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A multi purpose IDE specialized in C/C++/Rust/Python/PHP and Node.js. Written in C++
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[Feature Request]: Right alignment for "close" tab button #3285

Closed yunkot closed 7 months ago

yunkot commented 7 months ago

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Some time ago, the tabs in CodeLite became unusually large, I've even posted a bug report #2611 on it, which was automatically closed by a stale bot. Recently, however, this has been fixed and tabs now are compact as they should be (I also disable "Show file path on tab label" so I can see more tabs at once). In fact, now the look of the tabs, in my opinion, is exceptionally good.

However, at the same time, the "close tab" button has been moved from right to left, so it appears before the text. Although I don't find this intrusive, it is quite inconsistent with other editors out there and UI in general, including previous versions of CodeLite.

Could you please consider adding an option for right alignment of "close button", to make it more consistent with the rest of Windows and Linux applications?

angieEncoded commented 7 months ago

Yes, please. I came across this when I was trying to figure out how to change it back, or at least when it was changed and why:

https://github.com/eranif/codelite/issues/2434

So maybe this was changed after all because of this request, but does not seem to be configurable to the user's preference.

yunkot commented 7 months ago

Actually, issue #2434 does seem quite convincing to put the close button on the left as a workaround. I also happen to have many tabs open quite often, just didn't notice the problem before. So in this case, maybe it's better not to move the close button after all. Therefore, the aforementioned issue is a sound reason for me to close my request.