Quickly save and restore sets of document tabs. Save All the Tabs supports Visual Studio 2013 / 2015 / 2017.
Why you need Save All the Tabs?
Have you ever wished you could save all your opened documents before switching context to start working on something else? Or wished you could quickly switch between different distinct areas of a project; save your tabs before switching branches; save tabs for each feature/bug/PR (Pull Request) you are working on to quickly switch between them?
If you answered yes to any of those questions, then Save All the Tabs is for you!
How to use Save All the Tabs?
Save All the Tabs adds new commands to the Visual Studio Window menu and a Saved Tabs dockable window.
Commands
Save Tabs...Ctrl+D, Ctrl+S - saves the current set of opened document tabs
Restore Tabs menu - displays a list of the favorited (1-9) sets of document tabs
Ctrl+D, 1 through Ctrl+D, 9 - closes all the opened documents and opens the selected set of document tabs
Stash TabsCtrl+D, Ctrl+C - stashes (saves to a well-known name, <stash>) the current set of opened documents tabs
Restore Stashed TabsCtrl+D, Ctrl+Z or Ctrl+D, ` - closes all the opened documents and opens the stashed (<stash>) set of documents tabs
Saved Tabs WindowCtrl+D, Ctrl+W - opens the Saved Tabs window
Saved Tabs Window
Open the Saved Tabs window to quickly and easily manage your sets of saved document tabs. From here you can add new tabs sets, rename or delete existing tab sets. You can also double-click on a saved tab set to restore it.
Toolbar Commands
New Tab Set - adds a new tab set containing the set of opened document tabs
Save Tabs to Selected Set - replaces the selected tab set with the set of opened document tabs
Restore Tabs - closes all the opened documents and opens the selected set of saved document tabs
Open Tabs - opens the selected set of saved document tabs
Close Tabs - closes any opened documents if it is contained within the selected set of saved document tabs
Delete - deletes the selected tab set
Shortcut Keys
Enter - closes all the opened documents and opens the set of saved document tabs
1 through 9 - assigns a favorite number to the selected tab set
Ctrl+UpArrow - moves the selected tab set up
Ctrl+DownArrow - moves the selected tab set down
Delete - deletes the selected tab set
How to Contribute, Provide Feedback, Report Issues?
Save All the Tabs is open source and can be found here on GitHub.
Please report any issues and/or feedback on GitHub.