BufferTabs plugin

BufferTabs adds a set of tabbed-pane style tabs to the jEdit text area. The tabs show all buffers currently open in jEdit, so clicking on a tab will easily switch to that buffer. The tabs can be placed on any of the four sides of the text area.

BufferTabs provides a popup menu that may be accessed by right-clicking (command-clicking on the Macintosh) on a tab. This popup menu offers quick access to some common functions such as reloading, saving, or closing the current buffer. There are also Insert File Name and Insert File Path commands in the popup menu. These will insert into the current buffer the name of the buffer's file or the full path to the buffer's file respectively. You may also copy either of these to the clipboard using the Copy File Name and Copy File Path commands provided in the popup menu.

For usability purpose you will find also shortcuts to close all buffers Close All and close all buffers except the current one Close all Others. To manage the text area Toggle Docks will toggle all 4 docking areas so that you can edit the buffer efficiently.

BufferTabs can colorize tab backgrounds based of the filename colors defined in the Global Options... > File System Browser > Colors panel. Some Look and Feels don't allow the background color of a tab to be changed, to compensate for this the text color can be changed instead. Setting can be changed in the Plugins > BufferTabs panel. The Muting option can make the File system browser colors more suitable for tab backgrounds and titles. There is an option to show a slight color variation, between tabs of the same file type, to make then easier to pick out.

The source code is distributed under the GPL. Please see http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.html

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