Questions tagged [tabs]
Tabs allow you to view multiple pages in a web browser or other program at the same time, while being able to switch between them quickly and and efficently.
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pdf reader that supports tabs
I want a pdf that is sort of browser-like , I mean that you can open many pdfs and one session and navigate between them in tabs,
foxit reader does that on windows, I don't know about foxit reader ...
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Any alternative to XTerm with splitting and tabs?
XTerm is great because I can view images inside it in w3m or ranger. However, as a terminal it does not support tabs or splitting. Is there an alternative that works like XTerm but supports splitting ...
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How do I get my Guake terminal to look as fancy as this screenshot?
I saw this screenshot from this post, and was curious as to how they got their Guake environment to have what looks like 3 split tabs. Any suggestions on how to do this? Are they running tmux on top ...
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Auto remove tab-indents from everything I paste into the Ubuntu CLI?
Is there a utility I could install that will automatically remove ("sift") any tabulation indents from code blocks and heredocuments I paste into the Ubuntu CLI?
For example, if I paste:
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How do I move to a new tab in gedit using the keyboard?
If I have multiple tabs open, how do I move from one to another?
(Ubuntu 11.10; gedit 3.2.1)
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How to switch between tabs with keyboard?
How can I switch between tabs with keyboard in ubuntu?
In windows I use Ctrl+Tab.
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Wheel gestures in ubuntu?
This question is a particular case of this one.
Is there any program that can assign the key combination CTRL+TAB to the gesture RIGHT-CLICK+Mouse-wheel-up/down?
Explanation: I haven't managed to ...
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How to switch tabs via keyboard shortcut in Firefox in reverse?
One can press CTRL + TAB in order to switch between tabs in Firefox, and the switch goes from left to right. But I was wondering if there is a keyboard shortcut which does it in reverse (when pressing ...
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Midori stopped displaying tabs bar on Lubuntu 16.04.1 and 14.04.4
I installed midori on Lubuntu 14.04.4 32 bit because it's relatively faster than other browsers and it stopped displaying the tabs bar soon after installing it. I have two accounts and the problem ...
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How to tab a window to another via command line?
I have a program that opens a number of windows, which I want to attach as tabs to a main window. The program doesn't understand the KDE window tabs concept, so I would like to tab the windows ...
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How to close multiple gnome-terminals?
I am running 16 debug processes simultaneously with our adapted gdb (called e-gdb). The processes are invoked by a bash script, using:
gnome-terminal -e 'e-gdb -x gdbNN.cmd progNN.e'
To manage the ...
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Any file browser well integrated into Ubuntu 14.04LTS desktop able to open desktop folders in tabs instead a new window?
Double clicking on folders in the desktop interface of Ubuntu will open them in Nautilus. This is a briefing of my research so far:
I have installed PcManFM. I like it because it very quick. However, ...
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Google chrome bookmarks
I have follow the instructions from Webex on Ubuntu and after that i have problems when i use the Chrome and i have monitor via HDMI in use, when i click on the Folder bookmark it opens on the other ...
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Open terminal tab NEXT to current (active) tab
I want to be able to open a new tab in the current terminal window, but have that new tab come up right next to the current one (on the right of it) rather than at the very right of the tabs.
Is this ...
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Tilda: no contrast between active and inactive tabs
This topic is very close to what was suggested in Gnome-terminal tabs: no contrast between active and inactive tabs.
I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 and although the gtk.css configuration works fine with ...
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How do I recover my firefox tabs?
I reinstalled my Ubuntu, I saved my profile that resides in ~/.mozilla/firefox/PROFILE. I assumed it would restore my tabs after I copied the profile back.
History and such is available, but no tabs ...
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Open new tabs in main gmome-terminal window from main gmome-panel?
When you open a terminal from the panel in gnome-session-fallback you get a new gnome-terminal window. My goal is to have every subsequent gnome-terminal open from the panel to open as a tab in the ...
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Scrolling through tabs in Firefox without opening them
When we have many tabs open in Firefox we get one arrow on each side to scroll through the tabs. What I usually do is to use the mouse (yuck!) to click on those arrows to do the scrolling. How can I ...
