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Sonrep
April 17th, 2007, 05:48 PM
Summary:
Dragging tabs between apps and the Desktop panel, and/or between compatible apps.

Rationale:
Many users use tabs in multiple apps, sometimes they have to open the same document in another app, just to use a functionality in the other app. This is also usefull when surfing the web, if you feel that you have to many firefox windows open in the Desktop Panel, you can move them up to the firefox/konqueror app tab-panel.

User cases:
Bill writes a php application in gphpedit. A few files includes lots of html code so he want to use them in a more html friendly editor. So he opens his favourite html editor and open them manually through the open dialogue. The problem is that the filenames is so long, so he has to switch back to his old app to re-read the file name.

With the integrated-tab-dragging functionality enabled, Bill selects the tabs and then drag them to the other applications tab bar. This process makes this work about ten times faster.

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Steve have his too much windows in the desktop navigation panel. Most of these are browserwindows that wasn't originally opened in tabs, but as windows, because the webpage he use opens a new window for every link he clicks. He still want to have the windows open. but in tabs.

With the integrated-tab-dragging functionality enabled, Steven selects the tabs and then drag them to the other applications tab bar. Making it that way without that function would require a lot of manual work.

nicolas2b
April 18th, 2007, 02:52 AM
Yes :), It can be wonderful

+1

prince_niceguy
April 18th, 2007, 03:19 AM
Good idea!!

+1 from me too.

Sonrep
April 18th, 2007, 10:35 AM
A short FAQ

So, when you drag an unsaved page from one app to another..

Should it auto-save every time a page is moved?
-I think it's up to the application developer to chose. Sometimes the user don't intend to save the file directly. Perhaps it should be possible to undo the save.

Should it transfer all previous actions in app A to app B so the user can undo them?
-Yes, I think so.

What happens if you drag tabs from one application to a not compatible app?
-You get a pop up warning in where you can insist tabs to be moved or cancel.

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When moving a pages between apps and the Desktop Panel..

What happens if I drag one window-tab and release it on another similar window-tab in the DP?
-The window(s) you move merge within the window you release it in. If you for example move one Firefox window with 5 tabs open into a konqueror window with 2 tabs open, the five Firefox tabs transfer themselves to the konqueror window which then gets totally 7 tabs.

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If anyone have any own question, please ask! Opinions and criticism is also appreciated.