Honestly, for anything other than a toy project you're going to have a lot of sources/headers anyway and there's not a whole lot you can do in a folder view/source file view. (I use open documents...which is useful for decent sized projects).
I strictly use Ctrl+K to find/open files in the editor as it's super fast and autocomplete is great. Plus, I don't have to take my hands off the keyboard. Also, you can jump easily to specific methods regardless of file...beats the hell out of navigating a file tree. Try using it this way for a few days, and if you don't like it, I'll give you a refund;) (If I don't know where I'm going, I use Ctrl+shift+F to do multifile search.) --James On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Will Stokes <wsto...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just tried the latest snapshot after reading the blog posting. Qt > Creator is looking awesome. If a few basic issues I'm having with the > editor UI could be addressed I would switch from XCode in a heartbeat. > These are listed in order from most to least significant, although I'd > love to see them all addressed. Some, like more default themes, would > be pretty easy to implement. > > -Will > > -Please please please add an option to the preferences so that the > user can click a single time in the file listing to show the selected > file in the editor. Double clicking constantly is almost a > show-stopped for me. I'd also suggest making single clicking to show a > file in the editor the default behavior. You might just do that > instead of adding the preference. > > -I like the checkable item for turning off "generated files" from the > file listing on the left. I'd like a similar checkable option for > showing/hiding project related files (.pro and .pri files) since 99% > of the time I'm working with the files I have, not editing the > project. By minimizing the clutter in the file listing it'll be easier > to scroll around on smaller (aka laptop) screens. > > -I've setup a project where my main .pro file includes a slew of pri > files, one in each subdirectory. If subdirectories are within > subdirectories I have a pri file in each directory and each .pri files > indluces the next. QtCreator supports this, but annoyingly names the > directories "files" since all my .pri files are called " files.pri. > This is stupid. The file listing should use the name of the directory > the .pri file is within. Or perhaps that should be an option, since I > suppose it would be possible ot have multiple pri files within a > single directory. Alternatively: when using directory mode, make it > work like project mode and having expandable nodes, not just one > directory at a top with .. and .svn entries at the top. > > -Instead of having "sources" and "headers" sections repeated over and > over in the file listing, a single combo box at the top and support > for using F4 to switch between the header and source file listings > would be super and would also reduce a lot of clutter. > > -The new color schemes are great. Small suggestion: ship with preset > color schemes for all the popular IDE's users are coming from and > might be used to. XCode and VS come to mind. This will ease adoption. > > -I would like to be able to reduce the line # font size and use a > different background color (mid gray) and a vertical line at the right > (slighter darker gray) to help separate the line numbers from the text > editor content. Aka, I'd like to be able to turn the line #'s into a > gutter. > _______________________________________________ > Qt-creator mailing list > Qt-creator@trolltech.com > http://lists.trolltech.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator >
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