On 03/30/2016 09:15 AM, Klaus-Dieter Bauer wrote: > LyX has an option "Open documents in tabs" in > Preferences > Document Handling. > > As far as I can tell, disabling this option > causes LyX to open different documents > in new windows, but grouping files belonging > to the same output document into the same > window into tabs. > > Is it possible to detach such tabs into > a new window? Is it possible to open each > FILE in a separate window?
I don't think you can detach tabs (as you can in Firefox, say). But you can open anything you like in a a new window. Just do File> New Window and then File> Open (or View> Hidden, or whatever). I expect detaching a tab is possible in Qt, so you could file an enhancement request for that if you like. > === The purpose === > > I am sometimes working with long documents > where I'd rather split even one document > across multiple windows, e.g. in order to > keep a section, which I am referring to, > opened on a second screen. In such cases > having more than one window per document, > or even displaying the same file in multiple > windows at once, would be useful. You can do this, following the instructions above. You can re-open the same file, as well. Richard
