How to get vertical tabs in SSMS?

Question

Is it possible to get the window tabs in a vertical row? That way I can navigate to way more windows directly, using the mouse. I know there are paid tools available, but using them is not an option in my working environment...

I fear this will cost me some precious evenings, making an add-in myself. Can anyone give me a head start? What are the best starting points for making a SSMS add-in like this? Or even better, is there an existing project I can use as a starting point?

Answer 1

If you don't want to spend money on Tab Studio, then you can still have your tabs vertically.

Just click on the 'Solutions Explorer' on the top tool bars (or ctrl+alt+L), then drag the appearing window, and nest it into the left of the management studio window, the same way as Object Explorer is there by default. It will list all the files in the 'project' vertically, which will happens to be all your tabs on the top.