Account Tabs on Tool Bar

[Charles Day]

On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 9:00 PM, Tommy Trussell <tommy.trussell at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 8/28/08, Douglas D. Victoria <doug_victoria at comcast.net> wrote:
> > How do I remove/hide the account tabs on the tool bar?  Using the
> left/right
> >  scroll arrows is a cumbersome method for getting to the account I want
> to
> >  work with; I'd like to be able to jump to the window that shows all the
> >  account and then select the account I want to work with.  Similarly, I'd
> >  like to delete a report tab on the tool bar that points to an old
> report.
>
> The tabs stay open until you close them -- which you can do using the
> little X on them or Control-W (those may depend on your window
> manager), or using the Close button on the toolbar or the Close
> command in the File menu. The application window stays open until you
> Quit, so you can "safely" press Control-W without worrying you'll quit
> the application by mistake.
>
> I agree regarding how cumbersome the tabs are when there are too many
> to fit the window. I just discovered that you can get a pop-up menu of
> all the tabs by right-clicking in the tab area, and you can re-open
> the Account tab that way.


Good advice. To switch tabs without closing them, you can also use
Ctrl+Alt+PageUp or Ctrl+Alt+PageDn. It sounds like a key combination for the
most recently used account tab would be nice though.

-Charles