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[[Image:Tab-ribbon.gif]] | [[Image:Tab-ribbon.gif]] | ||
== | == Folding indicators == | ||
Two possible designs of the folding indicators are shown - these make the tab order clear. A simple animation while the user switches tabs would improve this - for instance in the above mockup, if the user switches to a tab >5, the top row's two folding indicators will slide to the right while the tabs stay in place, while in the bottom row the tabs will slide left while the indicators stay in place. Tab 3 will disappear into the folding indicator of the bottom row and appear to the left of the folding indicator on the top row; likewise Tab 7 will move "along the ribbon" from the top row to the bottom.<br> | Two possible designs of the folding indicators are shown - these make the tab order clear. A simple animation while the user switches tabs would improve this - for instance in the above mockup, if the user switches to a tab >5, the top row's two folding indicators will slide to the right while the tabs stay in place, while in the bottom row the tabs will slide left while the indicators stay in place. Tab 3 will disappear into the folding indicator of the bottom row and appear to the left of the folding indicator on the top row; likewise Tab 7 will move "along the ribbon" from the top row to the bottom.<br> | ||
The result is that the illusion of visual continuity of the tab-ribbon is not broken.<br> | The result is that the illusion of visual continuity of the tab-ribbon is not broken.<br> | ||
== Folding thresholds<br> == | == Folding thresholds<br> == | ||
This is an exaggerated image, of course - in practice tabs would probably shrink more before "folding" into a second row... my guess is this should happen at around 14 tabs (After folding, there would only be 7 on each row). Folding into three or more rows is also possible, but it creates too much visual clutter so I think tabs could be forced to get really small (just favicon size) before that happens.<br> | This is an exaggerated image, of course - in practice tabs would probably shrink more before "folding" into a second row... my guess is this should happen at around 14 tabs (After folding, there would only be 7 on each row). Folding into three or more rows is also possible, but it creates too much visual clutter so I think tabs could be forced to get really small (just favicon size) before that happens.<br> | ||