Plugin that adds tabs to QtCreator

snasoft

!http://habrastorage.org/getpro/habr/post_images/788/fe8/22a/788fe822ae2552e7ea313eb878a0d801.png(QtCreator tabs)!

This plugin add tabs for opened files in QtCreator IDE.

Plugin allows you to switch between tabs using keyboard shortcuts (ctrl + alt + N keyboard shortcut, where N - key on the numeric keypad).

Links:
1. Download dirs on sourceforge with prebuilt plug-in's for QtCreator (version 3.0.0 - 3.xx) for:

"Windows x32-x64":http://goo.gl/4v6NwL
"Linux x64":http://goo.gl/qEQhWu
"Lunux x32":http://goo.gl/N6yv8s
"Mac OS X":http://goo.gl/psNwXW

To install plugin you need to unzip archive contents to the directory, where are QtCreator plugins located.
for Windows usually C:\Qt\Tools\QtCreator\lib\qtcreator\plugins.
for Lunux-based systems /home/username/Qt5.2.0/Tools/QtCreator/lib/qtcreator/plugins for installation in home directory or (for example) /opt/Qt5.2.0/Tools/QtCreator/lib/qtcreator/plugins (for Ubuntu).
2. Project page on sourceforge: "QtCreator Tabbed Editor Plugin":https://sourceforge.net/projects/tabbededitor
3. You can also compile plugin from source.
To get source code from svn repository:
@svn checkout svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/tabbededitor/src/trunk tabbededitor-src@

snasoft

Update plugin to 0.0.2 version:

fix bug, that does not change opened file modification status ( * on the end of filename ) after autosave when build starts;
now plugin get colors from QtCreator color scheme (Tools->Options->Environment->General->Color);
remove debug output, clean source code.

Precompiled binaries and source code in repository updated to new version ;

qxoz

Thank you for that. It is very convenient, especially in case switching between ui and source.

qxoz

There are some issues with your plugin.
with plugin:
!http://s10.postimg.org/9c7pd1vyt/with.png(with)!

without plugin:
!http://s15.postimg.org/dsublo6tj/without.png(without)!

trollixx

Nice work!

I have done some refactoring to the original code, all my changes are "here":https://github.com/trollixx/qtcreator-tabbededitor-plugin.

Also there's "an AUR package":https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/qtcreator-tabbededitor-plugin-git/ (it builds from my github repo).

Some observations:

On session restore plugin does not restore a list of tabs.
Plugin does not work properly with spitted views. It shows several tabs for the same files in different splits which is confusing, but I don't know a proper solution.
Also I would prefer to have an option to show tabbar only above editor (right side of the projects/outline/etc sidebar).

Creat

I just wanted to try this, but apparently it no longer works. Upon startup I get an error that dependencies couldn't be resolved: "Core(3.0.0)" and "TextEditor(3.0.0)". Sounds like it just needs to be brought up to date?

Edit: I'm on QtCreator 3.1.2, which is the current/stable version at the time of posting.

welkineins

You can edit 'TabbedEditor.pluginspec' file and change dependency list to 3.1

@
<dependencyList>
<dependency name="Core" version="3.1.0"/>
<dependency name="TextEditor" version="3.1.0"/>
</dependencyList>
@

crystalidea

Mac build version is still 0.0.2 while Windows is 0.0.3
snasoft, any chance to have the latest version on mac?

tobias.hunger

There is Ctrl-K, Ctrl-Tab, Alt-Left/Right, the open documents pane, the dropdown list in the editor toolbar, all allowing you to switch between open documents.

So why waste space on tabs? All the other ways actually work for more than 5 or so files.

crystalidea

It's a rhetorical question but why does Visual Studio support tabs...
in 1920x1080 I have 12-14 visible tabs there
it's convenient to see the list of currently opened files
tab bar height in VS is about 16px

AlGrenadine

Hi
Does not seem to work with QTCreator 3.2, even after having edited TabbedEditor.pluginspec file i get "D:\Qt\Tools\QtCreator\lib\qtcreator\plugins\TabbedEditor.dll: Cannot load library"

tallia1

Now if only you supported the Shift+Command+{arrowleft/arrowright} to switch the active tab left right that would be awesome. Note this is the same shortcuts used by Terminal and Finder tabs!!

serpheroth

An updated version is available "here":https://github.com/serpheroth/qtcreator-tabbededitor-plugin. It can compile for QtCreator 3.2, also two shortcuts are added to switch to neighboring tabs. The shortcut keys can be modified in the QtCreator keyboard setting.

precompiled binaries for 64-bit QtCreator 3.2 in Linux, Windows and Mac, are available "here":https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9l4mex549dm4fri/AAB1PiTkKnS9bRhuB9_59cxia?dl=0. If you are using 32-bit version of QtCreator, you will need to compile from source.

tallia1

Sperpheroth I am not sure this is usable. I downloaded the OSX precompile and the updated QtCreator 3.2. First I had to change these to:

