Two cosmetic issues with RC 3.0 editor options...
lazarus / 9-Editor

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fafafooey · 2023-07-15 21:09

Hi all, I replied to the RC 3.0 announcement thread with the following
below but didn't receive any feedback for these small issues with the
IDE so I'll try here, thanks.

Thanks for all the hard work put into 3.0, it's been rock solid so
far. I do have a couple items that might polish off this release
though:

1. When I click Tools -> Options, then click Editor -> Display ->
Colors, then modify a color, then click OK, then click Tools ->
Options again the IDE Options form automatically goes back to the
color edit section.

However, when I right click inside the source editor window and click
Options on the popup menu, go to the color edit section, modify a
color, click OK, then again right click and click Options, the IDE
Options form opens and for a split second the color edit section shows
but then it changes to the Editor -> General section.

I think it should open to the last section it was at like it does with
the main menu options.

2. Is it possible to change the background color for the source editor
hint window? Right now it's a yellowish color and clashes with the
editor's dark background color. If it can't be edited in the IDE
options then could it obey the tooltip color scheme at least in
Windows? I have my tooltip background color set to a light greyish
color which is what I expected the source editor hint window to use.

Lazarus 3.0RC1 x86 on Windows 7 (no theme).

Thanks for the help!

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Martin_fr · 2023-07-15 21:41

I think that is not a 3.0 regression, but has been there in earlier
IDE too?
So it is not an "urgent for 3.0 to fix" issue.

1)
The part about opening the same page again: I don't mind either what
we have or what you suggest. I wonder, if the last editor page should
be remembered, even if the global options had been navigated to e.g.
debugger pages?

And vice versa, if global options had been at debugger, and then the
popup-editor-only options have chosen keymapping, should global
options follow.
One could also argue that the popup-editor-only options  should have
there own memory....

Anyway, check if there is an issue yet, otherwise create one.
Not sure if anyone is going to pick it up soon.... A patch might help.
In that case maybe discuss above points first.



2)
I don't recall an option for that...

Afaik, The hint is generated as html by codetools, and then shown from
sourceeditor.pp

If you uninstall TurboPowerIproDesign then you get a pure text hint,
in the default hint colors (usually grey)

That's all I know...

If there isn't an option, as above: add at least a feature request to
the bug tracker.