bwinton / TabCenter

Firefox add-on for arranging tabs vertically
https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments/tab-center
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TabCenter shouldn't sqeeze address panel #639

Open myBestSoftAndPref opened 7 years ago

myBestSoftAndPref commented 7 years ago

You can see how it can looks with Vertical Tabs Reloaded addon:

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For small displays address panel sqeezing is really inconvenient thing.

You can compare that with ugly TabCenter which also force shows window's title for stilling free space (window title bar invisible on screenshot through shift + F2 command panel):

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omeringen commented 7 years ago

I was looking for a similar report about UX. No issue about "keep sidebar open" feature (backwards and adress panel is fully visible) but "shrink sidebar when not in use". The point is TabCener is using space from adressbar and buttons. They become invisible. 1

Just a suggestion. What about keeping "new tab" + button still, next to backwards and move the rest to the down? (a quick paint edit) 2

Keith94 commented 7 years ago

142

jilvin commented 7 years ago

Seems this is an important issue. Unable to use the reload button after resizing the window while using Tab Center in "fixed" mode. screenshot from 2017-02-13 21-38-44

ericawright commented 7 years ago

@jilvin I see what you mean - can you open a new issue for that?

SoftVision-CiprianMuresan commented 7 years ago

Regarding what @jilvin said, I've looked a bit into this. The issue is more easily encountered on Linux because you don't need quite a narrow window as on Windows and Mac OS in order to reproduce it.

However, if you Unpin the sidebar to gain more space, the reload button is back in view. And you can always press F5 or Ctrl+F5 or right click the tab and reload from there.

That being said, it seems to be expected in a way, given the fact that the view-port must be so small that it makes navigation difficult. All this could be probably fixed by moving the displayed Sidebar under the address bar.

mlissner commented 7 years ago

This looks a lot like a dup of #142. Perhaps @myBestSoftAndPref can confirm?