First off, thanks to developer(s) for such a wonderful text editor!
I'd like to request something (hopefully not too difficult) for Notepad++.
First request, XP style tabs. They look out of place at the moment. Is it possible to make it use the XP theme instead?
Second request, stacking tabs. That's one thing I miss from Zend Studio, and something not found in many editors. I find it more practical to see all open documents at once, rather than having to scroll through one line of tabs.
Please take these requests into consideration, and continue to improve this great, lightweight text editor.
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Just a question from my side: are the tabs already not XP style? What exactly is meant with XP style tabs, other than what is currently in NPP?
Stacking tabs: I've asked this question too a while ago and I've tried it at home myself to make stackable tabs, but it was not really that successful (didn't spent too much time on it to...).
However, there's a new DLL from Jens Lorens, called WindowManager (see the plug-in section for download). To me, that's a very good alternative for the stacked tabs, even if it would be for the time being.
Would be nice anyhow to have stackable tabs, but maybe you can give the above mentioned DLL also a try and see how it feels/fits your needs?
I'm anyhow enthusiast about it...
Best rgds,
--Geert
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Just a question from my side: are the tabs already not XP style? What exactly is meant with XP style tabs, other than what is currently in NPP?
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XP style means that the tabs should be drawn using the Windows XP theming engine. At the moment they appear to be "owner-drawn" (i.e. in Delphi and .net the tabs have a property called OwnerDraw, which defines whether the tab should be drawn in the standard way or by using a custom function). So if there was an option in the UI - something like "Use standard tabs" - which disables all the other tab options, then it would probably be possible to apply styles to the tabs and they would look "XP style".
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Thanks, the Window Manager plugin is a nice alternative for the time being. I guess it could act as a replacement too, but I'd like to hide the tab bar while using it! :P
By XP style tabs, I meant tabs that are skinned with the Windows skin, and not using the old Win 95/98/2k style.
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First off, thanks to developer(s) for such a wonderful text editor!
I'd like to request something (hopefully not too difficult) for Notepad++.
First request, XP style tabs. They look out of place at the moment. Is it possible to make it use the XP theme instead?
Second request, stacking tabs. That's one thing I miss from Zend Studio, and something not found in many editors. I find it more practical to see all open documents at once, rather than having to scroll through one line of tabs.
Please take these requests into consideration, and continue to improve this great, lightweight text editor.
Just a question from my side: are the tabs already not XP style? What exactly is meant with XP style tabs, other than what is currently in NPP?
Stacking tabs: I've asked this question too a while ago and I've tried it at home myself to make stackable tabs, but it was not really that successful (didn't spent too much time on it to...).
However, there's a new DLL from Jens Lorens, called WindowManager (see the plug-in section for download). To me, that's a very good alternative for the stacked tabs, even if it would be for the time being.
Would be nice anyhow to have stackable tabs, but maybe you can give the above mentioned DLL also a try and see how it feels/fits your needs?
I'm anyhow enthusiast about it...
Best rgds,
--Geert
[quote]
Just a question from my side: are the tabs already not XP style? What exactly is meant with XP style tabs, other than what is currently in NPP?
[/quote]
XP style means that the tabs should be drawn using the Windows XP theming engine. At the moment they appear to be "owner-drawn" (i.e. in Delphi and .net the tabs have a property called OwnerDraw, which defines whether the tab should be drawn in the standard way or by using a custom function). So if there was an option in the UI - something like "Use standard tabs" - which disables all the other tab options, then it would probably be possible to apply styles to the tabs and they would look "XP style".
Thanks, the Window Manager plugin is a nice alternative for the time being. I guess it could act as a replacement too, but I'd like to hide the tab bar while using it! :P
By XP style tabs, I meant tabs that are skinned with the Windows skin, and not using the old Win 95/98/2k style.