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rblondeau
Tomato Guru

Canada
102 Posts

Posted - Jun 25 2004 :  12:13:14 PM  Show Profile
Is there any way that the options window could be made resizable?

This would allow a user to have a larger viewing area when adding/modifying Autotext and Templates. I realize that there are scroll bars on that screen but it just seems like we're looking through a narrow crack in the fence.

LarryLeonard
Tomato Guru

USA
1041 Posts

Posted - Jun 25 2004 :  12:25:30 PM  Show Profile
Good idea. For now, you could always use Notepad to edit the (for example) "C:\\Program Files\\Visual Assist X\\Templates\\Cpp.tpl" file...
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Uniwares
Tomato Guru

Portugal
2321 Posts

Posted - Jun 25 2004 :  2:57:33 PM  Show Profile
What about a button that just spawns out a full size scintilla window?
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rblondeau
Tomato Guru

Canada
102 Posts

Posted - Jun 25 2004 :  4:13:11 PM  Show Profile
Yes that is definitely an option. Instead of editing them in the existing window, you would edit them in an "Edit Autotext & Templates" dialog box that would appear when the user clicked a "Modify" button. That way the existing options screen could be left as is.
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rblondeau
Tomato Guru

Canada
102 Posts

Posted - Jul 26 2004 :  12:24:36 PM  Show Profile
Someone else in my office just pointed out that if you right click the selection margin of any source code file, you get a pop up that allows you to "Edit Code Templates" using the code editor. This is the same as modifying the cpp.tpl file in notepad but much quicker.

I didn't know about the extra features that VA X adds to the popup for the selection margin. Cool!
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WannabeeDeveloper
Tomato Guru

Germany
775 Posts

Posted - Jul 26 2004 :  12:32:17 PM  Show Profile
SHIFT + Rightclick anywhere within the Code-Editor will open this Menu, too!

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feline
Whole Tomato Software

United Kingdom
18939 Posts

Posted - Jul 26 2004 :  1:08:50 PM  Show Profile
*oooh* i need to remember you can do this!

zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness
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rblondeau
Tomato Guru

Canada
102 Posts

Posted - Jul 26 2004 :  1:37:52 PM  Show Profile
That's what my co-worker told me to do first, but for some reason nothing pops up when I <shift><Right click>.
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feline
Whole Tomato Software

United Kingdom
18939 Posts

Posted - Jul 27 2004 :  05:42:26 AM  Show Profile
odd, shift+right_click on the code works for me, VS .NET 2003 and VAX 1246

zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness
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WannabeeDeveloper
Tomato Guru

Germany
775 Posts

Posted - Jul 27 2004 :  06:01:36 AM  Show Profile
I bet he has NOT enabled "Extend Context Menu" in the VAX-Options --> Text Editor --> General

Just disabled it and it now shows rblondeau's behaviour!

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rblondeau
Tomato Guru

Canada
102 Posts

Posted - Jul 27 2004 :  11:27:37 AM  Show Profile
The "Extend Context Menu" option IS enabled.

What actually happens is when I <shift><right click>, the pop-up momentarily flashes up on the screen, but then it disappears. It doesn't seem to matter where I try on the screen, the pop-up won't stay popped-up .

From what I can see (before it closes), the pop-up does contain the same menu items that appear when you right click in the selection margin.
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WannabeeDeveloper
Tomato Guru

Germany
775 Posts

Posted - Jul 27 2004 :  2:23:28 PM  Show Profile
Of course it looks the same, it IS the same...

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support
Whole Tomato Software

5566 Posts

Posted - Jul 27 2004 :  7:18:52 PM  Show Profile
Discussion redirected to this thread:

http://forum.wholetomato.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2680
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