[Lazarus] RFC: remove StayOnTop for splash screen

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

Mattias Gaertner wrote:
>> Then again. My PC is about 3 years old, with an average of 10 - 20 
>> SynEdits, it takes 1 to 2 seconds of parsing. Opening a 100 files on 
>> loading of the IDE may be a legitimate action, and may have good 
>> reasons, and certainly can be justified by personal choise => but how 
>> many people are affected by it?
> 
> I don't see how people can navigate a hundred files. Lazarus
> has only shortcuts for the first ten. And for the window menu you need
> a big screen with a tiny font.


I don't see how people can navigate 5+ files in default Lazarus setup.
Hence the reason I have vertical tabs setup in Lazarus+GTK2 - my own custom
hack. This allows me to easily navigate up to 20 files on a 1440x900
resolution screen. Much better than the previous 5 tabs and then horizontal
scrolling occurs. :-(

Can't we implement vertical tabs by default to platforms that support them?
I know Windows can't because they use this pretty dumb idea of making text
vertical too. Maybe a custom written/drawn LCL PageControl is needed for
IDE use only - then all platforms can enjoy the benefit vertical tab layout
gives?

Screenshot of tabs on right.

  http://opensoft.homeip.net/~graemeg/laz_notebook_right.png


Regards,
  - Graeme -

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