# Organizing large number of tabs

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/organizing-large-number-of-tabs/13241>\
**Category:** Processing\
**Created:** [August 7, 2019, 9:53pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/organizing-large-number-of-tabs/13241 "2019-08-07T21:53:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![adamsero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@adamsero](https://discourse.processing.org/u/adamsero)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 9:53pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/organizing-large-number-of-tabs/13241/1 "2019-08-07T21:53:48Z")

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Hello,  
I am currently working on a big game in Processing. I am aware that it might not be the best framework to choose from, but I have already made a decision and now I have a problem with organizing all my .pde files. The space for them in the upper section is limited and now that I have a lot of tabs, it’s quite hard to switch between them. Any idea on how to put them in folders or something similar?

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**Author:** ![Chrisir](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/chrisir/32/45_2.png) [@Chrisir](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Chrisir)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 10:02pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/organizing-large-number-of-tabs/13241/2 "2019-08-07T22:02:49Z")

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there is a small arrow on the right side of the tabs

clicking on it brings up a menu with all tabs

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make the names of the tabs shorter (class -\> c etc.)

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there WAS a tool for download to have the tabs in a side bar

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**Author:** ![GoToLoop](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/gotoloop/32/86_2.png) [@GoToLoop](https://discourse.processing.org/u/GoToLoop)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 10:34pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/organizing-large-number-of-tabs/13241/3 "2019-08-07T22:34:06Z")

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> [@Where is "Enable code folding" in Processing IDE?](https://discourse.processing.org/t/where-is-enable-code-folding-in-processing-ide/8710/5):
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> Some other third-party editors with code folding include Atom, VSCode, TextMate, et cetera. Many have simple packages or bundles for running the sketch from the editor: There are things you might miss from PDE, like reference tooltips, the “stop” button, tweak mode, an app export wizard, etc… but you can always switch back into it to use those things. Just be careful of having the same sketch open in both, as PDE can sometimes be aggressive about autosaving.

> [@Exporting code/copying code/ code management](https://discourse.processing.org/t/exporting-code-copying-code-code-management/12673/15):
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> I have decided to stick with [atom.io](http://atom.io) as it currently does everything that I need it to do. You can still have multiple tabs or sketch files in one project folder if so desired. However this was mainly to counter the issue of bracket folding. for the language for syntax management just add your processing install folder to the “path” variables in your system config, and your good to go, press ctrl + alt + b to start the processing sketch. Its that easy.

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**Author:** ![jeremydouglass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/jeremydouglass/32/20_2.png) [@jeremydouglass](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jeremydouglass)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 10:38pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/organizing-large-number-of-tabs/13241/4 "2019-08-07T22:38:39Z")

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> [@Chrisir](#):
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> there WAS a tool for download to have the tabs in a side bar

It is TabManager, by Thomas Diewald.

PDE \> Contribution Manager \> Tools \> TabManager

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**Author:** ![humayung](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/humayung/32/6089_2.png) [@humayung](https://discourse.processing.org/u/humayung)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 11:03am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/organizing-large-number-of-tabs/13241/5 "2019-08-08T11:03:54Z")

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well, firstly, Processing is not the best IDE to use. I regularly using Intellij ide if my project with processing is too big. For small project it is nice to use processing ide though. You can use processing as library with another Java IDE with richer features like Intellij, eclipse etc.