[Feature request] Add a group layer for files

[nickpelling]

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Description of the Issue

As a long-time Notepad++ user, I often end up with 50-150 tabbed files during projects (text files, logs, code fragments, scripts, etc), and navigating between them is often the most clunky part of the user interface.

Describe the solution you'd like.

I suggest adding an (optional) group layer for files, presented as a layer of group tabs above the existing layer of file tabs. For example, one group tab could be logs, another for scripts, etc (all assigned by the user). Closing the group tab layer would revert to normal behaviour. File tabs could default to an unassigned group tab.

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[molsonkiko]

This doesn't fix your issue, but you might consider using the NavigateTo plugin.

I don't use Project Panels (so I can't comment on their applicability to your situation), but you might also find those useful.

[nickpelling]

@molsonkiko Thanks for the recommendation, NavigateTo looks like a very useful plugin! I think what I'm hoping for from group tabs would be a little more systematic and workhorse-y (i.e. very much in the spirit of Notepad++), but there's definitely lots of good overlap there. :-)

Project Panels... interesting, but not quite to my taste (I think). Though I'll probably try that too. ;-)