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Drag a Worflow tab out of Alteryx to open another Alteryx Window

Hi,

 

With multiple Workflows open, I'd like to be able to grab one of the Workflow tabs and drag it out on to the desktop.  This act would then cause a new Alteryx Window to open up with the Workflow that was pulled out.  Just like when you have multiple tabs open in I.E. and you drag a tab out and drop it on the desktop - you end up getting another I.E. opened up and the tab you dragged out is in the newly opened I.E.

 

This would be handy because I'm often wanting to copy/paste tools, formulas, etc. and it would be nice to do that w/o flipping from one tab to another.

 

I know I can right-click and open another Alteryx but when opening several - they all open in the same one.

 

Thanks,

 

Brad

24 Comments
ToolDevNik
5 - Atom

Quick bump. Still no solution.

 

My main go to is:

> opening Workflow A from the explorer

> opening standalone Alteryx (will open 2nd Window of Alteryx)

> opening Workflow B in standalone Alteryx via File>Open Workflow

 

Would love to see a quick shortcut tho. Maybe right click on the tab > Move to a new Window 

keng
8 - Asteroid

If you open another instance of Alteryx you can manually open another Alteryx workflow there and have two workflows side by side. 

 

If anyone ever used Excel 97 or one of those older versions, it is the same kind of hack as that! 

 

Obviously would be better functionality if we can drag the tab out, but this'll work in the meantime! 

AlessandroT
5 - Atom

yeah, up this please!

Miloni_Patel
5 - Atom

This will definitely be ideal! 

However, as a workaround can be to uncheck this 'Open Alteryx files as new workflow tabs in same Designer window' in 'User Settings' 

It's been a lifesaver when working on more than one screen and need to copy/paste formulas or compare workflow versions without needing to flip back and forth tabs. 

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