sorry to bundle all in 1 post...
servoy wishlist
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Quite a few weeks I am working with Servoy, I'd like to communicate my wishlist.
Some of these items might be part of v4, but I did not find the specs anywhere.
design mode
- use shift to select several objects instead of ctrl.
- use ctrl+drag to duplicate an object, or a shorcut (Ctrl D?).
properties pane
- separate x and y to be able to change the width or height of several objects at once.
- stop putting it back in docked mode, I want to leave on my second screen!
- shoud be sorted by parameters category instead of alphabetically. Or rename some feature to have them grouped in alphabetic order: for instance rename rolloverImageMedia > imageMediaRollover to have it under imageMedia.
- onced detached, it does accept to be resized, grrrr.....
toolboxes
- be able to customize to make our own set, be able to insert it in menu line in the wasted top line after menus (word like)
objects
- when right clicking on an object, show the default action for left click.
- when selecting an object, the toolbox state does not always reflect the current object state, it may show align left for instance when it is actually centered. if you select it a 2nd time, it works... something to see with the object focus?
- fonts list, higher please, I hate to have to scroll in it, while my screen could accept a list with 50 names high.
colours
- no way to enter the hex values which is handy for people web familiar (while we can get it with copy in the colour palette).
- when using RGB model, too many tabs: should tab from value to value only, not to sliders (likely to be used with a mouse), and value should be "selectedOnEnter"
styles
- no way to create a style from an existing object, for instance how to create a special matte border in a style?
- no way to copy style/format/colour from an object to apply it to another one.
align/distribute
- more shorcuts please
layer font/back
- shorcuts unusable: 'Ctrl [' is a system shorcut already on a FR keyboard... same for 'Ctrl ]'. Customizable?
value lists
- duplicate function
objects colours
- when clicking on an existing object, one cannot get its backgound RGB or hex value, but only its colour patch
formindialogs
- can't be closed with Ctrl W, and Ctrl can't be used for mnemonics, only Alt... (on PC)
- when using - 1 -1 -1 -1 to open with scroll=default, it displays the scroll bars: I would have expected them off and display only if I resize the window.
help format
- why is it so narrow? all these examples where no line fits in the width of the window since the text is not justified in the window width.
One cannot reduce the point size either to try to fit more text. Also, searching for a word from the left pane does not take you to it directly but to its page; so you have to use CtrlF to finaly locate it paragraph since pages are so deep...
editor
- a smaller point size for the code area, or adjustable like in notepad++ (my refrence).
- background grid or vertical lines to show indents.
- external editor if that is too much work?
mouse wheel
- ignored!