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I must say I did not find the current window sliding functionality not very useful, and it does not behave the way I would expect it to. The major motivation I have for sliding a window to the side is to free up screen estate for other windows, such as the editor. However, sliding the "Projects" explorer tab to the side does not accomplish this goal, because the "Files" and "Runtime" tabs are still present, so no screen estate is really gained. To free up space for the editor, I also have to slide the "Runtime" and "Files" tabs, which is extra 2 clicks. It should be possible to accomplish this with just one mouse click. Or did I completely misunderstand the purpose of the sliding windows feature?
done according to spec. reassigning to dusan.
Ok, I am also changing the summary to better reflect what I am actually asking for.
This functionality exists already in the IDE. Try doubleclick on Editor's TAB or shortcut SHIFT+ESCAPE.
Ok, this is similar to what I want, but not quite the same: - Sometimes I want to hide the explorer, but not the output window, e.g. when I a fixing compilation errors. Your suggestion will hide both the explorer and the output window. - Doubleclicking on the tab, or pressing Shift+Escape is not discoverable. This is a problem that many users have with our IDE - functionality is there, but users never find it. The sliding windows feature is more discoverable, because there is a widget on the screen that the user immediately sees. - If I can't easily use the sliding windows feature to enlarge the editor screen area, what can I use it for then? Why would the user ever want to slide the "Projects" tab to the side? What benefit does it bring to the user?
Hi, could I please get answers to my questions? Reopening.
-> RFE, future
Now it's possible to slide the whole group of non-document windows to enlarge the editor area.