From 8d9b55330d32e0bd4667a14c1d931b5ece9be5da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Juri Linkov Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2021 20:00:56 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] * doc/emacs/frames.texi (Tab Bars): Add text about mouse and tab-bar-format Briefly describe mouse commands on the tab bar and tab-bar-format (bug#51444) --- doc/emacs/frames.texi | 10 ++++++++++ etc/NEWS | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/emacs/frames.texi b/doc/emacs/frames.texi index 3514821cc7d..c14ada29576 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/frames.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/frames.texi @@ -1508,6 +1508,13 @@ to the right; with a negative argument @minus{}@var{n}, move it @var{n} positions to the left. @end table + You can use the mouse to operate on tabs. Clicking @kbd{mouse-2} +closes the tab. Clicking @kbd{mouse-3} pops up the context menu with +the items that operate on the clicked tab. Dragging the tab with +@kbd{mouse-1} moves it to another position on the tab bar. Mouse +wheel scrolling switches to the next or previous tab. Holding down +the @key{SHIFT} key during scrolling moves the tab to the left or right. + @findex tab-bar-history-mode You can enable @code{tab-bar-history-mode} to remember window configurations used in every tab, and later restore them. @@ -1524,6 +1531,9 @@ Cancel restoration of the previous window configuration. This moves forward in the history of window configurations. @end table + It's possible to customize the items displayed on the tab bar +by the user option @code{tab-bar-format}. + @node Dialog Boxes @section Using Dialog Boxes @cindex dialog boxes diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index 54a099d0ef2..dc1eb86c6f0 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -486,6 +486,7 @@ command 'other-tab-prefix'. +++ *** New command 'C-x t C-r' to open file read-only in the other tab. ++++ *** The tab bar now supports more mouse commands. Clicking 'mouse-2' closes the tab, 'mouse-3' displays the context menu with items that operate on the clicked tab. Dragging the tab with @@ -506,7 +507,7 @@ frame regardless of the values of 'tab-bar-mode' and 'tab-bar-show'. This allows enabling/disabling the tab bar independently on different frames. ---- ++++ *** New user option 'tab-bar-format' defines a list of tab bar items. When it contains 'tab-bar-format-global' (possibly appended after 'tab-bar-format-align-right'), then after enabling 'display-time-mode' -- 2.39.2