Re: Xcode 4 UI customizability curiosities
Re: Xcode 4 UI customizability curiosities
- Subject: Re: Xcode 4 UI customizability curiosities
- From: Rick Mann <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:47:12 -0800
On Jan 23, 2013, at 8:07 PM, Gavin Stokes wrote:
> Nope. I filed a bug against this years ago. Every time you hit a breakpoint, Xcode changes the contents of the currently selected tab to show the code at the breakpoint, instead of simply switching to a tab in which that file is already open. If you hit the breakpoint enough times, every tab on your screen will eventually be showing the same file. Ridiculous.
This is the single most important behavior I wish Xcode would support (optionally, for those who like it the way it is). Without it, you lose copious amounts of contextual information that's otherwise available to you, namely the spatial context associated with window position and shape.
Research shows this helps avoid the kind of distraction that severely hampers a programmer's productivity and quality (see "Associative Memory"):
http://blog.ninlabs.com/2013/01/programmer-interrupted/
Once that's in place, a number of minor enhancements to reduce the required chrome on every window, and Xcode would be stellar.
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Rick
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