[7.8.6] Closing tabs order.
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Hello there;
Before I updated to the latest version [7.8.6] when I closed tab, it simply closed the next tab to the left. Now it closes the most recent visited tab (which isn’t a suitable behavior for me.)
I need to control “after tab closing” behavior so that the application open the tab to the left of closed tab again. Should I down grade or there’s an option for that in preferences since I couldn’t find it?
Best Regards
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@Alan-Kilborn said in [7.8.6] Closing tabs order.:
I believe it now shares this setting:
I have that disabled always and when I close a tab, the one to the left opens always. So I think that’s what the OP wants. Thanks @Alan-Kilborn !
Cheers.
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Some digging shows in the 7.8.6 change.log:
Make MRU tab activate instead of rightmost tab while tab closure (if MRU enabled).
I know that everyone works differently, but why exactly is it desirable behavior to open the tab to the left of where a closed tab was?
I’m afraid the answer might be: “Because that is how Notepad++ used to work”.
That answer is okay on one hand, but uncomfortable on the other hand.
We should always consider a possibly better way of working, rather than just the same old way being best.For me it makes way more sense to activate the MRU tab, so I welcome the above change.
I often grab something from one tab, paste it into another tab, and then close the tab where I did the paste. Then I need to continue working in the original tab, but (before the change in behavior) I am left sitting in some “ansychronous” tab that isn’t related to what I was doing. I’d have to find the original tab and switch to it, and that was distracting to my workflow.Here’s some more history on this:
