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Tabs Studio Changelog

What's new in Tabs Studio 4.8.0

Apr 17, 2020
  • Replaced the Title grouping regex with path specific Title splitting rules.

New in Tabs Studio 3.6.0 (May 22, 2015)

  • Added support for Visual Studio 2015 to the XMenu add-in.
  • Added the ability to expand closed projects for the Sync add-in.
  • Added access to the Visual Studio 2015 package interface for Tabs Studio add-ins.
  • Enabled the Navigator add-in by default in VS 2015.
  • Fixed a rare ObjectDisposedException for MarshalingWindowFrame when updating windows.
  • Fixed a rare check failure in AnimationMonitor.

New in Tabs Studio 3.5.0 (Feb 10, 2015)

  • Added support for Visual Studio 2015.
  • Added the ability to customize comment placement in the tab title with the SQLComment add-in.
  • Added the ability to manually set the tab comment with the SQLComment add-in.
  • Enabled the SQLComment add-in by default in SSMS 2012/2014.
  • Added the ability to customize extensions priority in the OrderEx add-in.
  • Created the CloseClick add-in to close a tab by double-click.
  • Fixed KeyNotFoundException in Sorter when opening a priority disambiguated tab.
  • Fixed a rare ObjectDisposedException for MarshalingWindowFrame when opening Tabs Studio options.
  • Fixed a rare “This Visual is not connected to a PresentationSource” exception.
  • Fixed a rare ObjectDisposedException in the on_window_moved handler.

New in Tabs Studio 3.2.0 (Jun 10, 2014)

  • Added support for SQL Server Management Studio 2014.
  • Created the SQLComment add-in to add an SQL query description to the SSMS tab name. Read more...
  • Added the ability to display directories in tabs with the Disambiguator add-in.
  • Added the ability to float a window by dragging a tab.
  • Fixed Disambiguator to ignore the preview tab.
  • Fixed the precondition violation after changing add-in files and clicking Save in the Add-in Manager.
  • Fixed a rare ArgumentNullException in find_groups.
  • Added an exception handler for ObjectDisposedException in VSWindow.activate.

New in Tabs Studio 3.1.5 (Oct 31, 2013)

  • Added support for multipart names in the title grouping regex. Read more...
  • Added more diagnostic information to the error dialog.
  • Removed the sometimes incorrect error message after copying the document path to the clipboard.

New in Tabs Studio 3.1.4 (Oct 14, 2013)

  • Improved the fix for ObjectDisposedException on opening a solution in VS 2013.

New in Tabs Studio 3.1.3 (Oct 12, 2013)

  • Added the ability to run Tabs Studio without .NET 3.5 installed in VS 2010+.
  • Fixed the empty minimized separate tabs window tab title in VS 2010+.

New in Tabs Studio 3.1.2 (Oct 12, 2013)

  • Added the SolutionSettingsDir setting. Read more...
  • Implemented proper Tabs Studio uninstallation for VS 2013.
  • Fixed an exception for very slow opening tabs.
  • Fixed ObjectDisposedException on opening a solution in VS 2013.

New in Tabs Studio 3.1.0 (Oct 12, 2013)

  • Added support for Visual Studio 2013 Preview.
  • Added sorting rules to the Sorter add-in. Read more...
  • Fixed missing executing and debugging images in SSMS 2012.
  • Fixed VS 2012 service registration when AlwaysInstallElevated is set to 1.
  • Fixed the rare measure infinity exception.

New in Tabs Studio 3.0.3 (Dec 3, 2012)

  • Added detection for Custom Document Well installed in Visual Studio 2012.
  • Reduced brightness of the About icon on the toolbar for Visual Studio 2012 dark theme.

New in Tabs Studio 3.0.0 (Dec 3, 2012)

  • Added support for Visual Studio 2012 color themes.
  • Implemented the right position for the preview tab in Visual Studio 2012.
  • Removed the Tabs Studio restart after saving Add-in Manager settings if the list of startup add-ins has not been changed.
  • Changed the Tabs Studio logo.

New in Tabs Studio 2.8.2 (Dec 3, 2012)

  • Added support for Visual Studio 2012 RTM.
  • Added the Sort by highlight index option to the Sorder add-in.
  • Added the Maintain highlight status if tab is closed option to the Marker add-in.
  • Added saving the status of highlighted tabs on the File.SaveAll command and on build begin events to the Marker add-in.
  • Implemented relative paths storing for the highlighted tabs in the Marker add-in.
  • Fixed the read only suffix on German VS 2008.

