Haviing many editor tabs open, how to go back from one of the editor tabs, to the editor tab on which I run the previous command?
The editor does not retain breadcrumbs or anything of the sort that I can recall. I thought there would be a way to return to the tab using the Query Viewer panel or the Window menu when the Show Editor tabs on Window menu option is enabled, but the Window menu doesn't list windows/tabs by activation order and the Query Viewer panel is just a record of recently executed statements without a means to get back to the tab.
Michael
This is very strange to me, because this is a very useful feature.
If I have an editor with, for example, ten tabs open, and I run something in one tab, then move to another tab and run something else, and then I want to run again what I ran previously, I now have to search through all ten tabs to find it.
Why not add a very simple feature that allows switching back to the previous tab?
I was just commenting that it doesn't currently exist. It could be added.
There is a feature that may work for you in the meantime. If you are interested in only SELECT statements and if you can work in a single tab, John added grid pinning in a recent release. After you run your statement using F9 you can click the Pin button to pin its results. Then you can run another statement in the same tab and do the same. Using the magnifying glass you can jump to the SQL to re-run it.
A feature managing breadcrumbs could be implemented, but there are several different ways it could be. The simplest that may cover your scenario is to just track the tab activation order and have a means to view open tabs by most recently activated. Rather than track execution, it tracks navigation history just like a web browser does. There is already a dropdown arrow to the far right of the tab bar that lists opened tabs. It appears to be in order as you see them, but there may be a way to order them by activation time or for us to custom populate that list in a specific order.
Michael
I have struggled with the same issue myself over the years, and I have just tried to keep "close tabs", so to speak, on which tabs I am working in and switching between.
What would be helpful here is if CTRL-TAB, which switches between window tabs, would drop down into editor tab switching when in an editor window, but that may be impractical.
Cheers,
Russ
You can do Alt+PgUp/Down in the editor to switch tabs.
This also works in grouped describe windows and Schema Browser RHS.
Your reply brings to mind an interesting phenomenon. CTRL-TAB will switch INTO a popped-out, grouped Describe Objects window, but that window then "captures" CTRL-TAB functionality into itself and never lets go. I am sure that is due to the nature of the window in the Windows environment, but it does prevent CTRL-SHIFT-TAB from going back out.
Cheers,
Russ
I see what you mean. I don't see an easy solution for that at the moment.