editor multiple tabs

Hello everybody,
I am currently working with Matlab on two different machines. In one of these, all the opened m files are on different tabs in the same editor; in the other, every time I open a new m file, it shows up in a new editor. I would prefere much more the first option, but I can not find it in the preferences, and also the HELP does not help. Do you know where can I modify it?
thanks

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Jan
Jan on 15 Jun 2011
Which Matlab version and OS are you using? How do you "open a new m file"? From the command window per "edit", from the editor or by a double click in the Windows Explorer?

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 Accepted Answer

Michael Katz
Michael Katz on 17 Jun 2011

38 votes

Try docking the editors first. It's the south-east pointing arrow in the right of the menu bar. If Editor windows are undocked then new ones will open up undocked as well. You can dock together multiple Editors and then undock the whole group, so you could have the Editor in a separate window. It's a little tricky to set up, but once you do, new editors will open up in the (un)docked group.

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maurizio
maurizio on 17 Jun 2011
it works.
Thanks a lot,
Maurizio
Thanks here too... This was a hard nut to crack. No documentation...
Linux
Linux on 8 Aug 2013
Thanks, it works.
thanks!
Yay, I was struggling with this too, thanks.
Jinfeng
Jinfeng on 3 Apr 2015
Thanks, it works!
thank you for your tip!
Thanks!!!!
That so clever! Thank you very much. It works for me on 2012a
thank you, dear @ Katz
Great! Thank you!
dpb
dpb on 5 Jul 2023
I guess it works; but wasn't this complicated in the past it doesn't seem...although given the age of the post it seems to have been an issue for a long time.
Why isn't "Use Tabs" simply a user preference in Settings??????

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Nnanyelugo Nwegbu
Nnanyelugo Nwegbu on 29 Aug 2019

10 votes

I had the same problem. I resolved it by
> Undocking the editor
> Clicked on View Tab
> Clicked on drop down menu > Tabs position
Set the position you like from [Top, Bottom, Left, Right]. Mine was previously on "hide", so the reason I had the problem in the first place
Dock the editor

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Chris Deep
Chris Deep on 8 Feb 2021
Edited: Chris Deep on 8 Feb 2021
Perfect! Many thanks. This works a treat!
Having the same problem, I can't figure out how to do it, any tips?
There is no dropdown menu under the view tab.
Thanks you so much!

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juan pf
juan pf on 26 Mar 2014

1 vote

Hi
I am having the same problem in the 2012 version of Matlab and cannot dock all the mfiles together in one window. Do you have any idea how I do it?
Regards, Juan

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salam , i had this problem . in first click on the little pointer in the upper right of the editor , then Click the little downward pointing triangle in a circle in the upper right of the window and select "Undoc" , then ctll+n and enjoy :)
thanks a lot.

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Stefan Bleeck
Stefan Bleeck on 7 Dec 2017

0 votes

right click on the title of the m-file.
aref yel
aref yel on 12 Sep 2021

0 votes

1- docked all file and view on the debuger
2- righclick on the panel editor and select undock
3- you can see a new window including those file
hint: dock the editor in the debuger and undock editor

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