Tabs

Keep multiple folders open and switch contexts instantly without extra windows.

Tabs, Vertical Sidebar & Workspaces

Tabs and Workspaces keep your entire project context inside a single window instead of a pile of scattered Finder windows.

Horizontal vs. Vertical Tabs

Sulguni Explorer supports two tab layouts:

  • Horizontal Tab Bar (top): classic browser-style tabs with drag-to-reorder and middle-click to close.
  • Vertical Tabs Sidebar (left): dock open tabs vertically with a Pinned Tab Icon Grid, ⌘1–⌘9 keyboard shortcut badges, a live Tab Search Filter, 1-Click Dedup (N) (automatically closes duplicate folder tabs), and Copy List (copies all open tab titles and paths).

Detach & Spring-Loaded Drop

  • Detach Tab to New Window: drag any tab vertically out of the tab bar (> 48px) to spawn a new standalone Sulguni Explorer window at that path (window.newWithPath).
  • Spring-Loaded Tab Hover: drag files over any inactive tab for 650ms to switch to that tab mid-drag and drop your files directly inside.

Create, Close & Reopen Tabs

  • ⌘T: New tab
  • ⌘W or Middle-Click: Close tab
  • ⇧⌘T: Reopen the most recently closed tab (up to 20 closed tabs remembered with history)
  • ⌘1 – ⌘9: Jump directly to Tab 1 through 9

Tab Workspaces Studio (⌥⌘W)

Save and restore entire multi-tab project sessions in one click:

  • Save Current Session: name your workspace or pick a 1-click preset tag (Work, Dev, Design, Daily).
  • Pin & Inline Rename: star important workspaces to keep them at the top of the studio.
  • Restore vs. + Append: replace your current window tabs (Restore) or append the saved workspace tabs onto your existing session (+ Append).
  • Update: overwrite an existing workspace with your currently open tabs.
  • Export JSON: copy the workspace definition as portable JSON to back up or share across Macs.

Each tab has its own navigation history

Tabs behave like a browser:

  • Cmd + [: back
  • Cmd + ]: forward
  • Cmd + Delete: up (go to parent folder)

This matters when you’re drilling down through nested folders and don’t want to lose your path.

Tips

  • Don’t overdo it: too many tabs becomes noise.
  • Use Favorites for places you open daily, and Tabs for “today’s session”.
  • Column view + Tabs is a strong combo: one tab per “deep path”.

Favorites: Favorites

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