[Lazarus] IDE flaws

[Martin]

On 01/07/2011 15:52, Martin wrote:
> On 01/07/2011 16:34, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:
>> Martin schrieb:
>>
>>> So if you cloned "unit1" from window-1 to window-2, then it is open 
>>> in both windows. This means you can not clone (not move) it to 
>>> window-1 as it is already open there.
>>
>> That's okay so far but, as you see, it can lead to confusion. I've 
>> just added another (lengthy) note to issue 19666, that explains what 
>> I consider *desired* behaviour instead:
>>
>> The Clone menu should allow to simply *activate* an already existing 
>> *or* newly created clone. Currently it can be very time consuming to 
>> scroll through the tabs of the target window, shifting one by one, 
>> until an already existing clone is found there.
>> I already suggested an pagewise scroll through the tabs, instead of 
>> shifting one by one, but this idea was rejected a long time ago...
>
> The display disabled menu entry, instead of display none makes sense.
>
> Jumping to the same source, in an other window, is an interesting 
> feature, but should not be unde "move/clone" menu, (imho it would lead 
> to confusion there).
> There could be a sub menu "find in other window"; though that leads to 
> more menu entries in the main popup, and the popup is already very big.

An other option would be, 2 have several sections in the sub menu.

"Clone to Window" (Submenu)
    "Clone to new window"
    -----
    "Clone to window 1"
    "Clone to window 3"
    -----
    "Goto to window 2 (existing clone)"