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[Feature request] Add horizontal scroll support for document tabs
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Description
While hovering over the opened tabs, using mouse horizontal scroll (like Mx Master 3 mouse) does not make anything. Would be great to apply the browsers tabs like behaviour, when horizontal scroll moves tabs left and right (not changing the selected tab, just scrolling).
Debug info:
Notepad++ v8.5.7 (64-bit)
Build time : Sep 6 2023 - 23:13:49
Path : C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
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OS Name : Windows 11 Pro (64-bit)
OS Version : 22H2
OS Build : 22621.2283
Current ANSI codepage : 1252
Plugins :
mimeTools (2.9)
NppConverter (4.5)
NppExport (0.4)
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Research direction
The issue does not name files or tests; begin by reproducing the behavior while hovering over the document tabs with a mouse horizontal scroll. Trace the document-tab input handling and verify that horizontal scrolling moves the tab strip without changing the selected tab.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100