[Qt-creator] Closing pinned files

[Eike Ziller]

> Am 11 Nov 2022 um 06:55 schrieb Carel Combrink <carel.combrink at gmail.com>:
> 
> On Mon, 31 Oct 2022 at 09:51, Eike Ziller via Qt-creator <qt-creator at qt-project.org> wrote:
> 
> > The idea is to avoid accidentally closing the pinned file via shortcuts. So not necessarily about forbidding closing it, but ensuring that it doesn't leave the open documents list.
> 
> 
> I also recently started using the "pin file" feature and was surprised that after spamming CTRL + W the pinned files were closed.
> I have no suggestions yet on what I expect to happen, but that they got closed was unexpected.
> 
> Thinking about it a bit it might make sense to close all editors and keep the pinned ones in the open documents list. 


> It sounds counterproductive since then they are not opened anymore, thus they don't fit in the list (new list or renamed panel?)

Actually "Open Documents" is a lie anyway. Qt Creator reserves the right to unload all data from an (unmodified) "open document" and just keep the entry in the Open Documents.
See Preferences > Environment > System > Auto-suspend unmodified files.

> 
> What I don't want is to get 'stuck' on a pinned file when I try to close everything but the pinned ones with the shortcut. 
> And then again, perhaps a shortcut to "close all except the pinned ones" is the correct way to handle this and then get stuck on a pinned one with a warning or indication as other people mentioned in this discussion. 
> 
> Regards,
> Carel

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