Word, Excel and PowerPoint on Mac open every file in its own window, with no easy way to see them all at once. DocTabs adds one row of tabs for every open document, workbook and presentation. Click a tab and that file comes to the front. Filter by app, drag tabs into your own order, pin the bar over other apps or fold it away. Files with the same name show their folder. Free, no account, in 9 languages.
Hi Product Hunt š
Anyone who works in Word, Excel and PowerPoint on a Mac knows the feeling: every file opens in its own window. With a report, two spreadsheets and a deck open, finding the right one means digging through the Window menu or Mission Control, again and again.
So I built DocTabs: a small bar with one tab for every open Office file. Click a tab and that file jumps to the front. The bar shows up only when Word, Excel or PowerPoint is in front, and you can pin it, filter by app, reorder tabs or fold it into a tiny logo.
A few things I cared about:
⢠It reads only the names and locations of your open files, never what's inside
⢠No account, no sign-in, and it's free
⢠Speaks 9 languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Mongolian š²š³, Russian, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. It follows your Mac's language by default
DocTabs isn't in the Mac App Store (its sandbox doesn't let one app control another), so the first launch needs one extra click. Here's a 3-minute guide: https://doctabs.app/guide/
I'd love your feedback: what would make DocTabs part of your daily setup?