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Please could a new tab be added to the ToolsPanel that would list the PB Source Files that are currently open in the IDE. I know this essentially replicates the source Tabs above the editor panel however the Tabs are painful to use when working on smaller laptop sized screens or when there are a large number of source files open.

I use PB professionally, full time, for large and small projects and often need to have other source files open at the same time. Constantly having to single click backwards and forwards along the tabs, one by one, to the required source is very painful and very inefficient.

If it could be incorporated on the Procedure Tab in a TreeGadget style this would be ideal. It would allow fast single click access to a procedure in a source file which would be even better. If it was just a list of source files though that would be fine as this would still be a massive help.

I appreciate there is a some conceptual overlap with the ToolsPanel-ProjectTab but I need access to all sources not just those within a single project.

Many thanks for the consideration of this request, it really is a major problem for me.

PB400 wrote:Please could a new tab be added to the ToolsPanel that would list the PB Source Files that are currently open in the IDE.

@PB400: Doesn't the IDE already provide an icon that produces a drop-down list of the files that are open and allow you to select one to edit next?

It sounds like it provides the same functionality that you are looking for.

For me, the icon appears in line with the tabs and above the vertical scroll-bar of the code area.

I agree. It would be nice to maximize the edit window by dropping the tabs. Had to work on my laptop screen today while away from my office and real estate is precious.

Demivec wrote:Doesn't the IDE already provide an icon that produces a drop-down list of the files that are open and allow you to select one to edit next?
For me, the icon appears in line with the tabs and above the vertical scroll-bar of the code area.

All I see is the File-Open icon?
I am not using Projects. Is it enabled with Projects?

Please accept my apologies. After many years of using Purebasic I have just found the drop-down button at the end of the SourceFile Tabs row which does show a list of the Open Source Files. As you can imagine, I now feel very foolish.

However, although this does address most of my concerns, I do still feel it would be more logical and useful to have the list of Open Source Files available in the ToolsPanel. When the ToolsPanel is located on the left hand side, the list of source files and procedures would be in the natural place (left to right) to enable code to be quickly located and then worked on with just a single click. It may seem a minor change but I think it would prove to be a significant improvement.

Bottom line though, having the list accessible with just two clicks is so much better than how I was using the IDE which was driving me crazy. Thank you for the responses.

PB400 wrote:I have just found the drop-down button at the end of the SourceFile Tabs row which does show a list of the Open Source Files. As you can imagine, I now feel very foolish.

Don't feel foolish -- I never noticed it before your comment, either.

Can someone post a pic of the drop-down for all source files loaded?
I am on Windows 10 x64.

EDIT: nevermind, it is a bug for my preference setting.