New in Tabs Studio 2.8.0 (Aug 21, 2012)

  • Added support for Visual Studio 2012 RC.
  • Added the ShortTabsPriority property to customize tabs layout.
  • Increased the default ShortTabsPriority value from 1 to 3.
  • Reduced default tooltip show delay from 1500 ms to 500 ms.
  • Improved detection of inactive Move to next/previous tab group commands.
  • Added the Floating tab context menu command for grouped tabs in VS 2010+.
  • Fixed loss of icons in the Tabs Studio toolbar after customization in VS 2010.
  • Fixed an unhandled exception for some custom styles with mouse trigger conditions.

New in Tabs Studio 2.7.0 (Aug 21, 2012)

  • Added support for Visual Studio 11 Beta.
  • Added support for SQL Server 2012 Management Studio.
  • Added the ability to drag tabs with the mouse between tab groups (only in VS 2010, VS 11 and SSMS 2012).
  • Added the ability to change order of tab coloring rules using drag and drop.
  • Added the ability to clone a tab coloring rule.
  • Enabled tab highlighting with Ctrl+Click without tab activation.
  • Added Visual Studio commands for keyboard binding with the TabsStudio.Connect prefix: MarkerRemoveAllHighlighting, MarkerCloseAllButHighlighted, MarkerToggleTabHighlighting, MarkerNextTabHighlightingColor, SyncTabWithSolutionExplorer, SyncDocumentWithSolutionExplorer.
  • Added better descriptions for boolean properties in the "Tab Coloring Rule" dialog.
  • Added deletion of Navigator’s commands on uninstall.
  • Increased default LessRowsPriority value from 1 to 5.
  • Removed the "Animate extension selection and close tab button" option.
  • Fixed unhandled COMException when copy full path to the clipboard fails.

New in Tabs Studio 2.6.0 (Apr 4, 2012)

  • Added the ability to sort tabs by project, extension and with path in the tab name to the Sorter add-in.
  • Enabled separate add-in settings for SSMS 2008 and VS 2008.
  • Included add-in settings to export/import settings.
  • Fixed add-ins restart (for example, SingleRow crashed after import settings restart).
  • Fixed the failure to load the AvalonStyleEditor add-in on localized Visual Studio editions.
  • Fixed loss of the previously selected tab state in SSMS when opening a new tab with tab grouping enabled.
  • Removed separate tabs tool window activation each time debugging starts in Visual Studio 2010 and fixed a rare crash when making this window visible.
  • Fixed tabs reset when Windows theme is changed with Visual Studio 2010 running.

New in Tabs Studio 2.5.5 (Nov 29, 2011)

  • Added the PriorityGroup add-in.
  • Added the LessRowsPriority property to customize tab layout.
  • Added basic support for Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview.
  • Fixed an occasional tabs reorder in VS 2010 when starting a debug session introduced with Tabs Studio v2.4.5.
  • Fixed loss of highlighting for a tab moved to another group.
  • Fixed tab moving to a row with not enough row buffer.
  • Fixed an internal XamlParseException visible when debugging your own Visual Studio add-in.
  • Fixed uninstallation of CloseAllButThisTab and EmailSupport commands.

New in Tabs Studio 2.4.5 (Nov 29, 2011)

  • Added the ability to export and import Tabs Studio settings.
  • Unified tab layouts to Horizontal and Vertical.
  • Added the ability to highlight tabs with different colors to the Marker add-in.
  • Added tab movement animation support for the Vertical tabs layout.
  • Added the Re-sort tabs tab context menu command to the Sorter add-in.
  • Added Disable Tabs Studio option reset on reinstallation.
  • Added the Close tooltip to the close tab button.
  • Changed the unfocused selected tab background in Visual Studio 2010 to be more prominent.
  • Fixed occasional change of selected extension in a tab in Visual Studio 2010 after switching to the full screen mode or starting a debug session.

New in Tabs Studio 2.4.0 (Nov 29, 2011)

  • Added the Stable tabs layout.
  • Added the Animate tab movement option for the Stable tabs layout.
  • Enabled the AvalonStyleEditor, Marker, NewGroup, Saver, Sync and XMenu add-ins by default.
  • Updated the Marker add-in to not create a settings file for a solution when no tabs are highlighted.
  • Improved tab measurement and arrangement correctness in the Shaper add-in.
  • Fixed VS 2010 intellisense stops working when switching tabs with a suggestions list active.
  • Fixed an occasional 1 pixel wide gap between tabs in Visual Studio 2010.

