[Lazarus] ide enhancement - method or cursor location belongs to what class?

[Martin Friebe]

Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I often have large classes that are bigger than what the source editor
> can display at once.  I'm mainly talking about tiOPF project here.
> Anyway, I receive patches for large methods and use the IDE 'goto
> line' command to maybe review or modify a received patch.  Again, the
> IDE only shows me lines of code, I can't clearly see which class I am
> currently working in. Ctrl+Shift+UpArrow doesn't reveal this info
> either, because again the class declaration is large and doesn't fit
> into the source editor all at once.
>
> Is there a way to quickly see what class I am currently in without
> loosing my current position in the source code?  I was thinking of
> maybe some editor shortcut that could display for a few seconds the
> classname in the top right corner of the editor and then simply fade
> away. Is this possible? Is there already something similar in Lazarus
> IDE or another way of know what class I am currently in?
>   
There is now.... revision 19499

you need the mouse (so it isn't as quick and convenient as a key-command 
driven hint).
The Fold-Gutter part now has it's own Pop-up menu. (only at lines that 
have folding present). And it shows all the nested levels.

Best Regards
Martin