editor multiple tabs

Hello everybody,

I am currently working with Matlab on two different machines. In one of these, all the opened m files are on different tabs in the same editor; in the other, every time I open a new m file, it shows up in a new editor. I would prefere much more the first option, but I can not find it in the preferences, and also the HELP does not help. Do you know where can I modify it?

thanks

[Jan]

Which Matlab version and OS are you using? How do you "open a new m file"? From the command window per "edit", from the editor or by a double click in the Windows Explorer?

Answer 1

[Michael Katz]

Try docking the editors first. It's the south-east pointing arrow in the right of the menu bar. If Editor windows are undocked then new ones will open up undocked as well. You can dock together multiple Editors and then undock the whole group, so you could have the Editor in a separate window. It's a little tricky to set up, but once you do, new editors will open up in the (un)docked group.

[maurizio]

it works.

Thanks a lot,

Maurizio

[Andri M. Gretarsson]

Thanks here too... This was a hard nut to crack. No documentation...

[Linux]

Thanks, it works.

[paul harder]

thanks!

[Terence Kearey]

Yay, I was struggling with this too, thanks.

[Jinfeng]

Thanks, it works!

[Jaeyoung Jung]

thank you for your tip!

[Alvaro florez]

Thanks!!!!

[Yunshan Jiang]

That so clever! Thank you very much. It works for me on 2012a

[Abolfazl Nejatian]

thank you, dear @ Katz

[Isabella Osetinsky-Tzidaki]

Great! Thank you!

[dpb]

I guess it works; but wasn't this complicated in the past it doesn't seem...although given the age of the post it seems to have been an issue for a long time.

Why isn't "Use Tabs" simply a user preference in Settings??????

Answer 2

[Nnanyelugo Nwegbu]

I had the same problem. I resolved it by

> Undocking the editor

> Clicked on View Tab

> Clicked on drop down menu > Tabs position

Set the position you like from [Top, Bottom, Left, Right]. Mine was previously on "hide", so the reason I had the problem in the first place

Dock the editor

[Chris Deep]

Perfect! Many thanks. This works a treat!

[Amanda Basant]

Having the same problem, I can't figure out how to do it, any tips?

[Alan Peters]

There is no dropdown menu under the view tab.

[Nusrat Zaman]

Thanks you so much!

Answer 3

[juan pf]

Hi

I am having the same problem in the 2012 version of Matlab and cannot dock all the mfiles together in one window. Do you have any idea how I do it?

Regards, Juan

[tayyebe sh]

salam , i had this problem . in first click on the little pointer in the upper right of the editor , then Click the little downward pointing triangle in a circle in the upper right of the window and select "Undoc" , then ctll+n and enjoy :)

[GiWon Hong]

thanks a lot.

Answer 4

[Stefan Bleeck]

right click on the title of the m-file.

Answer 5

[aref yel]

1- docked all file and view on the debuger

2- righclick on the panel editor and select undock

3- you can see a new window including those file

hint: dock the editor in the debuger and undock editor

Answer 6

[Brady]

You can modify the behavior of the editor by changing the desktop layout preferences. Here's how you can change the editor behavior to open all m-files on different tabs in the same editor:

1. Go to the "Home" tab on the Matlab ribbon.
2. Click on "Layout" and then select "Default Layout".
3. In the "Default Layout" window, click on the "Editor/Debugger" tab.
4. In the "Editor/Debugger" tab, select the "Editor" sub-tab.
5. Under the "Editor" sub-tab, select the "Docked Desktop" option.
6. Click "Apply" and then "OK" to save the changes.

After making these changes, all the opened m-files should now appear on different tabs in the same editor window. In order to learn more about this issue, you can also contact swot analysis writing services. I hope this helps!

[dpb]

Nothing like a "Editor/Debugger" tab after step 2. (R2021b)

Why the XXX@3a;alkj!!! can't they just leave things alone that aren't broke???!!!! R2020b was just fine; no problem to set it as wanted...

Now if I dock the editor, then it uses tabs, but if I then undock the command window to move it out of the way/have in parallel, then the menu bar stays with the window. I suppose could get to where that seems ok, but why have to after 30 yrs of practice. Changing UIs all the time is NOT productive.