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1. Draft Tab Guidelines

This is a tentative proposal for a set of guidelines on the implementation of tabbed interfaces in GNOME. The aim is to promote consistency in tab implementations across the desktop. As such, much of it is a formalisation of current general practice.

Author's comments are italicised.

1.1. Tab Appearance

1.2. Tab Behaviour

1.3. Tab Menu

1.4. Context Menu

I've avoided using the word 'Tab' in each of these entries, since a user will typically have clicked on a tab anyway, and should therefore know what the menu entries are referring to. I would be interested to hear if there are any good reasons to reintroduce this word into these menu labels, though.

1.5. Keyboard Shortcuts

1.6. File Menu Entries

1.7. Tab States

State display needs to be standardised across the desktop to include window titles, task lists, etc. A more general set of proposals is required, therefore.


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