[Lazarus] Enhance Macro usage by making it easier to find

Mattias Gärtner nc-gaertnma at netcologne.de
Fri Sep 11 11:35:23 CEST 2009


Zitat von Graeme Geldenhuys <graemeg at opensoft.homeip.net>:

> Mattias Gärtner het geskryf:
>> Thought 1:
>>
>> Under Linux and Windows users are used to the right click popup menus
>> of edit fields (for clipboard, input methods, special characters and
>> accessibility). So maybe there it would be more appropriate to add a
>> menu item.
>> Under OS X a right click popup menu is a bad idea.
>
> My first thought was a right click popup menu entry - but then thought
> no. That's exactly the reason why I thought of using a "insert macro"
> button. This should then apply to all platforms without stepping on
> anybody's toes.

We need a possibility to merge system popup menu items anyway.
We could first add the button and change it later when the "merging"  
is implemented.
And keep in mind, that not all macros can be used everywhere.


Mattias





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