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Is there anyway I can expand the names of any query tabs I have open in SQL Server Management Studio? It's almost impossible to navigate them properly if I have more than five open. See below for an example:

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You can shorten the display in each tab under Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> Editor Tab and Status Bar.

I would suggest turning off "Include Login Name" and "Include server name" for starters, see if that helps.

Setting these:

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Shortens the tab to:

Short tab names

womp
This is a great tip and works on my machine. I wish it was also available in SSMS 2005 as well...
Sung Meister
Great tip, thank you.
larryq

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