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+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
+ xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
+ type="topic" style="task"
+ id="gedit-tabs-moving">
+
+ <info>
+ <link type="guide" xref="index#gedit-working-with-files" group="last"/>
+ <link type="seealso" xref="gedit-tabs"/>
+ <link type="seealso" xref="gedit-tab-groups"/>
+ <desc>Change the position of a tab in the gedit window.</desc>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.8" date="2013-02-24" status="review"/>
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name>Jim Campbell</name>
+ <email>jcampbell@gnome.org</email>
+ </credit>
+ <credit type="collaborator">
+ <name>Daniel Neel</name>
+ <email>dneelyep@gmail.com</email>
+ </credit>
+ <credit type="editor">
+ <name>Sindhu S</name>
+ <email>sindhus@live.in</email>
+ </credit>
+ <credit type="editor">
+ <name>Radina Matic</name>
+ <email its:translate="no">radina.matic@gmail.com</email>
+ <years>2013</years>
+ </credit>
+ <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
+ </info>
+
+ <title>Move and re-order tabs</title>
+ <p>Tabs in <app>gedit</app> can be moved, making it easier to work with your
+ files. Tabs can be can re-ordered within the same window, moved outside of
+ <app>gedit</app> (creating a new <app>gedit</app> window), and moved from one
+ window to another.</p>
+
+ <section id="tabs-change-order">
+ <title>Change the order of tabs in the gedit window</title>
+
+ <p>To change the ordering of tabs in a window:</p>
+
+ <steps>
+ <item>
+ <p>Click and hold the mouse button on the tab.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Move the tab to the desired position among the other tabs.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Release the mouse button.</p>
+ </item>
+ </steps>
+
+ <p>The tab will be placed in the position closest to where you release the
+ tab, immediately beside other opened tabs.</p>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="tabs-moving-new-window">
+ <title>Move a tab, creating a new gedit window</title>
+ <p>To create a new window from an existing tab:</p>
+
+ <steps>
+ <item>
+ <p>Click and hold the mouse button on the tab.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Drag the tab out of the <app>gedit</app> window.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Release the mouse button.</p>
+ </item>
+ </steps>
+
+ <note style="tip">
+ <p>To move a tab into a new window when <app>gedit</app> is maximized,
+ drag the tab onto the top bar at the top of the screen.</p>
+ </note>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="tabs-moving-other-window">
+ <title>Move a tab to another gedit window</title>
+
+ <p>If you want to move a tab from one window to another:</p>
+
+ <steps>
+ <item>
+ <p>Click and hold the mouse button on the tab.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Drag the tab to the new window.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Place it beside other tabs in the new window.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Release the mouse button.</p>
+ </item>
+ </steps>
+
+
+ <note style="tip">
+ <p>You may find it easier to move a tab from one window to another by
+ dragging the tab to the <gui>Activities</gui> hot-corner of
+ <gui>GNOME Shell</gui>. This will reveal each of the open
+ <app>gedit</app> windows. You can then release the tab on the
+ desired <app>gedit</app> window.</p>
+ </note>
+
+ </section>
+
+</page>