alternative to tabs: bufferswitcher w. filepath

preface: i'm a fairly die hard jEdit user.. it's a ugly duck with a lot of rough edges, _but_ does have some powerfull features that keep me sticking to it.. However these days i discovered ST2, and it does so many things right out of the box, that i'd be switchin in an instance if it weren't for a few crucial topics ... In this post i'd like to address the views(groups)/buffer management:

In ST2 i don't know what exact file i'm editing unless i hover over the tab and wait for the tooltip to popup.. while in generall the tabs do show the file's path, it allways is truncated - with some sense though - but in the end gone completely once a certain number of tabs accumulate.. and over the day these "whereami-hovers" become really cumbersome.

Here's how jEdit handles this: the standard buffer chooser is a select that spans the top of the edit-area showing the full path of the current file.. looks like so (yess, jEdit _is_ ugly ;) : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10220684/screenshots/screenshot%202012-04-15%20um%2013.48.02.PNG

Imho these bufferwitchers are clearly supperior to any kind of tab.. you simply know where you are without any interaction needed. And of course switching buffers becomes easier and faster as well: you know where you will switch to (or have switched to if by key-command) right away..

So: how about such bufferswitchers as alternative to tabs? ;)

extended sidenote: there're two more distinct differences how jEdit handles the buffer/view management: For one there are no predefined layouts(groups).. you just split views whichever way you need to by a simple keystroke.. or revert splits as easily one by one, or all at once. The other difference: you don't have to shove buffers around by hand.. all buffers are immediately available in any split you create.. you just choose the buffer you want to view in the given split and that's it.. of course: you can also view a single file in any number of splits at once.

thx 4 listening.. ;)
Jan