[Lazarus] New user interface for future major releases of Lazarus

[Hans-Peter Diettrich]

Martin schrieb:

>> There's only one problem with window positions, which are not handled 
>> properly when the screen coordinates (of top/left monitors) become 
>> negative. The IDE main form also may span multiple (left/right) 
>> monitors, what's not always desireable, and the according 
>> configuration option is flawed (using screen instead of monitor sizes).
> 
> One of my monitors has negative x coordinates. I havent had an issue in 
> a long time (with the IDE / with projects, desktopcenter has an issue)

My second monitor has negative Y coordinates, is wider than the primary 
monitor, and I use docking. Then most windows are moved down to the 
primary monitor, where they can hang over the right margin (X preserved).

Since the EasyDockMaster stores the correct coordinates in his layout 
file, I had to modify the IDE dockmaster routines, until I got the 
layout work as expected. From that work I know about the problems built 
into the IDE layout management.


I admit that I haven't tested the 1.0.x releases, because I don't want 
to loose my tweaked working horse. Can I install a new version for an 
dedicated test user on Windows, without touching the existing 
installations for the default and other users?

DoDi