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jpjarosz
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New Window support

Post by jpjarosz »

I've got a feature request that I think wouldn't take much work, but be a productivity boon for users that work with lots of PDF files at once (especially your users that have a multi-monitor setup or a high-resolution display). While one can configure PDF-XChange to "Allow Multiple Instances" and "Multiple Documents/Tabbed Documents" simultaneously, when both are enabled, PDFs opened from Windows Explorer always open in their own instance. Single tabbed-windows kind of defeat the benefit of having tabs. Could you instead
1) default newly opened windows to open in the last active window of PDF-XChange
2) provide a "new window" button to spawn a new PDF-XChange instance
3) allow users to drag & drop (move) tabs between PDF-XChange instances

I use Firefox in this way; it allows me to efficiently (almost effortlessly) group tabs into different windows so I can have one tabbed window per unique project I'm popping back & forth between. One could omit the "2) new button" requirement if the user action of dropping a tab on some window other than another instance of PDF-XChange initiated a new instance of PDF-XChange with the tab in it (akin to "tearing off" the PDF into it's own window rather than moving it into another).

Congrats on making such a good product (I saw the poll @ LifeHacker). It just keeps getting better & better.
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Paul - PDF-XChange
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Re: New Window support

Post by Paul - PDF-XChange »

HI jpjarosz

I like the way Firefox handles Tabs too. :-) Your points have been heard and are up for consideration, perhaps for version 3...

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Paul O'Rorke
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