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How do I switch between Kwin Window tabs?
How do you switch tabs when you attach a window as the tab of another? I wasn't able to find the corresponding KWin shortcuts to modify. I have realized that scrolling over the titlebar works, but is ...
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Disable tabs in Firefox?
In recent versions of Ubuntu and particularly the upcoming 14.04LTS, I find that I prefer to not use tabs in Firefox, but rather use the app spread. So that's what I do. However, I haven't found a way ...
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how to list opened nautilus tabs with qdbus?
I am trying to dig into qdbus for nautilus to get a list of opened tabs; I managed to do this so far:
sites=(`qdbus |grep nautilus -i`);
for siteSrc in ${sites[@]};do
list=(`qdbus $siteSrc`);
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I'm running Ubuntu 12.4 how do I move a window from the top right corner
So I am running Ubuntu 12.4 and sometimes when I click on an Icon it puts the window in the top right/left hand corner and I can't figure out how to move it so I can close out of it or move it or put ...
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How to enable mouse wheel scroll of tabs in gedit? [duplicate]
In gedit, one used to be able to use the mouse wheel to scroll through all the tabs opened. Now the function is gone. (mouse wheel working very fine, scroll through tabs still working on earlier ...
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How to open new tab in existing window using keyboard shortcuts on Ubuntu
Keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+T opens a new terminal window on Linux. By default it opens 1 new terminal window.
Is there a way how to customize how many new tabs are going to be opened? E.g. by using ...
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ubuntu 12.04 autoclick
I dont know how to search for this problem.. more and more frequently when I start and login my machine, it opens the desktop, and as I open a folder, or if I go on the internet, it will just start ...
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How to change tab width in terminal in Ubuntu 10.04
When I press tab in terminal it goes very far. So I would like to change tab width, make it smaller. Anyone could help me, please?
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Is it possible to install and run Thunar 1.5.1 in Lubuntu 12.04?
I hear that a new Thunar (with tabs!!) is ready - see this.
I have added the PPA and run the update and upgrade commands but I still have Thunar 1.2.3
In Synaptic, Thunar looks ready for upgrade:
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How to make alt-w close current tab, not current window, in Gnome Shell
I'm trying Gnome Shell, after moving over from Unity. In Unity, I'd press ctrl+w to close the current tab, and alt+F4 to close the current window (e.g. in gedit and Firefox).
Now, in Gnome Shell, ...
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Geany unnecessarily truncates active filename in titlebar
In my quest for a relatively fat-free editor that still autoloads last session and has syntax highlighting, I became dependent on Geany, customizing it, installed some plugins etc.
Is there a way to ...
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Document tabs in texmaker
Is there any way to get texmaker to display the currently open documents in tabs (like every other program) instead of a drop down menu?
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Open a new tab in gnome-terminal and have it automatically connect via ssh
I find myself ssh-ing into another machine a lot at work. So much so, that I use it more than simply using the terminal on my own desktop.
I know that (normally) when I open a new tab, it will ...
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How do I launch Chromium with multiple tabs open using the main menu?
I don't want this to be default behavior for Chromium though.
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Is it possible to add middle click option to close tabs?
I would like to know if it is possible to close tabs in several applications like gedit or empathy by doing click on the middle mouse button (wheel or scroll button) like the same behaviour of Chrome ...
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How to get previous behaviour of alt-tab task switcher in 11.10
When I press Alt+Tab the task switcher appears. Unfortunately, the behaviour in 11.10 has changed.
Previously, in 11.04, I would see all applications, I could see if an application was minimised (it ...
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Ubuntu 11.04 launcher... with tabs? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to preview windows of a specific application in Unity?
In Windows 7, if you have more of the same window open at the same time and you click on the icon, it pops out a ...
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How can I place Gedit's tab close buttons on the left?
I would like to make Gedit fit more to the Ubuntu default themes Ambiance and Radiance. Therefore I would like to place the tab close buttons on the left instead of the right of each tab.
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