document selector tabs moving around and too wide

[WayneCa]

Ever since I downloaded v8.9.0 64-bit I have noticed that the document selector tabs are much wider than the name of the documents and end up using two rows instead of one. Also, when I click on a tab it changes it's position in the tabs so as to be on the wrong row and in the wrong position from what it was initially. Something like this:

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|    doc9    |    doc2    |    doc3    |    doc4    |    doc5    |
|    doc1    |    doc6    |    doc10  |    doc7    |    doc8    |

When it's supposed to be this:

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|    doc1    |    doc2    |    doc3    |    doc4    |    doc5    |
|    doc6    |    doc7    |    doc8    |    doc9    |    doc10  |

And instead of the spacing you see in the tabs, it would put them all on one row if they looked like this:

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| doc1 | doc2 | doc3 | doc4 | doc5 | doc6 | doc7 | doc8 | doc9 | doc10 |

Now, the spacing in the tabs is much greater than shown here, but this suffices to show the issue. Is there a way I can change the spacing in the tabs and also prevent the document tab from changing position when I choose one to work on?

Edit: OK I feel like a fool now. I removed one document from the workspace and the document selector tabs dropped to a single row. Apparently, when the number of files loaded exceeds the width of the tab area it goes to two rows and puts space in the names in order to fill out both rows. That's OK, but I still wish it wouldn't move the tabs around just because I clicked on one.

[MudGuard]

Configure -> Preferences -> View -> Tabbed Document Selector -> Stacked

If you remove the check mark, the tabs will stay in one row (with a dropdown at the end which lists all tabs)

Then tabs stay in order if selected.
(at least in 8.8.0)

[WayneCa]

Configure -> Preferences -> View -> Tabbed Document Selector -> Stacked

If you remove the check mark, the tabs will stay in one row (with a dropdown at the end which lists all tabs)

Then tabs stay in order if selected.
(at least in 8.8.0)

Thanks! This is what I was looking for.

[WayneCa]

I am posting to this thread as it is the last thread I posted about a tab selector issue and the only thread I can find concerning the tab selector.

It appears that the stacked option is no longer available in TextPad 9.3.0 64-bit edition. Is there a way I can get the tab selector to show a double-row when the number of tabs exceeds the length of the bar?