Upgrade StorageFeature request: expand width of the tab title for the active tab
When there are plenty of open tabs in Zotero, the tab titles/labels/headers are all of the same size and display truncated paper titles. This is in line with all the other apps using tabbed panels.
However, in Zotero the size of the active tab title is kept small (like all the others): the title remains truncated. When there are plenty of open papers, it is very difficult to find the paper you are looking for (unless you move to their first page, with the title).
Feature request:
Expand the tab title of the active tap to show a larger part of its title.
Examples.
In Zotero, the active tab has a title starting with "Comple...". Its tab header is as large as the header of inactive tabs.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u543677/mwfqbgc2ks6ygrd7nrrv.png
For a comparison to better explain what I mean, I will look at the browser Safari.
In Safari, the tab header of the active tab is expanded. In the first image, the active tab is "forums.zotero.org" and its title is expanded.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u543677/6wepo5j2jmlq5k0bq7xk.png
In the second image, I moved to left tab. The tab title the previously active tab (Zoter) has been reduced, while the tab title of the active one with citeseerx has been expanded.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u543677/bh8qgobchroj4ucelfqw.png
Implementation in Safari is not the best one as the tab title changes (forums.zotero.org -> New discussion) depending on its active/inactive state.
However, in Zotero the size of the active tab title is kept small (like all the others): the title remains truncated. When there are plenty of open papers, it is very difficult to find the paper you are looking for (unless you move to their first page, with the title).
Feature request:
Expand the tab title of the active tap to show a larger part of its title.
Examples.
In Zotero, the active tab has a title starting with "Comple...". Its tab header is as large as the header of inactive tabs.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u543677/mwfqbgc2ks6ygrd7nrrv.png
For a comparison to better explain what I mean, I will look at the browser Safari.
In Safari, the tab header of the active tab is expanded. In the first image, the active tab is "forums.zotero.org" and its title is expanded.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u543677/6wepo5j2jmlq5k0bq7xk.png
In the second image, I moved to left tab. The tab title the previously active tab (Zoter) has been reduced, while the tab title of the active one with citeseerx has been expanded.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u543677/bh8qgobchroj4ucelfqw.png
Implementation in Safari is not the best one as the tab title changes (forums.zotero.org -> New discussion) depending on its active/inactive state.
(I'm not even sure how that helps you "find the paper you are looking for" — you'd have to move through all tabs. The main point of that design is just to save the space normally used for the address bar.)
You can hover over the tab to see the full title, and you can use the tabs menu on the right to see longer titles or search for a specific tab. Various browsers (Chrome, Firefox) use custom hover behavior instead of standard tooltips to make it easier to identify tabs as you're hovering over them, and we might do something like that at some point.