Feature Request: Option to show only filename in ToDo list (versus full path)

[Hansaplast]

Currently in the ToDo list in the "module" column, the full path is shown, which is useful at times, but sometimes it also makes it (for me anyway) harder to see where is what.
So the friendly request is to be able to toggle between full path and only the filename.

I've already applied this to my own copy of Lazarus with a checkbox and takes only very few minor changes (AFAIK).
(translation may need updating as far as I can see)

As far as I could find I need to update my Lazarus build to the latest version (which is always scary) and make a branch for myself (I'm lost there already) and make a patch.
Could anyone assist in getting this, if others would like to see this option as well of course, submitted for an IDE change?
And where do I submit this proposal (tried Bugtracker but couldn't find an option there).

Please be gentle 😉



For who is interested, these are the changes I made to make it work. Only two files are affected todolist.pas and todolist.lfm.
Basically added a panel with a checkbox, with an onChange event for the checkbox (which calls: UpdateTodos), and slightly modified the AddListItem procedure.

todolist.pas:

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1. 95a96
2. >     cbFullPath: TCheckBox;
3. 97a99
4. >     pnlFilePathOption: TPanel;
5. 132a135
6. >     procedure cbFullPathChange(Sender: TObject);
7. 559a563,567
8. > end;
9. >
10. > procedure TIDETodoWindow.cbFullPathChange(Sender: TObject);
11. > begin
12. >   UpdateTodos;
13. 596c604,609
14. <     aListitem.SubItems.Add(aFilename);
15. ---
16. >
17. >     if cbFullPath.Checked then
18. >       aListitem.SubItems.Add(aFilename)
19. >     else
20. >       aListitem.SubItems.Add(ExtractFileName(aFilename));
21. >

todolist.lfm:

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1. 2c2
2. <   Left = 379
3. ---
4. >   Left = 623
5. 4c4
6. <   Top = 239
7. ---
8. >   Top = 328
9. 133c133
10. <       Left = 305
11. ---
12. >       Left = 299
13. 140c140
14. <       Left = 399
15. ---
16. >       Left = 386
17. 147c147
18. <       Left = 456
19. ---
20. >       Left = 443
21. 152c152
22. <       Left = 451
23. ---
24. >       Left = 438
25. 159c159
26. <       Left = 404
27. ---
28. >       Left = 391
29. 171c171
30. <       Left = 310
31. ---
32. >       Left = 304
33. 178c178
34. <       Left = 503
35. ---
36. >       Left = 490
37. 193a194,219
38. >       end
39. >     end
40. >     object pnlFilePathOption: TPanel
41. >       AnchorSideLeft.Side = asrBottom
42. >       AnchorSideRight.Control = ToolBar
43. >       AnchorSideRight.Side = asrBottom
44. >       AnchorSideBottom.Side = asrBottom
45. >       Left = 715
46. >       Height = 46
47. >       Top = 2
48. >       Width = 161
49. >       BevelOuter = bvNone
50. >       ClientHeight = 46
51. >       ClientWidth = 161
52. >       TabOrder = 1
53. >       object cbFullPath: TCheckBox
54. >         AnchorSideTop.Control = pnlFilePathOption
55. >         AnchorSideTop.Side = asrCenter
56. >         AnchorSideRight.Side = asrBottom
57. >         Left = 1
58. >         Height = 18
59. >         Top = 14
60. >         Width = 154
61. >         Caption = 'Show Full Path of Files'
62. >         TabOrder = 0
63. >         OnChange = cbFullPathChange

[Hansaplast]

Just to illustrate the differences:

[paweld]

I recommend reporting bugs and suggestions primarily via the bug tracker: https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/lazarus/lazarus/-/issues

[dsiders]

I recommend reporting bugs and suggestions primarily via the bug tracker: https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/lazarus/lazarus/-/issues

I got the impression he's soliciting feedback about the change. Personally, I'd never use it. But his moniker is Tweaking4All, so...

[Hansaplast]

I recommend reporting bugs and suggestions primarily via the bug tracker: https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/lazarus/lazarus/-/issues

Thanks for the suggestion 😊
Wanted to try that, but it only offers "Task", "Incident" or "Issue" - feels inappropriate to post a feature request on any of these?
Or should I use one og those 3?

[Hansaplast]

I got the impression he's soliciting feedback about the change. Personally, I'd never use it. But his moniker is Tweaking4All, so...

Would be nice to know if others care for this or not indeed.
Personally, I like a cleaner look when looking at the files of my own project in the ToDo list, versus lengthy paths. So I did the effort to make the modification myself. 😊

[paweld]

Wanted to try that, but it only offers "Task", "Incident" or "Issue" - feels inappropriate to post a feature request on any of these?

absolutely: https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/lazarus/lazarus/-/work_items?sort=created_date&state=opened&search=%22Feature%20Request%22&first_page_size=100

[Hansaplast]

Awesome!
Thanks for confirming paweld!


Posted it in Bugtracker: 42261