KZDESKTOP alternative
lazarus / 10-Designer

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anis2505 · 2012-11-27 10:57

Hi,

I'm using KZDESKTOP to make Lazarus looks as a single window. but when
I try to resize a form it does shrink automatically. it's annoying.

So is there any other alternative or maybe is there an option on
Lazarus to make it looks as a single window

regards

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Leledumbo · 2012-11-27 11:09

You have a lot of alternative, but only KZDesktop offers form designer
docking. Rather than changing, why don't you report to KZDesktop
author?

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BigChimp · 2012-12-18 17:36

Any news on this? I see the kzdesktop repository hasn't been updated
since October...

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wjackson153 · 2012-12-18 18:14

This will work for debian linux distro, but can be modified to work on
other linux distros:

http://mikemacd.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/install-single-window-
lazarus-0-9-30-in-ubuntu-11-10-step-by-step/

Same method works for, Lazarus 1.0  Proof is below:

https://mikemacd.wordpress.com/tag/lazarus/

Hope this helps

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BigChimp · 2012-12-18 18:20

Anchor docking? Heard of it; AFAIU kzdesktop works better though...

Somebody on the forum and mailing list was going to have a go at
improving the Lazarus IDE in this respect (single windows). Hope he's
working on it

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wjackson153 · 2012-12-18 21:29

I removed all FPC and Lazarus completely , and installed FPC 2.6 and
Src along with Lazarus 1.0.4
OS Linux Mint 12

Then I downloaded and installed the svn trunk for KZDESKTOP with
elevated privleges
since KZDESKTOP would not recompile otherwise.

restarted lazarus as normal desktop user
It did indeed start in single window mode, however I have a big issue
im not sure if there is a setting that can easily fix my issue. But
when I click on design my form pops up on the design windows, in a
qaudrant
but the form can not be resized. I can add components etc, But I
checked
all properties and nothing there is affecting this issue.

Is anyone else have this problem?

Thanks

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snorkel · 2013-03-15 15:15

From what I have seen the Kzdesktop tries to implement a crude docking
system for the other windows and is not as nice as the ones that ship
with Lazarus, i.e. anchor docking.

Wouldn't it be better to simply make the IDE editor have tabs and host
the form in the current editor so it works with any docking package?

Just thinkng out loud.