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by the__alchemist 493 days ago
How do they deal with not having file browser tabs?!
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The same way as they have dealt with not having them since Windows 3.x.
That feature never made sense to me and I always disable it on my GNU+Linux, if I encounter it. Almost always when I want to open 2 different file locations, is because I want to copy files from one folder to another and because I am a lazy lad, i'll just do it by drag and drop. This just works perfectly fine with two windows. Not sure what I would need tabs for. But I also don't care if they exist. Maybe some users like them.
DnD works between tabs too, FWIW. At least on macOS and Gnome and KDE file browsers.

But I agree, I like to see both source and destination if I'm GUIing it.

I use https://www.stardock.com/products/groupy/ which is just tabs for anything combined into any window you want.
I didn't even know about this feature. Thanks! It was a minor annoyance with Win 10
I use Clover