New in Tabs Studio 2.3.5 (May 12, 2011)

  • Added the XMenu add-in to the Tabs Studio installer.
  • Added the Tab extensions regex rule to the Tab Coloring Rule dialog and added the TabExtensions property to the Tab control.
  • Added NavigateToNextWindow and NavigateToPreviousWindow commands to the Navigator add-in.
  • Added the TabsStudio.Connect.CloseAllButThisTab command.
  • Added the GetCorrespondingFiles function to ITabsStudioEngine extensibility API.
  • Updated the Marker add-in to save the highlighted tabs list when you close Visual Studio and restore highlighting when the solution is opened the next time.
  • Updated the Disambiguator add-in to prefer project names for tabs from different projects.
  • Changed extensions sorting in a tab and in the Open context menu commands list to ignore case.
  • Fixed several bugs in the Saver add-in preventing it to correctly restore tabs order.
  • Fixed excessive window rescans when applying changed Tabs Studio options.

New in Tabs Studio 2.3.2 (May 12, 2011)

  • Added the Marker add-in to the Tabs Studio installer.
  • Added a warning message when Document Well 2010 Plus is installed.

New in Tabs Studio 2.3.1 (May 12, 2011)

  • Added special character escapes when populating the tab name and project name regular expressions in the Tab Coloring Rule dialog.
  • Added the OpenNext add-in to the installer.
  • Disabled document floating on tab double click in Visual Studio 2010.
  • Disabled default SSMS tab grouping.
  • Updated the Disambiguator add-in to ignore case differences when comparing tab titles.
  • Updated the Shaper add-in to support customizable horizontal tab alignment.
  • Fixed absence of the file save dialog when closing a modified xaml file.
  • Fixed TypeInitializationException during debugging when dragging the DataSet Visualizer over tabs.
  • Fixed right close tab button alignment in Visual Studio 2010.
  • Fixed occasional short appearance of original Visual Studio 2010 tabs (e.g. when starting a debug session).
  • Fixed inability to use special characters like < in regular expressions of the Tab Coloring Rule dialog.

New in Tabs Studio 2.2.5 (May 12, 2011)

  • Added real tabs preview to the Options dialog.
  • Added the Disable Tabs Studio option.
  • Changed tabs tool window background to match Visual Studio background in VS 2010.
  • Fixed missing stdole.dll exception for some partial VS 2005 and VS 2010 installations.
  • Fixed opening relative files in other directories for solutions with unloaded projects.
  • Fixed assertion violation when changing example paths in Path Grouping options to root or upper directory values.

New in Tabs Studio 2.2.3 (Jan 27, 2011)

  • Added the Check for product updates on startup and Group files from completely different directories options.
  • Added support for solution folders and improved performance when looking for corresponding files.
  • Changed extensions sorting to place extensions without a dot at the end.
  • Changed the Don't group designer files regex snippet to include more files.
  • Changed the spilt preview to the grouping preview in Title grouping options.
  • Refined Title grouping and Path grouping pages.
  • Fixed incorrect installation when VS uses the Visual Studio 10 folder instead of Visual Studio 2010.

New in Tabs Studio 2.2.0 (Jan 27, 2011)

  • Added tab coloring parameters and the Set color context menu command.
  • Added Paths, TabName and ProjectName tab item properties.
  • Added the ability to customize the style from add-ins.
  • Added default styles to SingleRow and Shaper.
  • Added SingleRow and AvalonStyleEditor to the Tabs Studio installer.
  • Added sample snippets and the ability to revert to default for title and path grouping regular expressions.
  • Added the 1 second delay before activating a tab when dragging a text over its header.
  • Added RegexMatch converter to default style resources.
  • Replaced the Quick Style dialog with Presentation options.
  • Changed DefaultTabExtensionCloseButton style key to DefaultTabExtensionCloseButtonStyle.
  • Deleted Projector from prepackaged add-ins.
  • Updated system requirements to have .NET 3.5 SP1 installed.
  • Fixed Disambiguator not working with the Remove path from tab name option.
  • Fixed an installation for SSMS when Visual Studio is not installed.

New in Tabs Studio 2.1.5 (Jan 27, 2011)

  • Added tab activation when dragging text over the tab header.
  • Added automatic Tabs Studio restart after saving changes in the Add-in Manager dialog.
  • Added ability to customize the style editor in Tabs Studio.
  • Added maximized window state and selected tab restoring when reopening the Options dialog.
  • Added support for PowerBuilder .NET 12.0.
  • Removed an error notification when placing a non Tabs Studio add-in dll to the add-in installation folder.
  • Fixed inability to use the tab character in the style editor.

