Add functionality for moving viewers between tabs

glue/app/qt/application.py

@@ -1410,6 +1410,29 @@ def screenshot(self, filename):
         image.save(filename)
         painter.end()
 
+    def move_viewer_to_tab(self, viewer, tab):
+        """
+        Move the given viewer to the given tab.
+        If the given tab is the same as the current tab,
+        do nothing.
+        """
+        current_window = viewer.parent()
+        current_tab = current_window.mdiArea()
+        new_tab = self.tab(tab)
+        if new_tab is None:
+            raise ValueError(f"Invalid tab index: {tab}")
+        if current_tab is not new_tab:
+            # We do this rather than just use setParent on current_window
+            # so that the moved window is put in a reasonable place
+            # in the new tab (i.e. not on top of another viewer),
+            # because there may be another viewer in the new tab
+            # with the same position
+            current_tab.removeSubWindow(current_window)
+            current_window.setWidget(None)
+            current_window.close()
+
+            self.add_widget(viewer, tab=tab)
+
     def add_datasets(self, *args, **kwargs):
         result = super(GlueApplication, self).add_datasets(*args, **kwargs)
         run_autolinker(self.data_collection)

glue/app/qt/tests/test_application.py

@@ -235,6 +235,31 @@ def test_subset_facet(self):
         with patch('glue.dialogs.subset_facet.qt.SubsetFacetDialog.exec_'):
             act._do_action()
 
+    def test_move_viewer_to_tab(self):
+
+        # Create a viewer in the first tab
+        viewer = self.app.new_data_viewer(ScatterViewer)
+        assert viewer.parent().mdiArea() is self.app.tab(0)
+
+        # Move it to a new tab
+        self.app.new_tab()
+        self.app.move_viewer_to_tab(viewer, 1)
+        assert viewer.parent().mdiArea() is self.app.tab(1)
+        assert set(self.app.tab(0).subWindowList()) == {self.app._terminal}
+        assert set(self.app.tab(1).subWindowList()) == {viewer.parent()}
+
+        # Move it back to the first tab
+        self.app.move_viewer_to_tab(viewer, 0)
+        assert viewer.parent().mdiArea() is self.app.tab(0)
+        assert set(self.app.tab(0).subWindowList()) == {self.app._terminal, viewer.parent()}
+        assert len(self.app.tab(1).subWindowList()) == 0
+
+        # Check that we do nothing if the given tab is the same as the
+        # viewer's current tab
+        parent = viewer.parent()
+        self.app.move_viewer_to_tab(viewer, 0)
+        assert parent is viewer.parent()
+
     # FIXME: The following test fails and causes subsequent issues if run with
     #
     # pytest -s -v -x glue

glue/viewers/common/qt/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from . import tools  # noqa

glue/viewers/common/qt/data_viewer.py

@@ -65,8 +65,11 @@ class DataViewer(Viewer, BaseQtViewerWidget,
     _default_mouse_mode_cls = None
 
     inherit_tools = True
-    tools = ['save']
-    subtools = {'save': []}
+    tools = ['save', 'window']
+    subtools = {
+        'save': [],
+        'window': ['window:movetab']
+    }
 
     _close_on_last_layer_removed = True
 

glue/viewers/common/qt/tools.py

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+from glue.config import viewer_tool
+from glue.utils.qt import pick_item
+from glue.viewers.common.tool import Tool, SimpleToolMenu
+
+__all__ = ['MoveTabTool', 'WindowTool']
+
+
+@viewer_tool
+class WindowTool(SimpleToolMenu):
+    """
+    A generic "window operations" tool that the Qt app and plugins
+    can register tools for windowing operations with.
+    """
+
+    tool_id = 'window'
+    icon = 'windows'
+    tool_tip = 'Modify the viewer window'
+
+
+@viewer_tool
+class MoveTabTool(Tool):
+
+    icon = 'windows'
+    tool_id = 'window:movetab'
+    action_text = 'Move to another tab'
+    tool_tip = 'Move viewer to another tab'
+
+    def activate(self):
+        app = self.viewer.session.application
+        tab = pick_item(range(app.tab_count), app.tab_names, title="Move Viewer", label="Select a tab")
+        if tab is not None:
+            app.move_viewer_to_tab(self.viewer, tab)