Feature request: Re-order workspace tabs

Apologies if there is a way to do this and I’m just unaware, but it would be very helpful to be able to click-hold-drag-release workspace tabs to re-order them like tabs in a web browser. I use tons of workspaces and not being able to organize them is a (admittedly small) thorn in my particular workflow.

Thanks for consideration!

tab_reorder

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There is currently no such feature.

I wouldn’t focus on the tabs so much, and more on the text. You can save the contents of a tab in the sample texts in the app settings, and invoke them again with Cmd-Opt-F.

That doesn’t seem to address the same needs to me, particularly if the tab arrangement wanted is particular to a font project.

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For additional context, I usually have lots of workspaces active (see attached screenshot), for things like proofing paragraphs, numbers, ligatures, similar glyph forms, et cetera, and it’s be really nice to be able to order their tabs so they’re easier to intuitively move between.

You could put those workspaces into the sample texts. That way you have full control and can re-open them at any time.

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Yes… I tought that’s already built in. And just I have lose it since the upgrade.
Would be a small and nice feature. :slight_smile:

Maybe is there a script where I can copy these tabs, from one glyph file to anthoner?
Would be usefull to me. :slight_smile:

Is there any way to pin a window up top in order to not close it by mistake? While I already have all the sample text saved, I find myself building specific specimen texts while working on the fonts and I often close these windows by mistake… an option to pin them would come in handy.

If you realize it right away that you closed a tab by accident, go to the View menu, hold down the Option key and the “Close Tab” will become “Reopen last closed Tab”.

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