New in Tabs Studio 2.1.2 (Jan 27, 2011)

  • Added Disambiguator, MvcGroup, Navigator, NewGroup, Projector, Saver, Shaper, Sorter, Sync and Troubleshooter add-ins to the Tabs Studio installer.
  • Added ability to enable and disable add-ins in the Add-in Manager window.
  • Added the TabsHost root control for tabs panel customization.
  • Added the Write e-mail to support button to the Tabs Studio toolbar.

New in Tabs Studio 2.1.0 (Jan 27, 2011)

  • Added ability to customize tab name content with custom controls.
  • Removed excessive tab updates on settings change, extension removal, extension modification.
  • Fixed rare AccessViolationException after closing tabs in Visual Studio 2008.

New in Tabs Studio 2.0.6 (Jan 27, 2011)

  • Added more add-ins loading error diagnostic.
  • Fixed inability to run Tabs Studio from a network share in VS 2010

New in Tabs Studio 2.0.5 (Jan 27, 2011)

  • Added Visual Studio 2010 Pro Power Tools support.
  • Added tab floating on double click in VS 2010.
  • Improved compatibility with other add-ins' toolbars in VS 2010.

New in Tabs Studio 2.0.1 (Jan 27, 2011)

  • Fixed tabs reordering when entering the debug mode in Visual Studio 2010

New in Tabs Studio 2.0.0 (Jan 27, 2011)

  • Added the Tabs Studio toolbar to VS 2010.
  • Added the Show tabs in a separate window option to VS 2010.
  • Added close file buttons.
  • Added support for Debugging and Executing tab states in SSMS.
  • Added ReadOnly tab title text cleanup in SSMS.
  • Changed selected tab colors to match the default VS 2010 theme.
  • Removed the XP quick style option in VS 2010.
  • Removed the fixed expiration date for VS 2010.
  • Verified Visual Studio 2010 RTM support.
  • Fixed the rare unhandled exception when creating the Tabs Studio toolbar

New in Tabs Studio 1.9.0 (Jan 27, 2011)

  • Added two additional tabs layouts: Wrap and Stack.
  • Added the Group titles ignoring case differences option.
  • Added Title grouping regex processing to single titles.
  • Changed default Title grouping regex and remove path transform to support a path with back slashes.
  • Improved the first Tabs window's reliability to save and restore its position.
  • Changed Tabs Studio extensibility API for Panel access and correspondingly updated Navigator, Saver and Sorter add-ins.
  • Changed installer to leave disabled Tabs Studio state in SSMS on upgrade.
  • Separated remove path transforms for VS and SSMS internally.
  • Removed unnecessary access to Visual Studio documents on tabs update.
  • Verified Visual Studio 2010 RC support.
  • Fixed 2 pixels tabs overflow over a code window in SSMS.
  • Fixed an occasional dark 1 pixel line under the tabs.
  • Fixed the Open Corresponding File error to open .h files on non-English VS editions by removing workaround to open Windows Forms .h files from .h [Design].
  • Fixed inability to display identical extensions in one tab group.
  • Fixed rare code window shift when using tabs in a separate window.
  • Fixed the incorrect package name in the Visual Studio 2010 About window for the Tabs Studio 2010 Helper extension.

New in Tabs Studio 1.8.0 (Jan 27, 2011)

  • Added the Show tabs in a separate window option (except in VS 2010).
  • Added the TabsStudio.Connect.ShowTabsWindow command.
  • Added Tabs Studio toolbar (except in VS 2010).
  • Added a Quick Style option to animate extension selection and the close tab button.
  • Added IsGroupFocused and IsGroupWithLastActiveDocument properties for styling (only in VS 2010).
  • Added Remove path from tab name option functionality for SSMS.
  • Added support for SSMS table paths.
  • Added the Maximum number of tabs in a group option.
  • Added Tabs Studio commands removal from Visual Studio 2005/2008 on uninstallation.
  • Added version information to the VS About window.
  • Created new title grouping rules for SSMS.
  • Organized separate settings storage for SSMS.
  • Changed empty tab grouping regex options to mean "disable tab grouping".
  • Renamed the Settings command to Options.
  • Improved selected tab glow in Visual Studio 2010.
  • Fixed excessive selected tab updates.
  • Fixed underscore duplication in extension introduced with new style in v1.7.2.
  • Fixed windows shift in VS 2005 and SSMS.
  • Fixed rare tab non grouping after renaming a document.
  • Fixed rare unhandled exception in SSMS query designer.
  • Fixed unhandled exception when opening context menu in a solution with unrecognized projects.

New in Tabs Studio 1.7.2 (Jan 27, 2011)

  • Added Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 support.
  • Added automatic registration with SQL Server Management Studio 2005.
  • Updated default tab extension style.

