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Tony Stone

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Feature Request: `View Project Forms` - Make Dockable
« on: March 22, 2023, 03:07:02 am »
I think I have made a post about a similar idea here in the past but I think this request is a bit different.  I would like the View Forms window to be dockable like the Code Explorer, Project Inspector etc.  OR.... wouldn't it make more sense to have a `Forms` tree in the Project Inspector?  I don't know why but I REALLY dislike using the menu to view my forms list.  I don't think it would bother me so much if the forms were all listed in a sub menu under Project > Forms >> ....list of forms as menu items

Feel free to tell me I am wrong... I just really think they should be shown in the Project Inspector.  Am I wrong?

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Re: Feature Request: `View Project Forms` - Make Dockable
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2023, 08:29:31 am »
I think I have made a post about a similar idea here in the past but I think this request is a bit different.  I would like the View Forms window to be dockable like the Code Explorer, Project Inspector etc.  OR.... wouldn't it make more sense to have a `Forms` tree in the Project Inspector?  I don't know why but I REALLY dislike using the menu to view my forms list.  I don't think it would bother me so much if the forms were all listed in a sub menu under Project > Forms >> ....list of forms as menu items

Feel free to tell me I am wrong... I just really think they should be shown in the Project Inspector.  Am I wrong?
I agree.
Currently i have a one-monitor-setup, and it always annoys the hell out of me searching for my forms with SHIFT+F12
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Tony Stone

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Re: Feature Request: `View Project Forms` - Make Dockable
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2023, 12:30:42 pm »
It would possibly feel more comfortable if it was not a modal form.  If I want to open up 3 forms at a time I have to repeat the opining process which is really annoying when there is many forms.  I'm probably being a little picky on it but still.  When I want to view or edit one of my many units I often scroll through the project inspector.  Would just make more sense to also have the forms in the Project Inspector IMO.

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Re: Feature Request: `View Project Forms` - Make Dockable
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2023, 12:43:07 pm »
I don't understand: Aren't the project forms displayed in the Project Inspector?

Tony Stone

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Re: Feature Request: `View Project Forms` - Make Dockable
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2023, 12:52:11 pm »
If they are supposed to be they certainly aren't shown in my Prohect Inspector.  When I get home I will look through IDE options again and see if it's something I have disabled?

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Re: Feature Request: `View Project Forms` - Make Dockable
« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2023, 02:14:00 pm »
Here's a screenshot of the Project Inspector for the LazStats project
« Last Edit: March 22, 2023, 02:15:58 pm by wp »

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Re: Feature Request: `View Project Forms` - Make Dockable
« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2023, 02:40:00 pm »
This project does not show forms.  Just the units.  In your screenshot I see it has a Forms tree but it is showing units... if you double click those will it display the form in Form  Editor?  Are you doing anything special to have that?  I don't have a Forms tree item on neither my Windows installs or Linux installs.

ok i give up!  no idea why the forum is shrinking my lazarus version to a tiny font.  just tried editing the post and each time it shrinks the version of lazarus to the tiny font you see below.  %)  I will revisit this later tonight. 
This is my current version on this computer.  Pretty recent.
Lazarus 2.3.0 (rev main-2_3-2420-gb40a90e429) FPC 3.3.1 x86_64-win64-win32/win64
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Lazarus 2.3.0 (rev main-2_3-2420-gb40a90e429) FPC 3.3.1 x86_64-win64-win32/win64

« Last Edit: March 22, 2023, 02:50:31 pm by Tony Stone »

 

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