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

[Benito van der Zander]

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> Not everyone is comfortable with the so-called docked interface. 

usually I prefer non-docked, but the non-docked Lazarus interface 
completely sucks (at least on xfce):

- all Lazarus windows have the same icon, so you cannot jump fast with 
alt+tab to them
- => it takes forever to find the message window
- pressing ctrl+f8 to get to the next error message, focuses the message 
window and you cannot type anymore
- sometime focusing one Lazarus window, brings all Lazarus window to the 
front
- if you switch the desktop during the Lazarus startup, half the windows 
end up on the wrong one
- more I cannot remember right now


Benito

On 12/04/2012 09:40 AM, michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be wrote:
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>
> On Tue, 4 Dec 2012, Felipe Ferreira da Silva wrote:
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>>        I would like to propose and discuss about a new graphical user 
>> interface for the next major releases. Nowadays, most of the RAD 
>> tools use a docked interface(MonoDevelop, Delphi, VS), and in some 
>> cases they are stylish(like the recent Visual Studio versions). I 
>> think that a better-looking IDE would not just make the programming 
>> task more pleasant, but also could attract more people to Pascal.
>>
>>        I know about the existence of AnchorDocking package for a 
>> docked IDE, but I think that if such feature were built-in, the IDE 
>> could be improved with appropriated features for a docked app - and 
>> since the forms would be still undockable, the user could switch back 
>> to the "Delphi7-like" interface.
>>
>>        My propose is ask if you guys would mind if I work on some 
>> projects with a different interface and made in Lazarus(of course) to 
>> you evaluate. I'm good at create components and customize to give 
>> them a stylish appearance like in the case of VS. But I would like to 
>> know from you guys first.
>
> As long as you can completely undo it, I don't see why not.
>
> Not everyone is comfortable with the so-called docked interface.
> Tastes in what is considered a 'modern gui' change every so-and-so years.
> It's not because an interface has been around for a while that it is 
> less good.
>
> I work with Delphi XE, and reverted completely to the D7 look, 
> including the 'old' component palette. Even my windows 7 has the 
> 'classic' look.
>
> Michael.
>
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