You can not hide the tab.
Tabs for all open images, even one image, came in with versions later than 2.8.8 ( round about 2.8.14)
There is in the development version of Gimp, currently 2.9.7 The tabs can be relocated to left/right/bottom.
If you want to try in Linux, there is a portable version that coexists with 2.8.x https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-Portab...-for-linux For Windows there is an 'official' Gimp 2.9.6 https://download.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.9/windows/
Tabs for all open images, even one image, came in with versions later than 2.8.8 ( round about 2.8.14)
Quote:Or is there at least way to move the image/tab bar to some other location (e.g. to left of image window)?
There is in the development version of Gimp, currently 2.9.7 The tabs can be relocated to left/right/bottom.
If you want to try in Linux, there is a portable version that coexists with 2.8.x https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-Portab...-for-linux For Windows there is an 'official' Gimp 2.9.6 https://download.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.9/windows/