Re: UI quirks...
Re: UI quirks...
- Subject: Re: UI quirks...
- From: Scott Tooker <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2003 12:47:57 -0800
On Nov 1, 2003, at 10:14 AM, Ben Kennedy wrote:
> While we're on the subject of Xcode quirks...
>
> There are a pile of little UI problems that so far I haven't filed bug
> reports on because they are so simple that I haven't been bothered to
> feel like it's worthwhile. I suspect I'll be forced to make the
> effort,
> but for entertainment and group digestion, I'll try to raise them here.
>
> Here are a couple:
>
> 1. in the build details window, double-clicking an entry (error,
> warning,
> etc.) opens the affected file in a new editor window. This is
> irritating. I want it to open in the pane of the main project window,
> where I do my editing. Even if that file is ALREADY open and in view
> in
> that window, double-clicking in the list nonetheless opens a new
> window.
This is a bug (that is probably fixed in internal builds), but please
file it so the issue doesn't get lost.
>
> 2. it would be cool if the editing pane in the main project window
> would
> become focused if it is the target of a click that makes the project
> window key. Often I'll be looking at some other window, then click in
> the editor and hit cmd-opt-up to view counterpart. And all I get is
> the
> system beep, since some other UI element in the project window had the
> focus. Now I'm getting used to double-clicking when I want to focus
> into
> the project window, but some smarter behaviour might be cool.
So you're really just asking for clickthrough. This is tough since (if
we did this) you can destroy the current state of what is clicked
without meaning to.
>
> 3. the class browser has no search field -- irritating. But most of
> the
> time, it's the doc viewer I want anyway. These two tools serve very
> similar purposes. Could they be merged into one somehow?
I'm fairly sure that we already have a request for a search field in
the Class Browser, but file a bug if you want one.
I don't see us merging the Class Browser and Documentation windows
since they provide different feature sets.
Scott
>
> -ben
>
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