Tabbed design view for multiple files
Similar to Photoshop or Illustrator (See attached file), it would be valuable to allow for multiple files to be opened and arranged in the design pane using tabs. This would give users a quick way to switch between their projects and will provide a much better workflow in general.
This is a must for me!
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Derrick Johnson
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Is this STILL not a feature?
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Diego Alba
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I'd love to see Xd provide the ability to have multiple documents open in tabs, instead of individual windows, like other Adobe applications: Ai, Ps, etc. Unless this already exists?
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Anonymous
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yes this feature is required and please update it ASAP
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Thomas Miller
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I know the XD team is cranking out new features all the time, but this functionality is standard within the industry and Adobe apps.
Looks like it has been Under Review for 4 years now. C'mon guys, can this be prioritized?
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Miles Stevens
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....do you guys need some help designing the tab functionality? You've got 87 of us (minimum) who would be happy to pick up the slack for your team.
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Miles Stevens
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HAHAHAH "Under Review"? Like you have to think about it? Who's thinking about it? Who's going "guys......I understand we've implemented this paradigm in every other Adobe app but....................Gosh, I don't know if this is the right call........"
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Shree B
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Why didn't Adobe implement this feature yet? How can they assume designers can ignore this?
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Michael
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How is this not a thing yet? Seems like it would be a simple/quick fix. Come on Adobe!
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Fathul Ro'yi
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Please, we need this simple feature, come on XD...
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Cory Schulz
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Can't believe it still doesn't have this. XD sucks.
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Cindy
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It would really save time for users if XD used a similar system like Photoshop how there is only one photoshop open with multiple files open. Sometimes users have mulitple XD files open and its always having to maximize out of this one file to get find another file.
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Skynet1
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OMG!!! Tabssssssssssss?????
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Some Guy Online commented
I maybe working way later than I should be, but it seems there's no way to close a document in XD withough closing the application instance. If I click Home, it opens a new instance of the application.
To further clarify:
I would like to avoid having multiple instances of applications cluttering my screen. As an example, in other Adobe Suite products, you can have multiple files opened within a tabbed environment, and have instance access to those documents, and if need be, you can rearrange your working environment to see docs side by side, etc..., or even pull them out of the root application. Besides cluttering up the screen, I can assume another instance of the app is a drain on resources. Most modern design apps allow multiple files to be open, as perhaps part of the same project. Say at the basic level I'd want to compare two artboards that exist in separate files.
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Michelle Barrios
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Hello? Tabs???
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FERRONI
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GOOD GOD, STOP WAITING FOR USER NUMBER INCREASE, FIX THE SOFTWARE MAKE IT WHAT IT SHOULD BE, TABS...LIKE NO TABS ...........SERIOUSLY
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Christina
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UGH YES WE NEED THIS FEATURE WTF WHY DOESNT IT EXIST, TOTAL NO-BRAINER MVP FEATURE!
- from a fellow disgruntled ux. designer. (ps. i have been commenting periodically in this thread as catharsis now.) -
Morgan Caldbeck
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This is already possible. Xd opens a launcher on startup where you can select the file you want. If you need multiple open, just pull up the launcher and select another file. Both will remain open.
I do this on my Mac frequently, and full screen each document so that switching between just requires a simple three finger swipe left or right to go to the one I want.
I’m not sure if windows version allows for all of that though. I would assume yes.
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Orlan
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The feature to have various projects open at the same time in tabs, normally at work I have to open a couple of sketch files at the same time to make prototypes and add them to one single Xd file for presentation. Having tabs would help keep my desktop more organized and it would be easier to find the projects Im looking for.
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Flo
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Where is the tab-function for files? This is super-basic!
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Jonas Hartmann
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Any news here? Would help the workflow a lot.