Re: [PATCH] Tab options for Epiphany

[Reinout van Schouwen <reinouts gnome org>]

Hi Tatu,

Op donderdag 30-10-2008 om 00:31 uur [tijdzone +0200], schreef Tatu
Kilappa:
> I'm tired of Firefox, but Epiphany doesn't have all the features I want
> from a browser. I wrote them in.

Thanks! To prevent your code from being lost, please create a bug on
Gnome bugzilla and attach your patch there. 

However, I should tell you that for Epiphany it is recommended to add
such "power user" features via extensions rather than by patching the
core code, and we strive to keep the Preferences window as minimalistic
as possible.

> Modifications:
> - Option to display the tab bar in the left, right, top or bottom side
> of the browser window. Default is top. Modifiable via gconf and
> preferences window.

A "Tabs to Left" extension already exists: 
http://live.gnome.org/Epiphany/ThirdPartyExtensions

> - Tabs group has a checkbutton to toggle the "always show tabs bar"
> -option on and off. I vaguely remember seeing this in some old version
> of Epiphany. I wonder why it wasn't there now. My memory might be
> failing though.

I don't recall if this option was ever exposed via the GUI, but it
should be easy to make an extension that adds this option to the View
menu for instance.

> - Added a gconf-option to modify the width of tabs in the tab bar.
> Previous width was fixed to 15 characters. Can now be specified to be
> anything from 5 to 15. Illegal values are capped. Default value is 15
> (as previously).

Perhaps you can take a look at the Tab Sizer extension from the same
Third Party Extensions page, and adjust it to do what you want?

regards,

-- 
Reinout van Schouwen