tab bar becomes visible when file is opened

[brainchild0]

Description

If the tab bar is hidden and one file is open, then the tab bar becomes visible when a new file is opened in the same window.

Steps to reproduce

1. Create new window with only one open file.
2. Hide the tab bar.
3. Open a new file in the same window.

Expected behavior

Tab bar remains hidden.

Actual behavior

Tab bar becomes visible.

Versions

• Mark Text: 0.16.1
• Operating system: Linux Mint 19.2

[fxha]

Thank you for reporting the issue. The described behavior is how it's expected to work because there are more than one tab open. Why did you think we should keep the tabs hidden, the user thinks the first tab disappeared/is lost?

[brainchild0]

If multiple files are open, then the application permits hiding the tab bar and keeping it hidden. Equally, if multiple files are already open, and a new file is opened, then a hidden state of the tab bar is preserved.

Only in the special case that 1) exactly one file is already open, and 2) a second one is then opened, does the application automatically make the tab bar visible.

[fxha]

The reason for this is that you already know that there are multiple tabs hidden but if only one tab exists this is not visible to the user.

[brainchild0]

I personally find this behavior confusing and nonstandard. Perhaps you would consider keeping the topic open for further comments from users.

I am doubtful that the assumption about what a users knows or does not know in each case is necessarily accurate, meanwhile, a completely straightforward use case is prevented by the current choice of behavior.