how do tabs work?

[KingSky]

Hi all,

Can anybody explain to me how tabs are 'supposed' to work in case I'm misunderstanding something?

Right now UR is behaving like this:

Have a tab with data in it. Say test data is a line of text reading "test1"

Open a new tab via right-click menu.

Tab 2 opens with the same content, "test1" text in it.

In tab 2, change "test1" text to "test2".

Now go back to tab 1 and "test1" has been changed to "test2".

Whichever changes I make in any of the tabs are immediately reflected in the other tab(s). This is true if I open 2 or 25 tabs.

Is this the way it is supposed to work? If so, what use is it? Why would you want to have tab after tab of the exact same content?

I can only see it being useful if each tab was able to have unique content.

Thanks,
-Kevin

System: Windows Vista Business, 4 GB Ram, IE7, Nvidia 8800GT 512
UR Version: 3.2.6

[kinook]

Tab | New Tab just defaults to the same item as the previous tab, but you don't have to leave both tabs on the same item. You would typically navigate to a different item in the new (or old) tab. Then, switching between tabs also switches between the two different items.

New tabs can also be opened to items other than the current tab in other ways (right-click in tree or list -> Open in New Tab, hold down Ctrl when clicking on an internal link or opening a favorite, etc.).

All open tabs are also persisted between sessions, can be hoisted, etc.