Question on CTRL CLICK on object name in code
lazarus / 9-Editor

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snorkel · 2012-07-12 17:08

When I CTRL Click on a object it jumps to the declaration, is there a
way to have it jump to the implementation?

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Blaazen · 2012-07-12 17:43

When I have cursor in declaration I press Ctrl+Shift+ArrowUp to jump
to implementation. Alt+ArrowUp works conversely.

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Martin_fr · 2012-07-12 18:04

See
http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=11030

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eny · 2012-07-12 19:30

Quote from: Blaazen on July 12, 2012, 07:43:53 pmWhen I have cursor in
declaration I press Ctrl+Shift+ArrowUp to jump to implementation. Yep,
works like charm.
Although a bit misleading that this alternates between declaration and
implementation with the same key press.
Would make more sense to have Ctrl+Shift+CuDn go down i.e. to the
implementation.

QuoteAlt+ArrowUp works conversely.Very weird behaviour in the class
declaration when I press this

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BigChimp · 2012-07-13 06:46

Quote from: eny on July 12, 2012, 09:30:21 pmQuote from: Blaazen on
July 12, 2012, 07:43:53 pmWhen I have cursor in declaration I press
Ctrl+Shift+ArrowUp to jump to implementation. Yep, works like charm.
Although a bit misleading that this alternates between declaration and
implementation with the same key press.
Would make more sense to have Ctrl+Shift+CuDn go down i.e. to the
implementation.
Eny, totally agreed. I got caught by this as well... but have started
to live with it.

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User137 · 2012-07-13 11:16

In Delphi it was pretty cool to be able to ctrl+click to go back and
forth in code. With Lazarus they separated them in 2 different
functions. Still it wouldn't be impossible to make 1 function that
does both.

If i ctrl+click anything in a file before word "implementation", it
should search the same function/procedure after implementation.
Likewise if clicked a word after implementation, it should search the
class where it's definition is. Only this second search can go deeper
into other unit files (except if i ctrl+click a class name, it can go
find its parent).

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eny · 2012-07-13 11:26

IMHO: it's working fine as it is.
Moving around in the editor with the keyboard and cursor keys, as it
should be.
Looking higher up the hierarchy with the mouse when necessary.
Clean and simple.

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User137 · 2012-07-13 11:31

It's clean, but having to learn 3 key combinations is not something i
call simple

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Martin_fr · 2012-07-13 12:15

You do know, that you can configure the key mapping to your likings?
(And mouse too)

Of course that is, within the set of existing functionality.

So you can do:
- Alt-up: jump to declaration
- alt-down: go to implementation (once you are on a procedure
declaration)
-alt-left/right: navigate the history of the declaration jumps

That will be easy to remember?

On the mouse, you can go forward/backward with the 4th and 5th button,
if you have a 5 button mouse. But you can re-assign that to.

Mind, on the mouse config, it says "Jump to implementation" in the
drop down. This actually means "declaration"


Using advanced mouse settings (there is a help on the wiki, try F1)
you can set ctrl-right-mouse to perform the jump from declaration to
implementation.

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as for having it in one click. See the link, I posted: There already
is a feature request

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eny · 2012-07-13 12:42

My joystick has 8 buttons, maybe I can program them as well

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User137 · 2012-07-13 13:39

Quote from: Martin_fr on July 13, 2012, 02:15:02 pm...
That will be easy to remember?
...
as for having it in one click. See the link, I posted: There already
is a feature requestI am already used to it myself with
ctrl+shift+up/down, but i do use ctrl-click sometimes. When i ctrl-
click in definition it goes to parent and it's aggravating. It's a
feature that would be big bonus for new users to Lazarus, user
friendliness.

Feature request at linked page is a closed issue. Developers aren't
even taking it seriously.

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Martin_fr · 2012-07-13 14:11

Quote from: User137 on July 13, 2012, 03:39:11 pmFeature request at
linked page is a closed issue. Developers aren't even taking it
seriously.
It is assigned, not closed.
But given it's age: Yes it appears to have a lower priority.

It is only ONE feature, (even ignoring the bugs, that take priority)
there are many many (maybe even hundreds) other features people would
like. And only a dozen people to implement them.

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BigChimp · 2012-07-13 14:18

Agreed with Martin... of course, it helps if there is a patch that
integrates easily into Lazarus trunk