[Qt-creator] Re-use visible editor in other views

[Typz]

Hello,

I updated the patch to add such an option.
Actually, I think this patch kind of makes sense. If the file is already
visible on the screen, why would we want to open it somewhere else? Anyway,
i spend most of my time with one view only, so i can't really tell. And
maybe the new 'mode' has other issues...

To get the 'best' of both worlds, maybe the option should be added in the
view's buttons [next to the 'split' button] ? So that the current view
specifies if all new editors should be open there. Or  the opposite, each
view has a button to 'lock' that view: e.g. if it is not the current one,
it will not be used to open new editors (but all other views may be used).

Best regards,

-- 
Francois

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 9:38 AM, <eike.ziller at nokia.com> wrote:

>  The patch is pretty intrusive, since it does that behavior for *any*
> code asking the editor manager to open something. Not only 'follow symbol'
> et al but also opening a file from e.g. the projects tree, from locator and
> File > Open. So I'm not sure that it's the right thing. With the patch, if
> a file is already open somewhere, the only way I see to explicitly open the
> file again in the *current* split is through the documents combo box above
> the split...
>
>  An option in the sense of something in Tools > Options is not an option
> IMO.
>
>  Br, Eike
>
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> nokia.com at qt-project.org] on behalf of ext Typz [thetypz at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 30, 2012 18:42
> *To:* Jonathan S. Shapiro
>
> *Cc:* qt-creator at qt-project.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Qt-creator] Some thoughts about 2.5
>
>  Hello,
>
>  Regarding the "focus" issue, i have a quite simple patch which solves
> this: when opening an editor, it checks if there is a view showing the same
> file already and re-uses it if found; otherwise, the current view is
> updated.
>
>  It all happens here: https://codereview.qt-project.org/27493
> Should this be the standard behavior, or should there be an option (and
> where) ?
>
>  Best regards,
>
>  --
> Francois
>
> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 7:10 PM, Jonathan S. Shapiro <shap at eros-os.org>wrote:
>
>> Geronimo:
>>
>>  I welcome your suggestions and questions about QtCreator, but I am
>> finding your posts very disruptive to read. I would like to make two
>> suggestions:
>>
>>  1. Please try to avoid strongly negative value words, except where they
>> describe a technical problem. Words like "caponize" have no place in a
>> productive technical discussion.
>>
>>  2. I think that your requests and goals would be clearer if you focus
>> on what it is you want to have happen in QtCreator, rather than on the
>> details of your background and your specific project. For example: "When I
>> do <action>, I would like QtCreator to be doing XYZ". Making those
>> descriptions simpler and more focused, and avoiding distracting details,
>> will make it easier for people to understand what you suggest. That will
>> allow them to evaluate your suggestion[s] more effectively.
>>
>>  For example, here are three features that I would really like to see:
>>
>>  1. Given a selection, an entry on the right-click menu that will let me
>> see all of the keyboard shortcuts that I could be using for that selection.
>> I'm pretty new to QtCreator, and I keep seeing emails go by that say "oh,
>> just use the XYZZY shortcut". It would be really nice to have a way to see
>> what shortcuts are relevant in a more localized way. Don't know how
>> easy/hard this would be.
>>
>>  2. When following symbol definition: if the file is already open in
>> another window, move to the definition in that window and shift the focus
>> to there.
>>
>>  3. An option I could set somewhere to prefer that the result of any
>> "context changing" operation (find symbol and so forth) occur in another
>> window.
>>
>>  As you can see: each of these gives a clear description of what I want
>> (or at least what I *think* I want). Others can now look at them and say
>> "that's a dumb idea", or "hey, I want that too", or "that's too hard", or
>> "that's doable, but it isn't as important as other things, and we're
>> probably not going to get to it."
>>
>>  Keeping the discussion technical helps it move forward.
>>
>>
>>  Respectfully,
>>
>>
>>  Jonathan
>>
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