I too think that selecting some arbitrary text should make it possible to do useful things with it, like looking it up as class, method, ... - I like Command-Click rather a lot for this.
In the last years, some panes where switched away from code panes, maybe that does not help. Apart from that, I think there should be an option to invoke Spotter directly on a selection (or even auto select something and search). > On 10 Aug 2016, at 09:43, stepharo <steph...@free.fr> wrote: > > Hi sven > > > This is not the same. I do not need a menu or a button. > I took the class of the instance as an example. > Check deeply what I mentioned: > > - you have text > > - what can we do on text usually: edit, change and more important use it > to query the system > > hyperfast (and here suddenly we cannot we can select edit the text but > not use shortcut to navigate no senders/imp/class). > > > This is a question of interface and the uniformity of the interface (this is > like the grab icon in mac for file on the window). > > In Pharo in any text pane of the tools we can query and this is an important > property. > For example I can select a comment in the monticello pane and browse look for > code - no need for Spotter. > The text is under my nose and I can get to the class instantaneously. > Now if the vision of Pharo is not to follow this tradition to immediate and > superclose access to code, let me know > > because this is an important (crucial) aspect for me and I used it all the > time. > > Stef > > > Le 9/8/16 à 19:44, Sven Van Caekenberghe a écrit : >> You can already do that: click the icon at the top right of the window >> 'Browse': >> >> <Mail Attachment.png> >>> On 09 Aug 2016, at 19:23, stepharo <steph...@free.fr> wrote: >>> >>> Here is my scenario. >>> >>> I have a field that contains aCZWhatever >>> >>> the inspector shows me a list >>> >>> >>> field aCZWhatever >>> >>> I can edit the aCZWhatever since I can click on it and get an input fiedl >>> (or what I thought is an input field). >>> >>> I can select CZWhatever but I cannot do browse on it. So I have to use >>> Spotter. >>> >>> >>> Stef >>> >>> >> >
