Re: Hide window header on other Xcode4 windows?
Re: Hide window header on other Xcode4 windows?
- Subject: Re: Hide window header on other Xcode4 windows?
- From: Eeyore <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 10:02:58 -0700
On Jun 16, 2011, at 8:48 AM, Jeff Evans wrote:
> From what I understand, people are complaining that 4 uses the contained window system, like Visual C++. That is, G S, the windows are "separate" but must remain within the frame of the main window; they are not independent - am I right? If so, that means one cannot just drag them around anywhere and stack them or fan them as one might want. One cannot, for example have them mingled on the desktop with windows from a separate application.
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> I assume there wouldn't be all this dispute if 4 handled windows the way that 3 does. If it does, that will end the old thread right now! If you can tell that to the list, please do and I'm many people will be grateful to hear no more, and I'll be happy too. I mean, happier.
Some thoughts on this since I really don't want to be working on what I should be working on now...
Xcode 4 allows you to have multiple windows open, but it does not support specialized windows. In Xcode 3, you could have different types of windows: a project window, source editing windows, a console window, a debugging window, nib editing windows (the nib editing windows were so specialized, they ran in a separate application). Each type could be configured so that every project window had the same features which were different than each of the editing windows. Every window in Xcode 4 is just a project window in disguise and may change from a source editing layout to a debugging layout to a project layout depending on what you do in Xcode 4. Some of the Xcode 3 specialization can be emulated by the use of named tabs and the "Behaviors" preferences, but not all of it.
In an ideal world, I would like to be able to tell Xcode "this layout is for a project window and should contain..., whenever the project is open, exactly one window with this layout should be open; this layout is for a source code editing window and should contain..., whenever I double click a source code file, I want a window with this layout to open; this layout is for a nib editing window and should contain..., whenever I double click a nib file, I want a window with this layout to open; this layout is for a debugging window and should contain..., whenever I run the application, I want exactly one window with this layout to open; etc." and once a specialized window is open, it doesn't change its type.
Overall, I find the improvements in other aspects of Xcode 4 outweigh my issues with the window management, but I understand the frustration of those who relied on the specialized behavior of different window types and would like them back myself.
Aaron _______________________________________________
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