Re: BE IDE v0.18.5 on Home Page
>Judith,
>*Very* nice!
Thanks. Sometimes enhancements just fall into place really well.
>Particularly like how it now shows in splash screen, (as per
>suggestion), that you are the driving architect of the mod ;) You deserve
>a LOT of credit for you've done to/for the IDE!
>things I noticed re layers:
>1. just for "spiffy"ness, could you make right-click on a layer tab make
>that layer the background layer (& maybe work as a toggle, so another
>right-click de-selects it as background?) ? that'd be handy.
Do you mean for this to work after "Show Multiple Layers" has already been
selected from Popup and when there is only one background layer selected
from "Pick background layer" or do you mean this to be an alternative to the
Popup? Regardless, TabItem does not receive right click. Tab Control does
but then I do not know which "tab" was clicked. Of course the active tab is
obtainable for the TabControl so user could right click the active tab to
make it background layer. But another right click on the same tab to
de-select from background would not be possible; user would need to right
click on the other tab to move it to background. If User has selected
multiple background layers then when right click the active tab, that layer
goes to background but I do not know which of the others is then the new
foreground layer. We need to toss this option around a bit.
>2. moving a control on a secondary layer makes the background layer no
>longer show.
Oops, and of course I tested moving a control only with layer 0 and layer 1
and when layer 0 is background to layer 1 and layer 1 control is moved,
layer 0 controls still show. But you are correct that in other situations
this is not true and needs to be fixed.
>3. if user selected "Show Multiple Layers", moving from one layer to
>another should retain that selection, but it doesn't now.
I can retain background layer numbers when user switches layers and store as
additional param in setUserProperty() for use when returning to this layer
and adjust Popup text accordingly. What I do not want to do is show all
previously selected layers when another layer is selected.
>(maybe make the
>option in popup menu a "checked off" choice, so user could specify to stop
>showing multiple layers by clicking again to uncheck it, instead of auto
>un-show multiple when change layer or move control?)( & if you implement
top
>suggestion, "layer tab right-click selects/deselects background", that'd
>have to sometimes alter the check condition, too).
>4. maybe even a caption in "Form Design", "Background Layer n, Active Layer
>m", when relevant
>(maybe active layer text isn't totally necessary, as tab shows that, but
>background layer indication might be useful).
This is do-able.
>5. in "Pick Background Layer", maybe 0 pre-selected as default?
This is also reasonable.
>(& egg in beer, too? :) )
Oh No now you're really reaching Dan! LOL
>That's all I notice for now, keep up the good work :)
Thanks for the good ideas.
--judith
>Dan Moyer
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