?
Comment 7 Matthias Clasen 2013-05-10 10:49:59 UTC 
The bug has been open for 5+ years and no patch ever appeared.
And GtkNotebook is already too complicated.