[Qt-creator] Crazy improvement idea #2
David Schulz
david.schulz at qt.io
Thu Mar 15 10:19:22 CET 2018
Hi,
On 14-Mar-18 18:40, Andy wrote:
> Also thinking out loud since I haven't used such a feature before...
>
> Would it be possible/reasonable/still useful to put the code somewhere
> other than a popup that obscures the text in the editor? Maybe in a
> panel on the right (like the docs) or a "console" below?
I would like to stick with the concept of visual studio here. They are
basically adding a new editor between the current cursor line and the
line after. This would result in scrolling the content after your cursor
down the size of the new editor.
greetings
David
>
> I already find that some things that pop up beside the cursor get in
> the way because they are too long or I'm not even trying to activate
> it, but the contents can be useful sometimes.
>
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> On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 1:04 PM, Michael Jackson
> <mike.jackson at bluequartz.net <mailto:mike.jackson at bluequartz.net>> wrote:
>
> I think this is a good idea. Another feature along the same lines
> is when you hover over a macro I want to see the fully resolved
> code even for deeply nested macros. I miss this from Eclipse.
>
> Just my 2 Cents.
>
> Mike Jackson
>
> *From: *Qt-creator
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> <mailto:bluequartz.net at qt-project.org>> on behalf of Jason H
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> *Date: *Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at 6:40 AM
> *To: *Davide Coppola <vivaladav at gmail.com
> <mailto:vivaladav at gmail.com>>
> *Cc: *<qt-creator at qt-project.org <mailto:qt-creator at qt-project.org>>
> *Subject: *Re: [Qt-creator] Crazy improvement idea #2
>
> I think it would be faster, without the abrubt diconnect of
> switching files.
>
> Anyway, I'm throwing these ideas out there to see what sticks. If
> people like them, then I file a report. If people detest them then
> I don't bother.
>
> As a refinement to the idea, if there was a documentation string,
> that would be shown. As a refinement to the refinement, maybe the
> pipus is an doc strng editor so that you can type one if it
> doesn't already exist?
>
> I'm just trying to make development easier and take it to the next
> level.
>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at 7:47 AM
> *From:* "Davide Coppola" <vivaladav at gmail.com
> <mailto:vivaladav at gmail.com>>
> *To:* qt-creator at qt-project.org <mailto:qt-creator at qt-project.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Qt-creator] Crazy improvement idea #2
>
> Isn't something like this slower than just pressing F2 when the
> cursor is on a function?
>
> I am assuming that the overlay would appear after some delay,
> because otherwise moving the mouse around could make the
> navigation pretty confusing.
>
> On 14 March 2018 at 07:21, David Schulz
> <david.schulz at qt.io<mailto:david.schulz at qt.io>> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I started working on a similar feature, but never exceeded the
> state of an early concept. The results of this concept weren't
> promising enough for me to keep on working further on this.
>
> If you are interested in participating in the development of
> the feature I'ld suggest you to open a report for this on
> bugreports.qt.io<http://bugreports.qt.io>and I add you to the
> patch on gerrit as a reviewer, so we can discuss details of
> the implementation and functionality there.
>
> Greetings
>
> David
>
>
>
>
>
> On 14-Mar-18 00:14, Jason H wrote:
>
> After my auto commenting of } comes my next crazy editor
> idea... Function popups.
>
> After hovering or clicking on a function being called in
> code, a pop-up of the finction's source I appears and can
> be easily scrolled or closed.
>
> As an enhancement, maybe only show the first few lines and
> the last few lines as those are likely of they most interest.
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