File properties limitation

[dje]

Hi all !

I often use the file properties features.

I read in the feature announcement (http://forums.codeblocks.org/index.php?topic=1780.0) that the file needed to be included in a project.

Why

A file, in project or not, has a path, number of line and so on.
Moreover, the "File properties" contextual menu entry is available and always enabled.
If you click on an external file properties ... nothing.

I think the "General" panel should always be displayed, whereas the "Build" and "Advanced" ones only if included in project.

To my mind, as "File properties" is always available but does sometimes nothing, it is more a bug that a limitation.

Is it complicated to implement this evolution ??

Dje

[killerbot]

I think you mean "just the properties panel", since General tab already talks about targets ...

[dje]

In fact, I mean the General notebook tab of the dialog that appears on ctx menu click, as shown in attached picture

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[killerbot]

That's weird, on my linux box (and on another windows pc (older revision) : those tabs are called :

1) General [probably the 'Build' you have]
2) Properties [your General]
3) Advanced

.... very weird

[mandrav]

.... very weird

not so weird if you had noticed the commit logs of Tuesday

[dje]

And what about systematically display basic file items (not depending on project) ?
As you, killerbot, are this very useful feature developer, is it difficult to implement ?

[killerbot]

.... very weird

not so weird if you had noticed the commit logs of Tuesday

yes, darn autotools, they didn't pick up the change then on my system ...., let's see how it looks on the windows boxes and linux server at work ....

[mandrav]

yes, darn autotools, they didn't pick up the change then on my system ....

It's not autotools fault (not entirely anyway). You just forgot to run "make clean-zipfiles"...

[killerbot]

yes, I know, but how come our makefiles don't catch the fact to rezip when one of their contained files has a newer timestamp then the zipfile itself ??

[mandrav]

A file, in project or not, has a path, number of line and so on.
Moreover, the "File properties" contextual menu entry is available and always enabled.
If you click on an external file properties ... nothing.

I think the "General" panel should always be displayed, whereas the "Build" and "Advanced" ones only if included in project.

To my mind, as "File properties" is always available but does sometimes nothing, it is more a bug that a limitation.

Is it complicated to implement this evolution ??

Fixed in r3588.