How to display editor tabs on the side of the editor pane in Eclipse?

Question

In Eclipse Indigo (I'm on 3.7.2), is it possible to move the editor tabs from the top of the editor pane to the side of the editor pane, creating a vertical stack of tabs? This would allow many more tabs to be seen at once. Given my widescreen display and the large number of active files I am switching between this would be a useful configuration. I cannot find a setting or a plugin that will do so.

Answer 1

Works well on Windows10 + Eclipse 4.8 + OpenJDK11. 100%

1. Have just tested. Dont forget to link your Eclipse to JDK-11
   https://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse.ini
2. Install Plugin
   https://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/open-editors#comment-6750

Answer 2

The Open-Editors plugin has issue

Answer 3

I got fed up with not being able to do this and wrote an eclipse plugin. You can find it in the marketplace at: https://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/open-editors

Here is a screenshot

Answer 4

Not possible yet. See here and here

Answer 5

I do not know of a plugin which would allow one to do this.

This ( In Eclipse, can I view the files I currently have open in a vertical stack instead of a horizontal one?) confirms the same unfortunately.

I just searched a bit. I can see a lot of talk about having multi-line tabs, but vertical tabs don't seem to come up a lot.