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  • Published 27 Jan 2022

tabs for blender

basically they will appear above the info window. you can open and work on multiple files press the plus button and a menu will appear you select a file open it and it will appear in the next tab you can switch between tabs tabs will automatically be created if you open more than one blender say you by mistake double clicked on blender icon in the task bar and two blenders opened so tabs will help you will able to access both windows simply by using tabs

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dino107
27 Jan 2022

3 Comments

claus

What you're essentially asking for is multi-file support. This could be implemented with either tabs in a main window or multiple windows. I think the multiple windows version is better and could use the OS's window management feature. A potential downside could be that if Blender crashes, you lose all your unsaved open files (ignoring autosave). Another thing to think about is how would things work with temporary windows like when rendering or changing Blender settings. Which window belongs to which file, etc.

If you could flesh all that out and put it in your suggestion, chances are more likely for this idea to gain support.

dino107 Author

aww come on cinema 4d has tab support

TripTilt

this needs a lot of RAM and CPU powert. And how much can you really multitask? Sometimes I have 2 instances of blender open, that works fine, but more is a waste of resources and attention of the user. downvoted