Bug 50747

Summary:	tab movement and manipulation
Product:	[Applications] konqueror	Reporter:	davidsmind
Component:	general	Assignee:	Konqueror Bugs <konqueror-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	trapni
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description davidsmind 2002-11-15 10:54:43 UTC

Version:            (using KDE Devel)
Installed from:    Compiled sources
OS:          Linux

Tab's are remarkably static and dull in konqi compared to, lets say, Opera. So I will suggest some things to get the ball rolling:

One should be able to drag url's from web pages up into an empty part of the tab "toolbar" to create a new tab with that url being the one to be loaded. If the pointer is help over the tab for over, let's say, 3 seconds, the tab undernieth should be activated and the webpage shown. The last rule should go for more then just urls, but all dragged text.

When the amount of tab's becomes to great to display all at once, an option should be available to have a "favicon-only" view. As for sites without favicons, hovering the pointer over the tabs should enduce a tooltip anyways. (This would certainly help me out a great deal)

You should allow a middle-click reposition of the tabs like you can with the icons on the kicker. This would exceed the usabillity of Opera and would also help me, and probably a few others, a great deal. 

Renaming of tabs might be useful to some....

A left click-and-drag should drag the url of the tab along with the pointer, to allow one to post the url in dialog box.

That's all I can think of. At times like this, I wish I had the mental capacity to code. Good luck, and good job so far.

Comment 1 Stephan Binner 2002-11-16 00:09:05 UTC

Please only one bug/wish per report. Some of this supposed to be duplicate 
anyway.

Comment 2 Alex Radu 2003-05-26 07:29:43 UTC

Not only urls, anything compatible with Konqueror liike PDFS or Koffice documents or simple 
text documents and folders should work the same way. IF I drag a pdf on empty space in the 
tab area I expect it to open same goes for a folder, I expect to see the open folder in that tab. 
 
Tabs should also support simple dynamic resizng, have  aclose button like mozilla and be able 
to be ordered using drag and drop.  It would also be much better if there be a possibility to 
drag&drop URLs/files/etc between tabs in Konqueror, exactly as there is a possibility to 
drag&drop between windows - i.e dragging URL to a tab & holding it over the tab activates the 
tab and makes it uppermost, thus giving a user the possibility to continue dragging to the 
needed point within the subwindow.  
 
Once a tab is right clicked there should also be a context menu including all the options in 
Fireburd such as reload tab (or refresh tab) and refresh all tabs in addition to the current 
options 
 
Once these features are implemented than tabs will actually become useful, right now they are 
still good , but not much use except so that you don't have to open more windows.

Comment 3 Stephan Binner 2003-05-26 18:12:34 UTC

Tab movement is now implemented in HEAD. The other stuff is like told dupe of 
41853, 48393, 48417 and 46726 and the context menu already contains reload 
entries too.

Comment 4 Alex Radu 2003-05-26 23:37:08 UTC

Oh =) Cool, so everything I mentioned up tehre is actually known/or implemented
already? That's great news =)

Comment 5 trapni 2003-06-04 06:14:51 UTC

Unfortunately, while moving tabs is possible via shortcuts you *still* can't using the 
mouse. 
 
I mean, clicking on a tab, holding clicked, then move left or right to move the tab to a 
new position (ordering); 
 
Although, while detaching tabs is supported, you even can't migrate a tab of one konq 
window into another (again, using the mouse). 
 
just my 2 cents, 
Christian Parpart.

Comment 6 Stephan Binner 2003-06-05 09:34:22 UTC

> Unfortunately, while moving tabs is possible via shortcuts you *still* can't 
using the  mouse.  I mean, clicking on a tab, holding clicked, then move left 
or right to move the tab to a new position (ordering); 
 
Didn't bother to read comment 3? It's implemented in HEAD (middle mouse 
button).

Comment 7 Christian Parpart 2003-06-05 16:46:34 UTC

Subject: Re:  tab movement and manipulation

Stephan Binner inspired the electrons to say:
> Didn't bother to read comment 3? It's implemented in HEAD (middle mouse
> button).

ui, I did, but it must have been late in the night (I am using HEAD), sorry. 
However, you also drag file icons using the left mouse button, as well as 
activating them with the left one. So, it's just homogenous to adopt this 
sceme to the tabs, too, isn't it?

Cheers,
Christian Parpart.

Comment 8 Stephan Binner 2003-06-07 12:25:09 UTC

Moving!=DnD, DnD will follow later (41853).