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Right-Click O-Rama....

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JFalcon:
First off, let me get the congrats out of the way:  *THIS IDE ROCKS MY SOCKS*

There are a few 'un-intuitive' bits, but for the most part, there are a few little UI shortcuts I would like to see.  I'm using the latest nightly builds on Win32 and I tend to do a lot of cut & paste or file searches.

In the case of the right-click in the editor (and perhaps maybe I missed it) it would be nice to have an 'edit' menu from the main (i.e. cut, copy, paste) without having to move the mouse to the 'Edit' menu then select.

I use the "double click" select often in the editor and it would be nice to just right-click when highlighted and easily copy or cut.  Right-clicking anywhere else after something is on the clipboard just begs of having 'paste' as one of the first items too.

Also, when I "double click" the text to select, it would be *awesome* to also add the find in files search (as well as each of its flavors to the pop-up menu for selection).  Many times you can't go directly to declaration/definition/macro/weirdism, so you have to search for it.  I think this would probably give the most "bang for the buck".  But then again, that's just my opinion.

Again, great job, keep it real!

kidmosey:

--- Quote from: JFalcon on July 29, 2006, 04:59:04 am ---There are a few 'un-intuitive' bits, but for the most part, there are a few little UI shortcuts I would like to see.  I'm using the latest nightly builds on Win32 and I tend to do a lot of cut & paste or file searches.

In the case of the right-click in the editor (and perhaps maybe I missed it) it would be nice to have an 'edit' menu from the main (i.e. cut, copy, paste) without having to move the mouse to the 'Edit' menu then select.

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I'm not sure this can be done and still maintain a decent structure for the context menu.  Imagine taking all the items from the Edit submenu and placing them on the main context menu; before long, the main context menu would be way cluttered and hard to navigate.  I agree that it would be nice, but in most cases, just using shortcut keys is even faster, since you have one hand on the keyboard.


--- Quote from: JFalcon on July 29, 2006, 04:59:04 am ---I use the "double click" select often in the editor and it would be nice to just right-click when highlighted and easily copy or cut.  Right-clicking anywhere else after something is on the clipboard just begs of having 'paste' as one of the first items too.

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ctrl+V is just as easy, and, once you get used to it, it is much faster.


--- Quote from: JFalcon on July 29, 2006, 04:59:04 am ---Also, when I "double click" the text to select, it would be *awesome* to also add the find in files search (as well as each of its flavors to the pop-up menu for selection).  Many times you can't go directly to declaration/definition/macro/weirdism, so you have to search for it.  I think this would probably give the most "bang for the buck".  But then again, that's just my opinion.

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Again, try the shortcut keys.  Ctrl+F for simple find and Ctrl+Shift+F for find in files.  Currently highlighted text is placed in the edit box (in most cases).

In closing, it is hard to add everything to the right-click menu, and in most cases will only please (at most) half of the people using C::B.  If they added all of the desiered "quick-access" features to the context menu, you would soon get a reproduction of the main menu (actually, that might be pretty convenient). :D

Poobah:
I agree on the shortcut keys; they're significantly faster than using a mouse. That's how RTS game players manage to multi-task so well -- they memorise all the shortcut keys! It's very productive.

sethjackson:

--- Quote from: kidmosey on July 29, 2006, 08:54:59 am ---
--- Quote from: JFalcon on July 29, 2006, 04:59:04 am ---There are a few 'un-intuitive' bits, but for the most part, there are a few little UI shortcuts I would like to see.  I'm using the latest nightly builds on Win32 and I tend to do a lot of cut & paste or file searches.

In the case of the right-click in the editor (and perhaps maybe I missed it) it would be nice to have an 'edit' menu from the main (i.e. cut, copy, paste) without having to move the mouse to the 'Edit' menu then select.

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This was discussed before on the forum. The 'edit' menu was moved to a sub to make the context menu less clutterd or something like that. ;)

Anyways I never use the 'edit' menu. Good ole' keyboard shortcuts are faster for me. :)

Ctrl+C
Ctrl+V
Ctrl+X
Ctrl+Z

etc.

BTW here is a list of keyboard shortcuts on the wiki.

http://wiki.codeblocks.org/index.php?title=Keyboard_Shortcuts

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