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[Ralf Nolden]

On Donnerstag, 23. August 2001 19:50, you wrote:
> The key to all this is, that it should be made configurable!
> Roland
Of course, that's what I meant by customizability :)

Ralf
>
> --- Ralf Nolden <nolden at kde.org> wrote:
> > On Mittwoch, 22. August 2001 11:57, you wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > while I agree that the configurability for the default should be
> > improved
> > here, I still doubt that the output view is a better place for this.
> > This is
> > because generally expanding the treeview area by moving the panner
> > devider to
> > the right works for most to see everything they need, plus the output
> > view is
> > very limited in its vertical space which makes it a lot harder to
> > unfold.
> > You're not coming around the fact that the debug watch window is a
> > treeview
> > and having a treeview on the bottom by default is a big general no-no
> > in GUI
> > design. So adding more customizability in 3.0 but leaving the default
> > should
> > do the trick IMHO.
> >
> > Ralf
> >
> > > The debug (watch) tab in the classview is, IMHO, in the wrong tab
> >
> > control.
> >
> > > I think it would be much better in the Output view tab control.
> > >
> > > My reasoning for this is that it is very annoying to have to
> >
> > constantly
> >
> > > scroll back and forth to see the variable name and then its value.
> >
> > If these
> >
> > > were in a long horizontal control (like output view) there's no
> >
> > need to
> >
> > > scroll.
> > >
> > > Now, an argument against this is that you can quickly see many
> >
> > variables if
> >
> > > you use the classview control. But I personally only want one or a
> >
> > few
> >
> > > select variables when I'm debugging a specific problem, and I can
> >
> > add those
> >
> > > in a watch window. It's really of no use to me to be able to see
> >
> > all class
> >
> > > attributes without scrolling up or down (and let's not forget,
> >
> > those are
> >
> > > *without* their values because the window is too narrow).
> > >
> > > I realize I can yank the watch tab off classview and put it into
> >
> > output
> >
> > > view. I think that's *great*, except:
> > >
> > > 1) Most people don't realize it's possible
> > > 2) The default location should be the most useable
> > > 3) The text for the tab doesn't appear if you have "icons only" for
> >
> > the
> >
> > > Classview (because it's still considered part of the classview
> >
> > control)
> >
> > > 4) KDevelop doesn't remember it's placement between restarts.
> > >
> > > - Bud
> >
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