[patch] Switch opened files

Andreas Pakulat apaku at gmx.de
Sun Oct 12 16:41:30 UTC 2008


On 12.10.08 15:08:48, M Breugelmans wrote:
> Currently it is a pain to switch between opened files. I use the
> project wide quick-open all the time, which kind of defeats the idea
> behind tracking which files have been opened. Attached is a fix. It
> uses the quick open framework but limits items to open files.
> 
> When would you use this instead of project wide?

Ah, nice. We have that in kdevelop3 and I used it all the time after
disabling the tabbar :)
 
> (a) the file you want to switch to does not belong to a project
> (b) name of the file temporarily slips your mind but you know it's opened
> (c) fewer keystrokes to get to the right file, especially true for
> partially or fully identical names (eg 'config')
> 
> Any objections against this? I don't think it's feature creep for the
> reasons mentioned above, plus it doesn't add any new UI which is good.
> More importantly quick-open scales extremely well.

+10 from me :) And please make sure it has a default shortcut.

Andreas

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