Missing features in v16

[Koen Kamphuijs]

My employer recently upgraded me to version 16 but I'm missing several options that I was pretty much attached to.

- I can't find the option to get multiple tabs in more than one row. I thought the setting User Interface/Options/use multi-row tabs was for that but that doesn't seem to do anything. I'm very much missing the overview when I have more tabs open than one line of tabs can hold.

- Is there a way to disable the lint? There was in previous versions. Due to some impairments, I need access through the keyboard very much, but with the lint, this is pretty cumbersome (yes I found the option to enable the alt key anyway - why would someone want to disable that???).

Also, when I alt-tab to another application, the shortcut letters stay visible in that application which is pretty annoying. I have to restart PL/SQL developer to get rid of that, and after some time it happens again.

Thanks in advance, Koen

 

[Marco Kalter]

I can't find the option to get multiple tabs in more than one row. I thought the setting User Interface/Options/use multi-row tabs was for that but that doesn't seem to do anything. I'm very much missing the overview when I have more tabs open than one line of tabs can hold.

For the window tabs this option is indeed no longer available.

Is there a way to disable the lint? There was in previous versions. Due to some impairments, I need access through the keyboard very much, but with the lint, this is pretty cumbersome (yes I found the option to enable the alt key anyway - why would someone want to disable that???).

You can go to Preferences > User Interface > Appearance and click on the "Switch to Menu" button.

Also, when I alt-tab to another application, the shortcut letters stay visible in that application which is pretty annoying. I have to restart PL/SQL developer to get rid of that, and after some time it happens again.

This will be fixed with the "Switch to Menu" option as well.

 

[Koen Kamphuijs]

For the window tabs this option is indeed no longer available.

Thanks. The setting User Interface/Options/use multi-row tabs is still available in the Preferences screen. I thought it was for stacking the tabs?

 

[Marco Kalter]

This applies to all tabs except for the window tabs.

 

[Dale]

Why was the Window tabs stacking feature removed? I found that very useful. Now I have multiple clicks to get to a window that isn't in the visible part of the tab list. A step backwards, IMO.

 

[Marco Kalter]

We had to replace the UI component for the window tabs, and unfortunately the replacement component does not yet have a "multi-row" option. This feature may return in a future release though.