[Lazarus] Improve message dialog

[Martin]

On 09/05/2012 10:02, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
> Hi Darius,
>
> On 8 May 2012 22:31, Darius Blaszyk<dhkblaszyk at zeelandnet.nl>  wrote:
>> One of my frustrations with the IDE have been when debugging record
>> or class variables. The data is truncated to 255 characters and it's
>> very difficult to find the appropriate variable within the structure.
>> I have now uploaded a patch
>
> I have been struggling with the same issue for a while. I tried your
> patch and love it!! Small and simple, yet very effective.
>
> If this doesn't get accepted, I'll definitely add it to my list of
> local Lazarus mods.
>
>

The idea is create

There is a better way to display objects than the treeview => the 
"inspect" window has a nice grid that does this. It also handles events 
better. The treeview shows ONE event, over several lines....

The inspect window though does need an edit-able input for the displayed 
value. It should have a dropdown with history (much like the eval window)

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Any way trying to find out a few facts:

- Does everyone know of the "inspect" window?  (And that watches have a 
context menu entry, to display them in the inspect window.
- Why do/would you prefer either of the 2 solutions?

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Assuming the inspect window get's the following features:
- edit able, history dropdown for current value
- option to automatically follow the current selected watch
which of the following options is most preferable.

1) As in the patch treeview
2) As in the patch , but using the grid from inspect (keep the inspect 
window independent)
3) Use the existing inspect window (can be docked) with the "follow 
current watch" option.