Having all opened instances in tabs instead many windows?

[abr01]

Sorry, if i ask again, but i never understood the reason for having tabs, when i always end up very quickly with five or six Everything windows in my task bar. Isn't it possible to disallow any new task bar ET windows, but haveing new tabs instead? That way it would be much quicker to find the right tab for a given search, instead of having to search in the task bar tabs.

[therube]

I'm confused.

Windows, Tabs, & -instances.

So you're wanting, which, tabs or windows?

And then on top of that, you're wanting different Instances (-instance xyz) to open in the same, into a singular Window?


IMO, -instances should be in separate windows, not co-mingled into a singular window.
Do note that -instances can have their own individual taskbar icons (to better, more easily identify particular instances).
(My K: drive -instance uses a (green) 'K' letter'd icon.)

[abr01]

I'm not sure about the naming. I like to have only one instance open, if that, what i see in the taskbar, are multiple instances. I suppose they are, since i can close them separatly. I mean those windows, when i hover over Everything's magnifier symbol in the taskbar, which often show multiple instances.

Suppose, i do a search, and a few minutes later, i do another search. That one should not change the count in the toolbar (where only one instance should be), but instead open a new tab in that one, single Everything instance. In other words, i would prefer tabs, instead of having instances in the task bar like in the screenshot below.

[therube]

Well, how did the three get there?

When you open Everything, by default, a single window opens.

What happens after that, you control.

You want another windows, Ctrl+N - new window
You want another tab, Ctrl+T - new tab (in existing window)


You want an entirely different instance, you use the -instance <name> switch.
(I gather you are not using instances.)


So if you are getting multiple windows, I'd think it is your doing.
Use tabs instead.
(And I don't think that Home deals with windows?)

[tuska]

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[abr01]

Well, how did the three get there?

When you open Everything, by default, a single window opens.

What happens after that, you control.

You want another windows, Ctrl+N - new window
You want another tab, Ctrl+T - new tab (in existing window)


You want an entirely different instance, you use the -instance <name> switch.
(I gather you are not using instances.)


So if you are getting multiple windows, I'd think it is your doing.
Use tabs instead.
(And I don't think that Home deals with windows?)

Thanks, therube and tuska.

Now that i have open_new_windows_in_tabs enabled, from tuska's answer, it works as intended!