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Bug 210591 - Regular Tab Window Changes if Docked in Document Tab Group
Summary: Regular Tab Window Changes if Docked in Document Tab Group
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: platform
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Window System (show other bugs)
Version: 8.0
Hardware: PC Windows 7 x64
: P4 normal with 1 vote (vote)
Assignee: Stanislav Aubrecht
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Reported: 2012-04-03 06:46 UTC by MackSix
Modified: 2014-07-03 07:39 UTC (History)
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Description MackSix 2012-04-03 06:46:24 UTC 
If a regular tab, like the Output window gets docked inside a document tab group, it is changed to a document tab. If it is then docked outside by itself, it is still a document tab and it is inside a Document Tab Group. So if focus is on the Output Tab, documents open up in it's group instead of the group that is expected.

Workaround: Reset all Windows or put focus on a tab in the group of interest before opening a new document.

See video:

http://youtu.be/BuJNmPz_HHs
Comment 1 Stanislav Aubrecht 2012-04-18 11:11:37 UTC 
That is correct and expected behavior as of version 7.1
Comment 2 myrecek 2014-07-03 07:33:41 UTC 
So is it really correct and expected behavior that one unintentional drag causes a situation that requires Reset all windows (and configure my IDE layout from scratch)?
What about e.g. a "Set as default document tab" option in the context menu?
Comment 3 Stanislav Aubrecht 2014-07-03 07:39:52 UTC 
(In reply to myrecek from comment #2)
> So is it really correct and expected behavior that one unintentional drag
> causes a situation that requires Reset all windows (and configure my IDE
> layout from scratch)?
> What about e.g. a "Set as default document tab" option in the context menu?

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