Allow user to close all tabs, without closing the app itself

[Raindrops]

Currently, the user has various options to close tabs:

• Close This Tab
• Close All Tabs But This
• Close Tabs to the Right
• Close Tabs to the Left

However, there is no option to close all the tabs.

Often this is required if we have opened a saved session, and then we want to close it (all tabs) and load some new files.

If there are 10 tabs in the current session, we have to close them all one by one.

We can also resort to a two-step method:
1. Right-click on any tab, and select the "close all tabs but this" option
2. Click on the x button on the surviving tab to close it.
But this is not an elegant solution.

I'd suggest another alternative: Let the user press SHFT+click on the X button.
Instead of closing the active tab, let this action close all tabs at once.

Third alternative: When we click on the X button, the app should ask whether to close active tab or all tabs.

Fourth alternative: Each tab already has its own x button to close it. So the dedicated X button should be to close all buttons only.
(Let the app confirm before closing all tabs, though.)

[Willy Van Nuffel]

The option "Close All" is in the File-menu.
See: viewtopic.php?p=132620

If you like, you can assign a key-combination to the corresponding command "Close All" via Customize Toolbars.
Like for example CTRL + SHIFT + X
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[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hello Willy Van Nuffel,

Thanks for the help!

@Raindrops - please let us know if the above helps!

Kind regards,
Stefan

[Raindrops]

Well, I do agree that closing all files will close all tabs, but the user has to figure this out logically. It is not intuitive.

Let me explain why:

When we duplicate a tab, the same file is loaded in multiple tabs.
So, when the user wants to close individual tabs, he is not thinking of closing a file.
(The same file remains open in another tab.)

In fact, if he has opened duplicate tabs, and then if he closes a file, will that close all its duplicate tabs simultaneously? - There is no intuitive answer to this!

Thus, the user will intuitively expect the "close all tabs" command to be there in the Tabs, not in the File menu.

It would be far more logical to provide Close all tabs as an additional option in the context menu on the tabs.

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hello Raindrops,

Thanks for your feedback.
I will pass it on to our UI devs, however given that wanting to close all tabs is a rare occurrence, I can not make any promises as to if or when this might be implemented.

Kind regards,
Stefan

[steven71]

Implement a feature that enables users to close all tabs within the app while keeping the application running, providing convenience and flexibility without disrupting their workflow or session continuity.

[Loki@99]

Hi all,

Implement a feature that enables users to close all tabs within the app while keeping the application running

As Willy Van Nuffel said above, it's already achievable.

For more convenience, as PDFXCE is very customizable, the Close All button can simply be added in Quick Access, Quick Find, Quick Tools.

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For a more intuitive UI (for new users who aren't comfortable yet with PDFXCE customization), it will be great to implement the feature in tab list like Drawboard PDF and add this to T#6875 Vertical tabs

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Thank you,

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hello Loki@99,

Thanks for your comments!
Indeed customization is possible and should be easy to add the desired buttons to toolbars once you get the hang of the Editor UI.

I will also add your feedback to ticket #6875 for consideration.

Kind regards,
Stefan