[Qt-creator] Poll: Contents / styling of editor toolbars

[Tomasz Siekierda]

Please, no tabs! Current solution is way better. Thanks to Qt Creator I
also use the no-tabs approach in all my web browsers, it's so much more
useful, especially on modern screens which are very wide but not so high.

Of course, if more people want tabs, maybe make it configurable, just like
Kate does for example (both approaches are allowed, even at the same time).

Also, +1 for removal of rarely used parts from the toolbar, like others
have mentioned.

One additional change I'd like to see: add an option to also show
Projects/Open Documents columns on secondary windows (when you click on
Split->Open in New Window). I know I can use the locator there but I still
miss the Open Documents sometimes.

And since I mentioned secondary windows - it would be cool if Locator and
Advanced Search widgets showed up always on the current window. Because
when I look at a secondary window (on my second display) and want to search
or locate, I need to look back to my main window for a while; it's
distracting).

Cheerio,
TS

On Wed, 5 Apr 2023 at 04:45, EXT Mitch Curtis via Qt-creator <
qt-creator at qt-project.org> wrote:

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> > Sent: Wednesday, April 5, 2023 12:58 AM
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> > Subject: [Qt-creator] Poll: Contents / styling of editor toolbars
> >
> >
> > Not exactly the right time of the year for a wish list, still:
> >
> > If you could freely re-design the main editor toolbar(s) (currently
> containing
> > (one of) the file switcher, document close button, additional #defines,
> line and
> > column numbers, etc), what would you do?
>
> I very much like the idea of making it configurable, and that is a very
> standard feature of toolbars by now. I use shortcuts heavily, but like
> others, there are probably some that I forget and end up using menus for.
> From memory, On macOS, there are no shortcuts for certain things, so that's
> another case where configurable actions would be useful.
>
> As for what I use and don't use:
>
> I don't think I've ever used "Additional Processor Directives".
>
> I have looked at the class hierarchy thing maybe a handful of times in 10+
> years. Same goes for QML files, not just C++.
>
> I've never used the encoding combo box - I'd always look to a menu for
> that first.
>
> I didn't know that the "Language Client" and "Analyse File" buttons
> existed until I looked.
>
> I use the line and column info too often, as there's no way to have a
> shortcut for "Wrap to 80 chars", "Wrap to 100 chars", etc.
>
> I use the split thing rarely. I guess an X icon could be better, but
> there's the risk that it could be confused with closing the document
> altogether, so I personally wouldn't change it.
>
> > In-scope are size/presentation of the elements and actual contents,
> out-of-
> > scope would be "make coffee" similar. "Keep as-is" is also a valid
> option.
> >
> > Opinions?
> >
> > Andre'
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