Can I keep my settings - "only for some seconds more"?
lazarus / 9-Editor

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Nicole · 2022-07-14 12:13

This thing "lost my settings" happens in many ways.

e.g. I have a TToolbar, I colored it. Took me a while to generate the
color.
I wonder: Would it look better to have it in the parent's color?
I re-add the checkmark "parent's color" and find: oh no, this will not
look good.
I remove the checkmark again to get the first view back - but nothing
happens.

Lazarus has overwritten the color of the Toolbar with the color of the
parent.
No revert possible.

The same is e.g. with "autosize", - there is not testmodus.
Once tried - my own values are deleted without mercy.
These values may have been a lot of work.

Is there a better ways than just close the project and take the
version before?
Thanks.

(Lazarus 2.2., Win 10)

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af0815 · 2022-07-14 12:16

The simple: Close Project. Make a revert in GIT. Open Project.

The bad: you must use GIT before and commit often.


Hint: Sometimes Ctrl-Z can make some things undone.

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wp · 2022-07-14 12:29

Without GIT, there is always a backup copy of the .lfm file in the
backup folder (or whatever backup option was selected in "Tools" >
"Options" > "Environment options" > "Backup"). Of course, the file
must have been saved after the "desaster"...

As already noted by af0815, you can also try an "Edit" > "Undo", but
this is not implemented by all property editors. And sometimes the
menu command is grayed while the key combination (CTRL+Z as noted by
af0815, or ALT+Backsp in the classic key layout) still is possible.

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Martin_fr · 2022-07-14 12:36

There is a ctrl-z (if you activate the form designer).

But it does not fully undo the effects of autosize.
Maybe it's worth reporting it as a bug. (not sure if it is, or if it
is "not supported" for some reason)