Bug 306255 - Add an option to display tabs on multiple lines or display all the tabs in one line (with a variable width)
Summary: Add an option to display tabs on multiple lines or display all the tabs in on...
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: dolphin
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 2.1
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Dolphin Bug Assignee
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Reported: 2012-09-04 16:59 UTC by Alexandre Bonneau
Modified: 2021-07-28 01:02 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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mockup of how vertical tabs could look (137.09 KB, image/png)
2021-07-27 21:01 UTC, andy 		Details
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Description Alexandre Bonneau 2012-09-04 16:59:16 UTC 
Most of the time, I like to open multiple tabs to mitigate the lack of proper horizontal and vertical split view like in the old Konqueror.

An ergonomic problem arises quite quickly when working on low resolution (ie. 1366x768) when I begin to have more than 5-6 tabs : you first have to click multiple time on the small arrow to find your tab, then click on that tabs.

2 solutions would be great here :
1/ Add an option to allow multiple lines to display tabs
2/ Add an option to set minimum and maximum tab width, and try whenever possible within those constraints to display all the tabs on one and only one line (I'd rather choose this solution). The firefox extensions "Custom tab width" do that pretty well for instance.

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Justin Zobel 2021-03-09 02:18:59 UTC 
Thank you for the bug report.

As this report hasn't seen any changes in 5 years or more, we ask if you can please confirm that the issue still persists.

If this bug is no longer persisting or relevant please change the status to resolved.
Comment 2 Alexandre Bonneau 2021-03-09 03:37:02 UTC 
This is still valid after 5 years.
Having the ability to display tabs on multiple lines would be handy.
Comment 3 andy 2021-07-27 20:39:22 UTC 
Similar to https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=311580, but a solution to both is the option of a vertical tab bar. As a tab junkie, I always make my task manager vertical, and my tabs vertical when possible. Would be a great addition to Dolphin (or in general other kde apps) to have this option.
Comment 4 andy 2021-07-27 21:01:14 UTC 
Created attachment 140359 [details]
mockup of how vertical tabs could look

attached is a mock-up of how a vertical tab list could look (shown 8 random tabs open)
Comment 5 Alexandre Bonneau 2021-07-27 23:54:53 UTC 
Using the split view 100% of the time, having vertical tabs would be a massive waste of space for my use case.

However I could understand why somebody would want that feature.
Maybe it should be created in a separated issue since it serves a different purpose?
Comment 6 andy 2021-07-28 01:02:14 UTC 
Sure, I can open another issue.

Fair enough on the different use case preferences. In my case I find with prevalence of widescreen monitors there is more than enough horizontal space to sacrifice, so appreciate the options for more vertical panels.