New in Tabs Studio 1.7.0 (Jan 27, 2011)

  • Added the Quick Style builder.
  • Added ability to customize tab context menu from an add-in.
  • Added experimental floating tab group support for Visual Studio 2005/2008.
  • Added experimental support for Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 2008.
  • Added Help and Add-in installation folder links to the Add-in Manager window.
  • Added the Help link to the Options window.
  • Redesigned the close tab button.
  • Conducted general UI cleanup.
  • Fixed sharing violation accessing registration info file when opening several Visual Studio instances at the same time.

New in Tabs Studio 1.6.0 (Jan 27, 2011)

  • Added support for custom add-ins.
  • Added ability to customize file modification status.
  • Changed default title splitting regex to handle dot in directory name.
  • Fixed inability to install Tabs Studio when My Documents directory points to a network share.
  • Fixed inability to install Tabs Studio when AlwaysInstallElevated policy is set on the computer.
  • Fixed Tabs Studio dialogs centering when Visual Studio is maximized.
  • Fixed Visual Studio tabs displacement after unloading Tabs Studio.

New in Tabs Studio 1.5.0 (Jan 27, 2011)

  • Added support for Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1.
  • Added MDI mode support.
  • Created single msi installer for all supported Visual Studio versions.
  • Changed tab closing and tab context menu opening from mouse button down to mouse button up event.

New in Tabs Studio 1.4.0 (Jan 27, 2011)

  • Added advanced tab grouping options.
  • Added digital signature to the Tabs Studio installer and TabsStudio.dll.
  • Added experimental support and separate installer for Visual Studio 2005.
  • Fixed missing underscores in context menu file name.
  • Fixed missing corresponding file for documents with path in tab name.
  • Fixed tabs displacement and reordering when using virtual desktop software.

New in Tabs Studio 1.3.2 (Jan 27, 2011)

  • Added support for larger than normal DPI scaling display settings.
  • Fixed assertion failure when closing Web Browser window (and windows based on Web Browser such as Integrated Help and Samples) using Window.CloseDocumentWindow keyboard command or using Window - Hide menu command.

New in Tabs Studio 1.3.0 (Jan 27, 2011)

  • Added horizontal and vertical tab groups support.
  • Added ability to open corresponding files using tab context menu and using TabsStudio.Connect.OpenCorrespondingFile command.
  • Added .aspx.vb, .inl to the list of combinable extensions.
  • Fixed tab from moving to the last position on read only status change.
  • Fixed accidental tab drag on tab selection when number of toolbars changes.

New in Tabs Studio 1.2.0 (Jan 27, 2011)

  • Added Visual Studio TabsStudio.Connect.* commands to open about and settings dialogs, close selected tab, activate previous and next extensions in selected tab, select previously selected tab.
  • Added ability to change tab position by dragging it with mouse.
  • Added style preview.
  • Added Save, Floating, Dockable and Close All Documents commands to tab's context menu.
  • Added tooltip for non document tabs.
  • Added IsPreviouslySelectedTab and IsDocument properties to tab controls.
  • Fixed unhandled exception when applying style with control template having invalid type.
  • Fixed IsTabSelected and IsMultiExtensions properties for TabToolTip control; IsTabSelected, IsExtensionActive and IsExtensionReadOnly properties for TabExtensionToolTip control; IsMultiExtensions property for TabInternals and Tab controls. These properties were always false.

New in Tabs Studio 1.1.0 (Jan 27, 2011)

  • Added visual styling support.
  • Added close tab button to selected tab.
  • Added Remove path from tab name option.
  • Fixed tab rows from switching on tab selection.
  • Added .ascx, .ascx.cs, .master, .master.cs to the list of combinable extensions.

New in Tabs Studio 1.0.0 (Jan 27, 2011)

  • Added registration.
  • Added more icons to the tabs context menu.

New in Tabs Studio 0.9.0 (Jan 27, 2011)

  • Added Close All But This, Copy Full Path and Open Containing Folder context menu commands.
  • Added a file path tooltip for tabs.

New in Tabs Studio 0.8.6 (Jan 27, 2011)

  • Added lock icon and ability to be combinable for read only files.
  • Added .settings, .js, .svc, .svc.cs to the list of combinable extensions.
  • Reduced extension shadow opacity.
  • Documented requirement to have C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable installed to run Tabs Studio on VS 2008 RTM.

New in Tabs Studio 0.8.5 (Jan 27, 2011)

  • Added automatic tab grouping.
  • Created Tabs Studio icon.
  • Fixed rare incorrect vertical tabs position after opening a solution.