Multiple tabbed editor windows
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I believe this functionality existed in previous versions (2015b currently), but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to have 2+ editor windows both of which have multiple tabs. This would make certain tasks much easier. For example, I have two different code sets I am working on, both with multiple components with similar names. It would be nice to split those into two different windows to avoid confusion.
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Roberto Osorio
on 19 Jul 2017
I second this request for multiple tabbed editor windows. This could be implemented, for instance, using a Projects design (each project opening by default in a separate window with tabs for the project files). The only way I can accomplish this now is by (clumsily) opening a new Matlab session just for editing a separate project.
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Adithya Addanki
on 31 Mar 2016
Hi Daniel,
In my understanding you are trying to open multiple files (tabbed in multiple editor windows).
I was not able to get two different undocked windows with multiple tabs from MATLAB R2015b back until R2012b. Only the primary window has tabs and rest of the files open up in a separate new window(and not tabbed on the parent).
However, I have noticed that we would be able to open multiple editor tabs when the view is set to "Left/Right" mode(or any other mode than "Single"). You may undock the whole "Editor" pane from MATLAB to another window as well. Please refer to the screenshot.
I hope this helps.
Thank you,
Adithya
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Andrew Shi
on 4 Sep 2020
Just want to chime in and say this feature would be helpful. Is anyone aware of any updates?
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Joh Hag
on 7 Aug 2018
Count me also in. Multiple tabbed editors and projects would be awesome.
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Md Reza
on 13 Feb 2019
Edited: Md Reza
on 13 Feb 2019
I second this request. It's really cumbersome to work on a single editor for multiple projects.
I found a hack to get multiple editors which will allow for more than two (eg, left/right or top/bottom) separate projects. Use the 'Custom' option from the 'View' menu and create as many table entries as you need. See the attached example to get an idea:
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Dennis Van Dusen
on 17 Oct 2017
I second this request. It is actually non-sensical to have the current 'single' undocked window rather than multiple undocked 'editor tabsets'. This is because the 'single' does not have the 'HOME' Top Tool Tab and toolbar. The actual effect is that you can not EVER get to those toolbar functions for that file -- especially what you might want for Variables. (It might actually be that the variables tools are not considered to be for a specific .m, but that is a slightly different issue. Why, for instance, is there no way to click on a variable in code and see it pop up in the workspace? That makes me think that 'variables' are always thought of as more like files rather than 'properties', etc.)
D
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