Interface suggestion

[Kae756]

couldn't lazarus have a interface like this ?
sample(compile this or look below, )
PS i love simple stuff

(http://kaemail88.googlepages.com/newide.JPG)

[CCRDude]

The only thing I like more about your screenshot is the docking of messages, which in the current version regularly annoys me.
But since docking will come one day, it's not that bad

Maybe you should describe your wishes in text instead of in a screenshot (which looks very much like the current IDE, so I don't really see where your preference are anyway )?

[Kae756]

Well, fewer windows, and to be honest thats about it.
I really get to many windows, i am currently working with a 3 window project and they are already 3 to many, and besides them i have to open menu editors, lines editor and the ocasional option dialog
Docking may resolve some problems but we can't exactly dock forms or dialogs, and closing them is not a good option for me,
PS hope you actually understand my rather poor English

[antonio]

I liked it, but cannot download the sample project.

What about "skins" on Lazarus? You make a skin interface once and have skins as you want. Even a "Delphi" skin. And since Lazarus already has a skin, it can be more a question of documentation.

Skins also eliminates the problem of having to choose a necessary interface, or changing only skin when only a new skin is necessary. On the other hand, simplifies and standardizes the skin creation.

[LazaruX]

What do you think dudes about a button with which you can "merge" the 4 windows (Main IDE, navigator, messages and code) in one window), this is sometimes usefull. A button to merge and "dismerge"(?).
The 4 windows are now sometimes useful, like when working with 2 screens, but sometimes unuseful, so why don't let the user choose its interface.

Bye

[vaso]

As for me, it would be great if IDE would be look like MS Visual Studio 2005 - One single window, or like Delphi 2005 (and higher) one window for menu and tools, and another for code stuff - editor, messages, code browser and it all dockable. Oohhh, it would be great.

[rollyar]

Support the idea of vaso, is uncomfortable to have a window open for each unit, gimp realized this and in its version 2.8 changes a simple window (if I did not read wrong). I think having everything in one window helps, other sample netbeans ide is nice.

[LazaruX]

I see this is an old discussion, but still niteresting
Rollyar, there is a component you can install that will merge the message window together with the code window, you should look here:
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Manual_Docker
Regarding the other windows, I think it will be implemented, but in a later stage. As far as I know (AFAIK), in the future there will maybe be an option to have the windows all floating, or toghether in one window, but thats not in the near future.

[uuf6429]

I think having all windows into one is actually better.
I've used Lazarus on linux and there's a taskbar button for each window, which at the very least is 5.
Open another Lazarus project, with a couple of a design forms and it makes it 10+.
Looks like this problem doesn't exist on Windows.