[Gambas-user] Feature removal suggestion: Pressing Escape hides debug pane

[Kevin Fishburne]

When modifying a line of code there are context-sensitive pop-ups for 
syntax help, code completion and method/property enumeration, which is 
awesome. However, one type of pop-up requires that you press Escape to 
clear and the others do not. Being unable to reliably differentiate 
between pop-up types results in Escape being pressed in error which then 
causes the debug pane to be hidden. When using the debug pane to jump 
between search results, accidentally pressing Escape in an attempt to 
clear the context-sensitive pop-up results in the debug pane, and 
consequently the search results, being hidden. This significantly 
interrupts workflow and has been annoying the shit out of me for 
possibly years.

I think the Escape key should be uncoupled from debug pane functionality 
entirely, forcing the user to use a different key or perhaps the mouse 
alone to show/hide or otherwise manipulate it. Is anyone else 
experiencing this or is it just me?

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Kevin Fishburne
Eight Virtues
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