Bug 323218

Summary: separate Ctrl+Tab document switcher for each split view
Product: [Applications] kdevelop Reporter: Diggory Hardy <kde2>
Component: generalAssignee: kdevelop-bugs-null
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: wishlist CC: aleixpol, igorkuo
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Kubuntu   
OS: Linux   
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Description Diggory Hardy 2013-08-06 08:25:29 UTC 
When the editor view is split in kdevelop, two (or more) tab bars and drop-down menus to select files appear, one above each view. The Ctrl+Tab switcher, however, lists all "views" in a single list (potentially including the same file several times). I've been using this for a while and it constantly confuses me. What I think would be less confusing is:
1) each view in the split has it's own Ctrl+Tab list, and only the one for the active view is shown
2) a separate keyboard shortcut to switch between views is added (e.g. Meta+1,2,3,... or Alt+arrow keys)
3) (less important) the view with keyboard focus is visually highlighted in some way (other than the flashing cursor)

Just my two cents, but it would be really nice to see this in KDevelop!

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Milian Wolff 2013-08-06 10:05:37 UTC 
*** Bug 323219 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Aleix Pol 2013-09-20 17:25:23 UTC 
I agree, we definitely need better support for multiple views in kdev. Patches welcome :)
Comment 3 Igor Kushnir 2022-12-17 07:57:27 UTC 
The related Bug 419380 lists default keyboard shortcuts to switch between views: Ctrl+Shift+N and Ctrl+Shift+P.