Linux Operating Systems: Tile Tabs 8 . four


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Tile Tabs will allow tiles to be arranged horizontally, vertically or in a grid. Tiles can be re-sized by dragging splitter bars. Hyperlinks can be dragged to open in other tiles. Scrolling of tiles can be synchronized.

Important NOTES:

&bull A few new commands - Tile New Tab, Tile Duplicate Tab, Tile Link in New Tab.
&bull New characteristic - Drag a hyperlink, bookmark hyperlink, historical past hyperlink or plain text URL to open in one more tile.

Tile Tabs permits an limitless number of tabs to be tiled within the Firefox tabbed browser content region.

The Firefox tabbed browser paradigm is totally maintained. The tiled layout is accomplished by presentational adjustments rather than practical alterations. All characteristics (menu commands, url bar, search bar, tabs buttons) carry on to operate as usual.

Any tab can be tiled individually - above, under, left or appropriate of the at the moment selected tile. Alternatively, all tabs can be tiled collectively - horizontally, vertically or in a grid.

Tiles are arranged in groups - in which all the tiles in a group have the very same width or identical height - and all the tiles in a group are separated by splitters all with the same orientation (horizontal or vertical).

Tiles can be displayed with a tab button for each and every tile - or with a single tab button for all tiles.

There are eight commands:
&bull Tile Tab - adds an present tab as a new tile above, beneath, left or appropriate of the currently picked tile.
&bull Tile New Tab - opens a new tab as a new tile over, under, left or proper of the currently selected tile.
&bull Tile Duplicate Tab - opens a duplicate tab as a new tile over, below, left or proper of the currently selected tile.
&bull Tile Hyperlink in New Tab - opens a hyperlink in a new tab as a new tile over, below, left or ideal of the at present selected tile.
&bull Untile Tab - removes a tile and the corresponding tab reverts to regular operation.
&bull Expand Tile - expands a tile and collapses all the other tiles in that group.
&bull Tile All Tabs - adds all tabs as tiles with each other horizontally, vertically or in a grid.
&bull Untile All Tabs - removes all tiles and all tabs revert to usual operation.

These commands can be invoked from the 'Tile' menu on the main menu bar, or from the 'Tile Tabs' button menu on the toolbar, or from the context menu after ideal -clicking on a tab button, or from the context menu immediately after ideal -clicking on a tile contents. The 'Tile Tabs' button can be additional to the toolbar by correct -clicking the toolbar and picking out 'Customize'. The 'Expand Tile' command can be applied repeatedly on the very same tile to alternately broaden the tile horizontally and vertically.

To get started, consider tiling two precise tabs - pick the initial tab to be tiled by clicking on its tab button, then do a single of the following:
&bull Click 'Tile' on the main menu bar - pick 'Tile Tab', pick the course and select the second tab to be tiled.
&bull Click 'Tile Tabs' button on the toolbar - pick 'Tile Tab', select the direction and pick the 2nd tab to be tiled.
&bull Appropriate -click on the tab button of the second tab to be tiled - pick 'Tile Tab' and pick out the course.
&bull Right -click on the content region - pick 'Tile Tab', pick out the route and select the 2nd tab to be tiled.

A tile can be picked by clicking on the corresponding tab button or by clicking on the tile contents. A tiled tab is indicated by a dotted blue bar under the corresponding tab button. The at present chosen tile is indicated by a stable blue bar under the corresponding tab button and by a blue border close to the tile contents.

A tile can be re-sized by dragging the adjacent splitter bars. Splitter bars will snap into place when close to to the edge of a tile or an additional splitter bar. Double-click on any splitter to equalize the size of all the tiles in that group.

A link in can be dragged from any tile to open in another tile. The URL icon in the handle bar can be dragged to open in a tile.

Decide on 'Synchronize Scroll' on the 'Tile' menu or 'Tile Tabs' button menu to synchronize horizontal and vertical scrolling inside of every group of tiles. This allows effortless comparison of two or additional related web pages. De- decide on to turn off synchronized scroll.

Pick 'View Regular Tabs' on the 'Tile' menu or 'Tile Tabs' button menu to view the tiled tabs at complete dimension ( with no dropping the tile layout info ). This is handy to temporarily view the complete contents of the tiled tabs. De- select to revert to the tiled layout.

The 'Options Dialog' will allow the consumer to set:
&bull The display of a single tab for all tiles, as a substitute of a tab for each and every tile.
&bull The width of the blue border all around the contents of the currently picked tile.
&bull The size of the splitters.
&bull The size of the snap region.

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