Editor - open in new tab function seems to have stopped working

[anicede]

I used to be able to right click an item in the tree view within the editor and open it in a new tab. Now right clicking immediately replaces what was already in the editor with the right-clicked item, and nothing happens when selecting 'open in new tab'.

I'm using the develop branch, on Linux (Peppermint OS).

[gedakc]

Thank you @anicede for reporting an issue with the open text in a new tab right-click menu.

The way the right-click menu works was altered when we added a document menu -- see bottom section of comment and the follow up comments.

Due to the design choice we made to immediately select the text in the Project tree pane, the unfortunate side effect is that open text in a new tab is no longer functional. In fact because both open text and open text in a new tab currently work exactly the same, we should probably remove these two right-click menu options.

@olivierkes what are your thoughts on removing both open text and open text in a new tab right-click menus?

[anicede]

Is there another way of opening a new tab, so I can still have tabs? That was my first attempt at a fix, but I couldn't for the life of me figure it out. I'm aware that I can split the editor window, but that's not the function I'm after. (prior to Manuskript, I was using Geany for my writing projects, and my editing workflow has me opening all scenes in a chapter in tabs, so I can quickly flick between them - hopefully that gives an idea of how I'd like it to work)

[olivierkes]

Thanks @anicede for raising that issue. For now, you can simply hold CTRL while clicking on an item, and it will load in a new tab.

what are your thoughts on removing both open text and open text in a new tab right-click menus?

@gedakc Yes it really makes no sense to keep them now... If we're sure that's the behavior we want :)
And then, @anicede makes sense: how can we inform users that they can use tab with CTRL-holding?

[anicede]

Cool, that'll work for me, thanks!

[gedakc]

Thanks @olivierkes for the tip on holding down Ctrl. This also works for opening multiple tabs by holding down Shift and then selecting Open # items in new tabs.

One way we might inform users to hold down Ctrl when opening in a new tab is to add a hover-over tip to that specific right-click menu entry.