Bug 473908

Summary:	Support Tabs
Product:	[Applications] okular	Reporter:	Henning <boredsquirrel>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Okular developers <okular-devel>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	aacid, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Henning 2023-08-29 17:33:12 UTC

Opening several PDFs opens Windows. This clutters the same taskbar and also is some sort of a UI difference from other KDE apps that open Tabs.

Tab support would really be great in Okular, for efficiency. First maybe starting with a setting opt-in?

benefits:
- less cluttered application bar
- grouped PDFs, opening mutiple ones uses Tabs, but opening single ones would use a window?
- easy switching without needing the "grouped windows" mode in the panel

drawbacks:
- space
- maybe inconsistent behavior what to group and what not

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2023-08-29 19:27:33 UTC

Okular does already have opt-in tab support. You have to enable it in the Settings window. IIRC enabling it by default is blocked by making tabs detachable somehow; see Bug 339971.

Comment 2 Henning 2023-08-29 20:33:11 UTC

thanks, its great!

Comment 3 Albert Astals Cid 2023-08-29 22:39:19 UTC

Also tabs don't work very well on Windows, but that bug is already filed.