Request : C::B View::notebook enhancements

[earlgrey]

Hello to all,

Can you, (dear) C::B developpers, implement the possibility :

1) To put editor notebook tabs on the left ? ( wxNB_LEFT ? )
With nowadays wide screens, it is cool to have a vertical list of open files, so you dont have to click on little "<" and ">" arrows.

2) To put only the name of the file ( without any path info ) in notebook tabs ? Im getting huge tabs, and even on 16:9 screen, I only can display a few.

Thank you for reading

[Jenna]

1) I will look into it,
2) "Settings -> Editor... -> General settings -> [Other settings ->] Editor title is the file's -> name only (no path information)"

Whether you have the part in the brackets or not depends on your version of C::B.

[Jenna]

1) I will look into it,

I'm not sure if it is possible, because we use wxAuiNotebook and at least in 2.8.10 (the version we use), it has only wxAUI_NB_BOTTOM na wxAUI_NB_TOP style flags (that's what the documentation says, I will look into it if I am on my working system).

[earlgrey]

"Settings -> Editor... -> General settings -> [Other settings ->] Editor title is the file's -> name only (no path information)"

Oh, apologize for this newbee question...and Thanx

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There is  no wxAUI_NB_LEFT in 2.9.1

http://docs.wxwidgets.org/2.9.1/classwx_aui_notebook.html :

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Styles

This class supports the following styles:

    wxAUI_NB_DEFAULT_STYLE:
    Defined as wxAUI_NB_TOP | wxAUI_NB_TAB_SPLIT | wxAUI_NB_TAB_MOVE | wxAUI_NB_SCROLL_BUTTONS | wxAUI_NB_CLOSE_ON_ACTIVE_TAB.
    wxAUI_NB_TAB_SPLIT:
    Allows the tab control to be split by dragging a tab.
    wxAUI_NB_TAB_MOVE:
    Allows a tab to be moved horizontally by dragging.
    wxAUI_NB_TAB_EXTERNAL_MOVE:
    Allows a tab to be moved to another tab control.
    wxAUI_NB_TAB_FIXED_WIDTH:
    With this style, all tabs have the same width.
    wxAUI_NB_SCROLL_BUTTONS:
    With this style, left and right scroll buttons are displayed.
    wxAUI_NB_WINDOWLIST_BUTTON:
    With this style, a drop-down list of windows is available.
    wxAUI_NB_CLOSE_BUTTON:
    With this style, a close button is available on the tab bar.
    wxAUI_NB_CLOSE_ON_ACTIVE_TAB:
    With this style, the close button is visible on the active tab.
    wxAUI_NB_CLOSE_ON_ALL_TABS:
    With this style, the close button is visible on all tabs.
    wxAUI_NB_TOP:
    With this style, tabs are drawn along the top of the notebook.
    wxAUI_NB_BOTTOM:
    With this style, tabs are drawn along the bottom of the notebook.

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[Jenna]

I just looked into the sources (of wxWidgets):
the flags exist in the header-file, but the implemetation is missing in the sources.

So this will not come soon.

[oBFusCATed]

I've another request:

I want to know the (full) path the edited file, in visual studio there is a tooltip with this info when the mouse is over the tab.
Unfortunately wxAUIToolbar doesn't support tooltips over the tabs, so the only solution is something similar to what Scite does:
http://c0485891.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/62fe6bcd-7042-4205-a847-a095f83d8a64_3_full.png

How hard would it be to implement such feature?

[Jenna]

Seems to be the wrong image.
Okay after your description (in the next post) I see what you mean.
I think it can be done (not absolutely sure about), but in my opinion it's quit ugly.

[oBFusCATed]

Here is another similar image: http://mondaybynoon.com/images/screenshots/scite-default.jpg
found here: http://mondaybynoon.com/2007/03/12/using-scite-with-textmate-style-snippets/

The thing they do is to add a label/text control between the notebook and the editor

[MortenMacFly]

I want to know the (full) path the edited file, in visual studio there is a tooltip with this info when the mouse is over the tab.

You can always see this in the properties of the edited file (using right mouse button on the tab)...?!

[oBFusCATed]

Morten: I know, but this is a task I do often and I want to save couple of clicks

[daniloz]

Since the feature-request season is open... ;-)

On thing I miss is the ability to scroll through the tabs (notebooks) by using the mouse wheel.

I have a little bit looked around, but I'm not a notebook specialist... Any idea if this is possible/difficult??

[MortenMacFly]

Any idea if this is possible/difficult??

I've a pending patch that implements this applied in my working copy for a couple of month. However, it's untested on Linux.

[daniloz]

I've a pending patch that implements this applied in my working copy for a couple of month. However, it's untested on Linux.

I'm working on Windows Vista 32bit and would be glad if you could send me the patch... :-)

[oBFusCATed]

Post the patch Morten, I'll give it a try on linux  :lol:

[earlgrey]

@daniloz :

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On thing I miss is the ability to scroll through the tabs (notebooks) by using the mouse wheel.
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I just tried this :

- Left click on a tab, dont release the button
- In the same time, use Left / Right arrow keyboard keys

Better than clicking the little black arrows !