TidyTabs Configuration > Behavior

Here you can configure the behavior of the tabs added to your applications by TidyTabs. To access this screen, double-click on the TidyTabs tray icon, at the bottom-right corner of the screen, and click on BEHAVIOR.

The BEHAVIOR tab

  • Basic features:
    • Automatically hide single tabs: when enabled, the tab of ungrouped windows are hidden in order to reduce the visual noise. The hidden tabs appear when you mouse over them. The default value is enabled.
    • Automatically hide tabs at the edge of the screen: when enabled, the tabs of maximized windows (or windows touching the top edge of the screen) are hidden until you mouse over them, to not interfere with the title bar of the application. The default value is enabled.
    • Prevent tabs from being hidden by adjacent windows: when enabled, the tabs of windows touching the bottom edge of another window are displayed in front of the window title bar, to remain visible.
    • Display a tooltip when the tab name is too long: when enabled, if the caption of a tab is too long to fit entirely, the entire text is displayed in a tooltip when you mouse over the tab. The default value is enabled.
    • Preview content by hovering over a tab: when enabled, a small preview of the window content is displayed when you mouse over a tab. The default value is enabled.
  • Advanced features: (only available in the Professional Edition)
    • Allow tab reordering: when enabled, the tabs in a tabbed group can be reordered by dragging them with the mouse. The default value is enabled.
    • Double click to rename a tab: when enabled, the tabs can be renamed by double-clicking on them. The default value is enabled.
    • Middle click to close a tab: when enabled, the windows can be closed by clicking with the middle mouse button on their tab. The default value is enabled.
    • Select a tab by dragging a file over it: when enabled, you can select a tab by dragging a file over it, which is useful when you want drag and drop files between tabbed applications. The default value is enabled.