Feature Request: Option to Set Window Title to Active Tab Name

[DKastelic]

It would be great to have an option (maybe in the config file) to make the window title show the name of the currently active tab. This would really help when you have a bunch of windows open, since right now they all have the same name and it's hard to tell which is which at a glance.

One thing to consider is that a window can have multiple split panes, each with its own tab. Maybe just using the tab that was last focused would work fine. That seems like the most intuitive option.

This feature would be optional and off by default so it doesn’t change behavior unexpectedly. If this sounds like a good idea, I’d be happy to implement it and submit a pull request.

Thanks!

[kasemir]

Good idea.

It's not always obvious what's the active tab. You think you're in the data browser and can call "File/Save As", but that's disabled until you click into the data browser plot once more to activate it.
Seeing the active tab name in the window title will help.

Maybe decorate the title a little bit. For active tab "X", make the window title "CS-Studio: X".
Best make that configurable. The window title is now set by FixedTitle=CS-Studio in
core-ui/src/main/resources/org/phoebus/ui/application/messages.properties
Change that into something like WindowTitleFormat=CS-Studio: %s. Keep it as a message resource, or maybe turn it into a preference. Call that format with the active tab name. That way, each site can decide if they want to stay with a static CS-Studio, or use %s to show only the tab name, or CS-Studio: %s to combine application and tab name.