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I often find that I have to stop coding to close a large number of editor tabs which I'm no longer using, in order to have room for the three or four tabs that I'm currently working with. Back when I used Eclipse, there was a feature whereby I could specify a maximum number of open editor tabs, and when that number was exceeded the least recently used tab would automatically be closed. This would be a great feature to have in NetBeans.
*** Bug 214098 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
If this get's too hectic, I found a workaround that is not too bad: Window -> Documents (CTRL+shift+E) Order it by recently used Select the bottom half of the files (adjust to taste:) Close Document(s)
I made a plugin, that add this feature: http://plugins.netbeans.org/plugin/59712/maximumopentabs
+1 This feature is also in Idea. https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/help/editor-tabs.html This feature has several interesting option. (Close non-modified files first, Close less frequently used files...)
(In reply to StephaneJ from comment #4) > +1 > > This feature is also in Idea. > https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/help/editor-tabs.html > This feature has several interesting option. (Close non-modified files > first, Close less frequently used files...) @StephaneJ: Filed for you at the plugin page https://github.com/maxwhite/MaximumOpenTabs/issues/3
(In reply to markiewb from comment #5) > (In reply to StephaneJ from comment #4) > > +1 > > > > This feature is also in Idea. > > https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/help/editor-tabs.html > > This feature has several interesting option. (Close non-modified files > > first, Close less frequently used files...) > > @StephaneJ: Filed for you at the plugin page > https://github.com/maxwhite/MaximumOpenTabs/issues/3 Thank you!
(In reply to maxwhite5 from comment #3) > I made a plugin, that add this feature: > http://plugins.netbeans.org/plugin/59712/maximumopentabs Thanks! Finally my wish is granted. But is there any chance of a version for NetBeans 8.1 or 8.2?