scunliffe commented 4 years ago

Issue Type: Bug

If you routinely have 8+ files open, the tabs at the top (Windows) have a tiny 1-2px scrollbar that only shows on hover just underneath them. Attempting to grip this toolbar is crazy hard vs. dragging the tab or focusing the document.

I would prefer ANY UX afordance over this current implementation. I currently have to keep closing files instead to attempt to manage file navigation.

Please add standard < Left, Right > arrows at the end of the tab strip. See the Firefox browser for how to properly implement scroll arrows on tabbars.

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gjsjohnmurray commented 4 years ago

32192 is an open issue about adding a way to make that horizontal scrollbar easier to grab. Doesn't seem to cover your request for scroll-arrows though.

Do you have a mousewheel? If so, did you discover how this allows you to scroll tabs?

scunliffe commented 4 years ago

Thanks @gjsjohnmurray I didn't know about the mousewheel scroll option (handy for docked coding), though I'd still like to see a better option (esp. for laptop use w/ no mouse)... I'll follow the https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/32192 bug to see if there will be a better option going forward.

gjsjohnmurray commented 4 years ago

@scunliffe please close this then. And if you want to push for scroll-arrows I suggest you add a comment to that issue.

scunliffe commented 4 years ago

Closing as duplicate.

microsoft / vscode

Scrollbar to navigate open file tabs is next to IMPOSSIBLE to use! #91952

32192 is an open issue about adding a way to make that horizontal scrollbar easier to grab. Doesn't seem to cover your request for scroll-arrows though.