@
<dependencyList>
<dependency name="Core" version="3.2.0"/>
<dependency name="TextEditor" version="3.2.0"/>
</dependencyList>
@

Then I still got these errors (hinting at the fact that the dylib name is somehow corrupted with your username):

@
/Applications/Qt Creator.app/Contents/PlugIns/TabbedEditor/libTabbedEditor.dylib: Cannot load library /Applications/Qt Creator.app/Contents/PlugIns/TabbedEditor/libTabbedEditor.dylib: (dlopen(/Applications/Qt Creator.app/Contents/PlugIns/TabbedEditor/libTabbedEditor.dylib, 5): Library not loaded: /Users/dj/Qt5.3.2/5.3/clang_64/lib/QtWidgets.framework/Versions/5/QtWidgets
Referenced from: /Applications/Qt Creator.app/Contents/PlugIns/TabbedEditor/libTabbedEditor.dylib
Reason: image not found)
@

and this is how you fix it:

@
install_name_tool -change "/Users/dj/Qt5.3.2/5.3/clang_64/lib/QtWidgets.framework/Versions/5/QtWidgets" @rpath/Frameworks/QtWidgets.framework/Versions/5/QtWidgets libTabbedEditor.dylib
install_name_tool -change "/Users/dj/Qt5.3.2/5.3/clang_64/lib/QtGui.framework/Versions/5/QtGui" @rpath/Frameworks/QtGui.framework/Versions/5/QtGui libTabbedEditor.dylib
install_name_tool -change "/Users/dj/Qt5.3.2/5.3/clang_64/lib/QtCore.framework/Versions/5/QtCore" @rpath/Frameworks/QtCore.framework/Versions/5/QtCore libTabbedEditor.dylib
install_name_tool -change "/Users/dj/Qt5.3.2/5.3/clang_64/lib/QtConcurrent.framework/Versions/5/QtConcurrent" @rpath/Frameworks/QtConcurrent.framework/Versions/5/QtConcurrent libTabbedEditor.dylib
@

mugi_luffy

@tallia1
would appreciate it if you could explain how to fix it for windows7 and Qt5.3.2.
trying to compile without any modifications yields among others the following errors for me:

\tabbededitorplugin.h:24: error: Plugin Metadata file "TabbedEditor.json" does not exist. Declaration will be ignored
\tabbededitorplugin.h:6: error: C1083: Cannot open include file: 'extensionsystem/iplugin.h': No such file or directory

\tabsforeditorswidget.cpp:4: error: C1083: Cannot open include file: 'coreplugin/actionmanager/actionmanager.h': No such file or directory

Thanks a lot

tallia1

I know nothing about windows, sorry.

nikitablack

Hello. I'm very interested in this plugin. Unfortunately, the precompiled files doesn't work and I don't know how to build from the source, I have the same error:

tabbededitorplugin.h:24: error: Plugin Metadata file “TabbedEditor.json” does not exist. Declaration will be ignored
\tabbededitorplugin.h:6: error: C1083: Cannot open include file: ‘extensionsystem/iplugin.h’: No such file or directory .bq

I don't have iplugin.h on my machine. And what is TabbedEditor.json, where can I find it?

nikitablack

Hello. I'm very interested in this plugin. Unfortunately, the precompiled files doesn't work and I don't know how to build from the source, I have the same error:

tabbededitorplugin.h:24: error: Plugin Metadata file “TabbedEditor.json” does not exist. Declaration will be ignored
\tabbededitorplugin.h:6: error: C1083: Cannot open include file: ‘extensionsystem/iplugin.h’: No such file or directory .bq

I don't have iplugin.h on my machine. And what is TabbedEditor.json, where can I find it?

midi-pascal

The plugin in its original version does not work for Creator 3.x
You have to download the fork from github as indicated by Sperpheroth in an earlier post in this thread.
For me it works perfectly (although with its knowned flaws).
As a supplemental note, you must download the Creator sources and build it locally too to be able to build the plugin itself, and set two build environment variables (within Creator itself) to build it:
Set QTC_BUILD to the path of the Creator build directory
Set QTC_SOURCE to the path of the Creator sources directory

All this because the plugin format changed completely from Creator 2.x to 3.x.

I worked a bit on this plugin for Creator 3.3.0 and implemented the part to restore the tabs from the previous session on startup. Still testing it, though.

midi-pascal

The plugin in its original version does not work for Creator 3.x
You have to download the fork from github as indicated by Sperpheroth in an earlier post in this thread.
For me it works perfectly (although with its knowned flaws).
As a supplemental note, you must download the Creator sources and build it locally too to be able to build the plugin itself, and set two build environment variables (within Creator itself) to build it:
Set QTC_BUILD to the path of the Creator build directory
Set QTC_SOURCE to the path of the Creator sources directory

All this because the plugin format changed completely from Creator 2.x to 3.x.

I worked a bit on this plugin for Creator 3.3.0 and implemented the part to restore the tabs from the previous session on startup. Still testing it, though.