Thank you for your answers. Now I understand that it's difficult to realize my idea in your IDE. Many aspects depends on build system, I haven't considered this.
> But if you want to scan for a file in a tree, then this suggestion > probably makes sense. There are details like when to group files: Do > they need to be in the same directory to be grouped or can you e.g. > have your include files in a separate folder? Files should be grouped only if they are in the same directory (since there may be several file with the same names but they have different location in file system). In qmake and QBS source code files are grouped on folders (like they are disposed in the file system). Personally I need only grouping source code files. > How would you navigate in such a tree with a keyboard? Icons of file extensions may be selected by keyboard: <- (Left) and -> (Right). It is better to dispose the icons before the file name, but not after like I gave an example of the display of the project. > Should this take project structure (as found in the build system) into > account somehow? Or should this be purely based on file system layout? Since your project view depends on the build system, you can create a view based on the layout of the file system. It would be nice to modify the layout of the file system to be able to expand folders, but not just move into them. Ignat. 2015-11-19 10:58 GMT+03:00 Ziller Eike <eike.zil...@theqtcompany.com>: > > > On Nov 18, 2015, at 10:19 PM, Tobias Hunger <tobias.hun...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Hi Ignat, > > > > yes, we should probably have a more configurable file tree. Many users > > seem to want that. In fact there is a really old bug report about this > > somewhere if I remember correctly. Nobody bothered to implement this > > so far though. > > > > On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 8:24 PM, Ignat Awwit <ignatius.aw...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I have a very interesting idea how to create a comfortable file tree > >> project. > >> (It seems to me that it is really very convenient for developers of C++ > >> applications) > >> > >> Now files in the project's tree are grouped by Headers and Sources > >> For example: > > > > <snip> > > > > The projects view is actually meant to be a representation of the > > build system. So we try to stay as close as possible to how the build > > system in use by the project structures the project information. > > > > So for qmake projects we have Headers and Sources (HEADERS and SOURCES > > in the .pro-files), for other build systems we have a different > > layout. We need to do that since, especially for the build systems > > where we can actually modify the build system itself from the UI. We > > need the project view for that. > > > > Many users apparently want a tree structure for navigation purposes. > > We should have something for those users, but that can not be the > > project view IMHO. > > > >> I propose a solution: the files should be grouped according to the > names of > >> the entities, and the choice of a particular file can occur by clicking > on > >> the icon of the file extension. > >> For example: > >> > >> - Folder > >> Header [h] > >> Main [h] [cpp] > >> Test [h] [cpp] [inc] > >> > >> [h], [cpp] and [inc] are the icons of files' extensions. > >> > >> This option will make the search for the necessary file in a project > much > >> easier. > > > > If you want to get to any file fast: Hit Ctrl-K and start typing part > > of the name or search for the class name or a method name you > > remember. That is way faster than scanning a tree, independent of the > > layout chosen. > > Btw, you can also use Ctrl+f in the project tree. > > > But if you want to scan for a file in a tree, then this suggestion > > probably makes sense. There are details like when to group files: Do > > they need to be in the same directory to be grouped or can you e.g. > > have your include files in a separate folder? > > > > How would you navigate in such a tree with a keyboard? > > > > Should this take project structure (as found in the build system) into > > account somehow? Or should this be purely based on file system layout? > > > >> I hope you will read and evaluate my message. > >> I'm waiting for an answer from you: what do you think? > > > > We read everything (at least here on the list and in the bug tracker), > > no worry. We may not respond, but we do read it:-) > > > > Best Regards, > > Tobias > > _______________________________________________ > > Qt-creator mailing list > > Qt-creator@qt-project.org > > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator > > -- > Eike Ziller, Senior Software Engineer - The Qt Company GmbH > > The Qt Company GmbH, Rudower Chaussee 13, D-12489 Berlin > Geschäftsführer: Mika Pälsi, Juha Varelius, Tuula Haataja > Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin, Registergericht: Amtsgericht > Charlottenburg, HRB 144331 B > >
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