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How does Mockups determine tab order? I opened multiple files all at once and the tabs all seem in a random order. They don't seem to be in any order (alpha, date, size). Even if I open them in order (one at a time), they still wont stay in the right order.
I would really like the ability to reorder the tabs:
I often show mockups to demonstrate workflow by having each UI screen on its own mockup. But having the tabs in random order makes this painful. I wish they could be in order.
I would really like the ability to reorder the tabs:
I often show mockups to demonstrate workflow by having each UI screen on its own mockup. But having the tabs in random order makes this painful. I wish they could be in order.
I’m frustrated
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The company has this in progress.
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Inappropriate?Hi Michael, I agree, the tab bar needs a lot of improving, not only sorting, but being able to close tabs a-la Firefox and lots of other little things. I had started building it all up but never got it to a point that was satisfactory to me, so I punted it for a later release.
Now I'm thinking of doing this in two passes: I'll immediately add code to sort tabs alphabetically (should be easy) for 1.5, and bump up the priority of "reorder tabs" on my todo list.
I'll report back when phase 1 is live.
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Inappropriate?Ok, NEXT.159 has the tab ordering...at least now you'll be able to sort your mockups by calling them 1_foo, 2_bar etc...I know, not the smoothest.
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Inappropriate?Love the tab ordering! 160 works great on OSX and WIndows XP Pro (in Fusion) for me.
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Inappropriate?I think it's important to be able to reorder tabs by dragging. If I use the 01_foo, 02_bar etc naming convention and I have 20 or 30 steps, inserting something in the middle becomes cumbersome.
Also, the ability to right click and rename a tab (whilst renaming the underlying bmml file) would be helpful.
Keep up the great work!
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Inappropriate?An easier way to add something in between is like... 08_foo, 08a_foo and 09_foo.
In theory you can also keep adding alternates like 09a1b_foo -
Inappropriate?One vote up for being able to drag tabs around in the UI. I like that they are alphabetically ordered already, but could use the drag ordering as well.
I’m unconcerned
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Inappropriate?Me wants to drag tabs to change their order! Extra credit if you could rename the tabs and have all links that link to that page, change automatically.
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Inappropriate?This may be getting into the realm of being to opaque to users, but here's a brain dropping on the subject:
What about a text file( "tab_order.txt"?--but how to internationalize?) in the folder that, if it exists, automatically rearranges the tabs to match the order in "tab_order.txt".
That would then require a method of updating the text file if the user has manually dragged them around, or added a new one.
Perhaps if a user has dragged tabs around, on closing the last tab to a folder, the user is presented with a list of all files in that folder, with the ability to drag the order around.
Sometimes I get the feeling that if there are too many special cases resulting from an idea, it's not such a good idea. But heck, it's just an idea, perhaps it will fertilize someone's thought process.. -
Inappropriate?Hi guys, an update on this old thread. We have started to work on it. The new tabs will shrink like in Chrome, have an (x) on hover like in Safari and have a "drop target" for drag-and-drop like in Firefox. The best of all worlds! ;)
Stay tuned for updates!
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This is one of the best points
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Will the positions persist somehow? Either in the Balsamiq local config (if there exists such a thing) or perhaps in the bmml? I am just thinking of the case where you open 10 mockups, re-arrange them how you like, come in the next day and open the same 10 mockups, will it remember the positions? -
it will remember the position across restarts, yes.
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