On 2019.3.
Open new tab at end is checked, yet when I double click on a file that is not open, it is opening on the first position and thus rearranging my tabs.
Why?
I have tried with both tabs in one row and multiple rows. same result.
I think this has to do with the setting activate most recent on close. they are connected despite no reason for it.
It appears to be a known issue:
IDEA-220087 "Open new tabs at the end" preference has no effect whatsoever
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My current file is ServletConfig, but it can't show on the top of the tabs when there are many tabs.
By default, the IDE adds new tabs to the right of active tabs. If the space exceeds the screen width, new tabs collapses behind the "show all"-button. This is the behavior you're expecting. New Tabs just collapses behind the "show all".
You have two options, disable the collapse-mechanism (eventually resulting in tiny tab headers that are not useful as well) or close least used tabs automatically. There is no "always show last opened Tab".
Check the Editor-Tab Documentation to check if a setting fits your need.
I'm not sure if this is a bug or this is normal behaviour.
I'm using WebStorm on Mac (I think I remember having the same behaviour on Windows but I'm not sure).
I have always many files open. When I close a file, WebStorm is not doing what I want:
Expected behaviour:
The focus is on the most recently used tab, i.e. on the last file I had focus on before focusing on the file that I closed.
Actual behaviour:
The focus goes on the file where its name is the closest alphabetically. I'm not entirely sure that is the behaviour but it is definitely not on the Most recent used file.
Example with file names:
I have 5 tabs open, the most recent used tab list look like
So when I will close navbar.controller.js, I expect changeLanguage.controller.js to have the focus.
But instead when I closed it, the focus went on jwt.js
This is super confusing as in real work environment, I am used to have ~20tabs open and this confuses me a lot.
After looking a lot, it seems that the answer was already provided on this wonderful website: Change to most recently used tab when closing a tab in IntelliJ IDEA?
In IntelliJ IDEA, I want to show a most recently used tab after dragging a tab like eclipse. For example,
a.java
b.java
c.java(Current)
...
d.java(Previous) -- hidden by dropdown
In case 'c.java' was dragged, the editor shows 'a.java' instead of 'd.java'.
I want it to behave same as 'Activate most recently opened' setting for closing tabs. But it doesn't work for dragging in case the previous tab is hidden by a dropdown menu. Is there any setting for it?
No, there is no setting for it.
I am editing with two vertical tabs. The
Window | Editor Tabs | Goto next splitter
has no effect - the editing cursor remains in the present Editor Tab. For curiosity's sake I also tried "Goto previous splitter" - that also has no effect.
Is there something I am missing here? Any other shortcut / method to use keystrokes (not Mouse!) to navigate between Editor Tabs?
Note: Ctrl-E is not reliable for this - it sometimes goes to different documents in the same Editor Tab.
UPDATE
Apparently the editor "sort of" changes splitters: the titlebar and the Navigation panel change to the file in the other splitter. But the cursor does not move! The cursor stays in the original place - in the original splitter/editor tab! So then what the heck use is it to change splitters - I can not edit or navigate in the new splitter!
There are at least two other ways to do similar things as "Goto next/previous splitter".
You could try the "switcher" (Ctrl-Tab, OS X & Win) to switch between specific files.
Similarly, you can try the "Recent Files" (Ctrl+E, Win; ⌘E, OS X)
But whatever is causing the cursor to not follow the "Goto next/previous splitter" might make it not follow these options, either...
Say I have a Java class, and navigate to another method by CTRL + CLICK .. The new file opens, in a tab that is positioned to left of the current one. Why? It should open to the right.
Is this a bug? It goes against any other known ways of opening new tabs, like Chrome, Firefox, etc. Is it possible to alter this behaviour?
I would like it to open the tab either at the right side of the current tab, or at the end of the right side.
If you want to open a new tab at the end of the right side, now IntelliJ IDEA (mine is version 2017.2.4) offers you the option.
Right click at the tab bar and select "Open New Tabs At The End" option.
UPDATE (November 2019)
If you want new editor tabs to be opened at the end, the latest IntelliJ IDEA versions have the dedicated option "Open new tabs at the end" for that in the settings:
Settings > Editor > General > Editor Tabs
Screenshot taken from IntelliJ IDEA 2019.2.4 (Ultimate Edition)
This behavior is by design, otherwise if you follow the link in the editor and the new tab opens on the right, after closing this new tab you will be navigated to yet another editor tab on the right instead of returning to the tab from where you started.
This breaks the workflow when you navigate with opening a new tab and want to return back by closing the new tab. It was decided to open new tabs on the left when Activate right neighbouring tab option is enabled.
If you don't like this behavior or want to suggest a better solution, welcome to YouTrack.