[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #50106] [GUI] Editor keeps track of files even when it is closed

[Dan Sebald]

Follow-up Comment #8, bug #50106 (project octave):

I don't think that a setting for changing the behavior of the x of a tab
window is a good idea.  To me, that seems more confusing than present
behavior.  The drop-down menu Window is pretty consistent in the sense that
every pane can be in a "show" or "not show" state.  What would one propose to
put in place of "show editor" for the new behavior?  "Show editor" no longer
makes sense if the x pane button means "close all files".  Something like:

v Unclose editor files

There is a little checkbox for individual tabs to close the associated file
and remove the tab (and a tooltip to go along with it).  That's pretty clear. 
The consistency of meaning of the two upper right buttons (the pane icon and
the x button) should become second nature after not too long of use.

One thing that could be done is to remove any x from the window panes that is
not associated with closing the application.  One would then have to use
"Window" drop down menu exclusively.  Not as convenient, but it avoids
confusion about what an x might mean.  Note that currently when a pane is
undocked, there are two 'x' buttons near one another with the same meaning,
which is sort of inefficiently using valuable screen space.

Still, I don't find the current behavior very confusing once one realizes the
consistency of behavior of the 'x' and window-pane icon across all panes.

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