Multiple Viewer Tabs

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Steel Rat
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Multiple Viewer Tabs

Post by Steel Rat »

I've recently switched from Classic to MP, and finding some of the features I'm used to is ... difficult.

But recently, I'm unable to find a feature that I thought existed.

In MP 1.7.1 on one machine, only one viewer tab is opened, no matter how many different images I open. That's the way I want it.

But on another machine, with MP 1.8.0, it opens a new tab for each image I open, so I end up with multiple tabs. I don't want that.

I went through all the settings on each, and can't find the one that controls this behavior. Can anyone help?

Thanks!
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Re: Multiple Viewer Tabs

Post by user0 »

Allow only one application instance (Settings > General)
Steel Rat
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Re: Multiple Viewer Tabs

Post by Steel Rat »

That isn't the same. I sometimes have multiple MPs open when working in different folders at the same time. Also, never had to do that before, and that option isn't set on the machine with 1.7.1, yet it works as I want it to.
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Re: Multiple Viewer Tabs

Post by cday »

Steel Rat wrote: Mon Oct 14, 2024 7:22 pm In MP 1.7.1 on one machine, only one viewer tab is opened, no matter how many different images I open. That's the way I want it.

But ... with MP 1.8.0, it opens a new tab for each image I open, so I end up with multiple tabs. I don't want that.
Tools > Settings... > Interface > Tabs -- Maximum of view tabs change default value of 99 to one?

Maybe that option, found it eventually, would be better in the Settings... > View section :?:
Steel Rat
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Re: Multiple Viewer Tabs

Post by Steel Rat »

Tools > Settings... > Interface > Tabs -- Maximum of view tabs change default value of 99 to one?

Maybe that option, found it eventually, would be better in the Settings... > View section :?:
That's it! Thanks! I must have passed over that 10 times!