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A couple of features I'm missing...

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MrDoomMaster:

--- Quote from: rhf on September 21, 2008, 06:00:27 pm ---I am unsure if this is exactly what you want regarding "Greater Drag/Drop support."  However, if you are compiling CodeBlocks, you might find patch ID 002162 by olipfei to be very useful. You can drag/drop a file, say a header, into the Management pane; this opens the file in the Editor. The patch provides a context menu command to add the file to the project.  I have been using this patch on Windows XP for quite a while and find it invaluable. Hopefully this feature will be officially incorporated into CodeBlocks.

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I wanted the Visual Studio behavior. You drag/drop a file into the project folders and it is automatically added to that project (NOT opened). Also, multiple selections are available in Visual Studio which are also a very valuable feature, because I can organize my project hierarchy a lot quicker when I can move multiple files around at once.

rhf:
I agree and wish CodeBlocks had those features. At least olipfei's patch is a step in that direction, and it is very handy when you "Open #include file:" in the editor and then decide to add the file to the project.

dmoore:

--- Quote from: MrDoomMaster on September 21, 2008, 07:42:00 pm ---You drag/drop a file into the project folders and it is automatically added to that project (NOT opened).
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that looks easy to implement: http://docs.wxwidgets.org/stable/wx_wxdndoverview.html#wxdndoverview

esp. see wxFileDropTarget. This is in the spirit of stuff I've been working on, so I'll be happy to add a patch in coming weeks if noone else does.


--- Quote ---Also, multiple selections are available in Visual Studio which are also a very valuable feature, because I can organize my project hierarchy a lot quicker when I can move multiple files around at once.

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not sure how feasible this is. I don't think anyone planned on people reorganizing the folder structure from the project view.

MrDoomMaster:

--- Quote from: dmoore on September 21, 2008, 09:13:30 pm ---not sure how feasible this is. I don't think anyone planned on people reorganizing the folder structure from the project view.

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How did they intend on this happening, then?

pmeehan:
Just wanted to bump this thread - the lack of these features, in particular the ability to do a multiple select/drag in the project tree - were some of the very first things I noticed.  Finding time to implement these features would *really* help polish the experience of maintaining a large project with C::B - having to bring files in at the root level and then move them one by one to virtual folders is onerous to say the least.  In addition, C::B does not remember the previous folder files were added from, so I have to crawl through the entire directory hierachy every time I add anything.

My only other comment (right off the bat) is the decision to display the whole path of each file on the tab in the editor.  When I'm looking at the editor tabs, I care a lot less about the path than about just the file name.  Showing the whole path means fewer tabs may be visible at once.

In any event, I'm impressed and delighted by C::B.  I am really hoping this will be the answer for a more comfortable IDE to use on the Mac (I'm not a big Xcode fan) and perhaps serve as an eventual replacement for Visual Studio on the PC as well.  I know the C::B team probably has bigger fish to fry, but finding time to do a little polish will really make a world of difference, at least for me.

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