Vscode: Add controls in tab stripe to access tabs that are out of view

[xandershelley]

• VSCode Version: 1.17
• OS Version: win7, 64 bit

Here are my tabs with a reasonably sized window.

And here is half sized window.

There needs to be some notepad++-like functionaly where there is an over arrow to access these inaccessable tabs. If this already exists I would be happy to delete this post, but I have yet to find any solution.

Reproduces without extensions: Yes

[usernamehw]

• commands workbench.action.nextEditor Ctrl+PageDown & workbench.action.previousEditor Ctrl+PageUp
• command quick pick workbench.action.quickOpen Ctrl+P
• command workbench.action.quickOpenNavigateNextInEditorPicker Ctrl+Tab
• use setting "workbench.editor.tabSizing": "shrink"
• mouse wheel scroll when cursor is over tabs bar
• click on ellipsis (top right) => Show opened editors
• open file explorer workbench.view.explorer Ctrl+Shift+E
• close extra tabs

[xandershelley]

Those controls work, thanks!
Personally I still think there should be a visual control for this, since the only way to do it without knowing keyboard shortcuts (that I couldent find on google) is to resise the window itself which is a little rediculus. Should this be moved or removed?

[nkernytskyy]

mouse wheel scroll when cursor is over tabs bar
-- is awesome!!

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[mfgray]

I often work with the screen split vertically and a few source files open that I go between. Currently there appears to be no convenient or self evident way to view the names of and select the open tabs since some of them are completely invisible if there is not enough screen space.

I consider switching to sublime over the issue, so it's a pretty important usability requirement and I feel it was underestimated closed. Can we get this ticket added to the roadmap?

[mikepeiman]

Agreed, to reopen this. While this is not a crucial/deal-breaker issue, it is important: regular-use UI is not trivial.

I did not even realize there was a horizontal slider until I came to look into this issue. So, there is - but it's ridiculously narrow. No user should ever be tasked to click on something a couple of pixels wide in a utility context (if it's a game, for some purposes ok....).

Simplest solution: make this a FAT scrollbar on hover with some color so it is easily visible AND clickable.

Also as other users suggested, it seems really obvious to put left/right arrows at either end to scroll tabs. This is basically a universal UI pattern in modern web design, let's treat ourselves kindly and make our tools the best they can be.

[judgej]

On that list of ways to scroll the tabs from @usernamehw, I would add:

• Drag with finger on a touch-sensitive screen.

Great list, thanks.