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

[adamnt42 at ...626...]

On Mon, 21 Sep 2015 00:54:22 -0400
Kevin Fishburne <kevinfishburne at ...1887...> wrote:

> On 09/21/2015 12:52 AM, Kevin Fishburne wrote:
> > On 09/19/2015 03:40 PM, Lewis Balentine wrote:
> >> On 09/19/2015 05:48 AM, Patrik Karlsson wrote:
> >>> 2015-09-19 7:16 GMT+02:00 Kevin Fishburne <kevinfishburne at ...1887...>:
> >>>
> >>>> 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?
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Kevin Fishburne
> >>>> Eight Virtues
> >>>> www: http://sales.eightvirtues.com
> >>>> e-mail: sales at ...1887...
> >>>> phone: (770) 853-6271
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> You are not alone. :)
> >> "... perhaps the mouse alone to show/hide or otherwise manipulate it."
> >> There should always exist an alternate way to gracefully exit a dialog
> >> box lest the farmer's wife is hanging about with her carving knife.
> > Just use the window and you can generally avoid any run-ins with the
> > farmer or his knife-wielding wife...unless something else entirely is
> > going on and I've misunderstood.
> >
> > In any case, I've attached two images. Pressing Escape for enumeration
> > clears the enumeration pop-up. Pressing Escape for syntax help hides the
> > debug pane. Maybe Alt-Escape, Alt-Tab or something similar could toggle
> > debug pane visibility.
> >
> 
> Forgot the damned images...sorry.
> 
> -- 
> Kevin Fishburne
> Eight Virtues
> www: http://sales.eightvirtues.com
> e-mail: sales at ...1887...
> phone: (770) 853-6271
> 
Actually, removing the escape that closes the console seems to me to be a better idea as it is not only the completion help that causes this problem. Sometimes I end up keyboarding something that opens a menu item, then Esc kills the console and ....
but whatever  ... jai yen 

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