<div dir="ltr">Why not to use the Status bar for that ? It also can remain there as long as you inside the method etc.. <br><br>I suggested an idea that was rejected by most people on this list: have an ability to split the editor, I use it in VIM for example when I need to see additional information without loosing my main work area.<br clear="all">
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Ido<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Graeme Geldenhuys <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:graemeg.lists@gmail.com">graemeg.lists@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi,<br>
<br>
I often have large classes that are bigger than what the source editor<br>
can display at once. I'm mainly talking about tiOPF project here.<br>
Anyway, I receive patches for large methods and use the IDE 'goto<br>
line' command to maybe review or modify a received patch. Again, the<br>
IDE only shows me lines of code, I can't clearly see which class I am<br>
currently working in. Ctrl+Shift+UpArrow doesn't reveal this info<br>
either, because again the class declaration is large and doesn't fit<br>
into the source editor all at once.<br>
<br>
Is there a way to quickly see what class I am currently in without<br>
loosing my current position in the source code? I was thinking of<br>
maybe some editor shortcut that could display for a few seconds the<br>
classname in the top right corner of the editor and then simply fade<br>
away. Is this possible? Is there already something similar in Lazarus<br>
IDE or another way of know what class I am currently in?<br>
<br>
I remember in the VB6 days, there was two edit fields above the<br>
editor. One listed the module or class (I think) and the other listed<br>
the procedure you were in. So clearly knowing where you are is handy<br>
to more than just me. :-)<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
- Graeme -<br>
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