Suppress showing some packages in Components palette
lazarus / 11-Options

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af0815 · 2019-04-15 04:35

Is it possible to suppress the viewing of some packages (but let it
installed) in the components palette ? I can only shift the packages
to the right   to be 'out of scope'.

Why - eg. Indy install a lot of (actual unneeded by myself) pages to
the components palette and i want to suppress the viewing of some
pages, without manipulating the original package. Or i must install a
package to fullfill the requirements of another package, but do not
active use the components by this package.

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howardpc · 2019-04-15 08:50

It should be sufficient for the IDE to compile a package (it then is
aware of it) without installing it for it to be useable by another
package that has it as a dependency.
Unless, perhaps, the requiring package is poorly designed, and somehow
forces a requirement that  all dependent packages must be IDE-
installed (design-time) packages, even if some of them are not design-
time packages.

I may be wrong about this. I have never encountered it myself.
Anyway, good practice is always for package builders to make a clear
distinction between runtime packages, design-time packages, and run-
and-design-time packages.

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Thaddy · 2019-04-15 11:38

Right-click on the palette bar. Choose Options. After that it is
obvious....
Uninstalling a package from the palette will not remove it.