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msys
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Disable close button for each tab

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I'm currently trying to move away from the discontinued Viewer to the Editor.

In the Viewer there was an option to disable the 'x' button next to each tab (in General -> Documents Layout -> Multiple Documents -> Tabbed Documents -> Show Close Button for Each Tab).

I cannot find it in the Editor. Why has it been skipped / hidden?

I understand these buttons are needed for some - at least for touch screens. But for me this is just annoying - I am constantly closing documents by accident (same for the bookmarks / page previews...), so for now I am forced to stay with the Viewer.

Please add this option. Or am I missing something obvious?

Thanks!
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Re: Disable close button for each tab

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Hi msys,

Thanks for the post - I doesn't appear that this option exists in the Editor, so I've made a feature request to add it.

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Re: Disable close button for each tab

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When will this feature be available? I desperately need it.
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Re: Disable close button for each tab

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Hi cojia,

Unfortunately, for the moment, there is no information about when this feature will be available in the Editor.

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Re: Disable close button for each tab

Post by TrackerSupp-Daniel »

Our attention has been brought to this post, Apologies for the delay, This feature has been implemented in a recent build, if you update to the most recent, you should find the option now appears under preferences (Ctrl+K) > General > Tabs and Windows > Setup.
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Re: Disable close button for each tab

Post by msys »

Thank you for the information, I'm already aware of this option and I really appreciate it (time has passed and in the meantime I even became a paying customer! :D).

However - like I said earlier - it would be ideal to also add an option to remove 'x' from the tabs at the bottom left (Bookmarks, Thumbnails, etc.) - these are still there after selecting that option and this is equally annoying.
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Re: Disable close button for each tab

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Indeed those should go too, There is another feature request in progress for those ones, but as the handling is a bit different (panes can have their own windows) we need to approach those as a separate case. I cannot guarantee any timeline, but it is something we are looking at :)
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