Where are the tabs for different files in the editor in 2011a?

I just jumped versions from ~R2005 to R2011a. Where have the file tabs for the editor gone?

They are there when the editor is docked in the main MATLAB window but when it's undocked (which I keep it all the time so that I can use it full screen of course) the different file tabs are nowhere to be found.

Answer 1

[Fangjun Jiang]

Open editor, go to menu Desktop->Document Bar->Bar Position.

It might be hidden.

[Giles]

The Document Bar option in the Desktop menu is only available when the editor is docked in the main window, not when the editor is full-screen (besides that, I have it set to Top, not Hidden). That's what I'm saying - it seems they made it so the document bar is only available when docked, which would be crazy.

[Fangjun Jiang]

I don't have R2011a so I can't try. On my R2007b, the document bar is available either docked or undocked. When docked, the 'Desktop' menu is at the MATLAB window.

[Niki]

Dock editor ===> Ctrl+Shift+D

undock ===> Ctrl+Shift+U

now, Please undock your editor,

then it would be easy

go to "Desktop" ===>"Document Bar" ====> "Bar Position " then you can select "Top" "Bottom" "Right" "Left" and or "hide"

if it is not appear for you , please try Ctrl+Shift"0

I hope it works

[Al]

Giles's answer do help me a lot. I had been driven carzy by this problem for several hours, trying all means. If I hadn't found this answer, this would certainly trouble me for a long time.

Answer 2

[Niki]

I am not sure if I understood your question perfectly, but check it out, from toolbar , go to "Desktop" , then you can click on anything that you would like to use like workspace or anything else

Answer 3

[Giles]

What I'm talking about is called the "Document Bar" - in the Desktop menu of the main window right at the bottom. It provides a tabbed view of all the different .m files you're editing. it appears when the editor is docked in the main windows but not when the editor is undocked and operating fullscreen, which is how it is used the majority of the time. In older versions of MATLAB it was always part of the editor undocked. It can't be this way... this is a crazy loss of functionality... I must be missing something?

Answer 4

[Niki]

you can go to "Desktop" ---> "toolbars" and click on "editor" and or customize , then you will have anything that you want while it is undocked

[Giles]

Nope, there's no option under customization of the toolbar for the Document Bar that I can find. If you can find it please let me know where. They are two separate things as far as I can see.

Answer 5

[Giles]

Hey guys, thanks for the input. Turns out Undock Editor and Undock .m file in editor are two different things, and the little undock arrow that I always press does only the latter. It's also very hard to find the former by right-clicking - you have to hit just the right place or know to look through the Desktop menu. Anyways, when I go Undock Editor then it undocks the entire thing and the document bar goes with it - cool. Thanks for your help!

Answer 6

[Nils]

Thank you, I was stuck with the same problem in R2011b. It would really help if there was a setting to 'force' the use of tabs for multiple files (like the setting in IE or Firefox to control how new windows are handled).

/Nils