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Tabs|Advanced #1 (Options Dialog Box)

## Overview

This dialog allows you to set options for the advanced tab control. The advanced tab control is available only to registered users of WndTabsExt.

## Options

#### Tab Grouping

> Tab grouping is the advanced tab control's most important and useful feature. It enables grouping of multiple files on the same tab. This has many advantages:

> 1. You can easily see if related files are open, and easily switch between them.
> 2. Grouped tabs allow you to perform certain commands on the entire group (see below).
> 3. Grouped tabs use less screen real-estate than individual tabs.

> From different directories

> When selected, the advanced tab control groups files, even if they reside in different directories. For example: when active, the files "c:\prj\src\foo.cpp" and "c:\prj\include\foo.h" would be grouped together.

> From different directories, but only from the same project

> When selected, files will be grouped only if they belong to the same project. However, if a certain file belongs to more than one project, it's grouping behavior is undefined.
> For this option to work, you must have the Workspace Whiz! Interface installed. The Workspace Whiz! Interface (not to be confused with the Workspace Whiz! Addin) is available for free from http://www.workspacewhiz.com.

> From same .rc file

> When selected, windows of resources that belong to the same resource file share the same tab.

> Extension delimiter

> Specifies which period is used as a group separator. For example, given the files: "foo.c" and "foo.c.bak", the following is true:
> Use left-most period:

> > "foo.c" and "foo.c.bak" are considered a group. The file "foo.c" is treated as a ".c" file in the group "foo", and "foo.c.bak" is treated as a ".c.bak" file in the same group.

> Use right-most period:

> > "foo.c" and "foo.c.bak" are not a group. Since the right most period is used, "foo.c" is treated as a ".c" file in the group "foo", while "foo.c.bak" is treated as a ".bak" file in the group "foo.c".

> Display delimiting period

> When selected, grouped tabs display the file extension's period on the mini-toolbar buttons. Without this option, the period is removed.

> Without delimiting period:

> With delimiting period:

> Sort icons on mini-toolbar

> With this option enabled, the grouped icons on the mini-toolbar are always sorted (i.e. .cpp files before .h files), regardless of the tab order settings.

> Use Group Operations

> With this option activated, right clicking on a shared tab area causes the context menu to use group operations. The following group operations are supported:

> Command Issued | Group Command Used
> Save | Save Group
> Close | Close Group
> Close All Except | Close All Except Group